This memo details how there are currently zero legal remedies available to litigants in California and includes proposed judicial accountability measures. We encourage you to please read this and share it with your state lawmakers! This information will also be shared in our testimony at the March 28th hearing, we hope to see you there! Memo Re: Upcoming Hearing on Commission on Judicial … [Read more...]
Looking for participants to take a survey on the CA family court system
Michelle Mercurio is a doctoral student at Saybrook University in California. She is doing a study on the California family court system about the experiences of protective mothers of abused children, as part of her Psychology Dissertation course. Her survey should take at least an hour. It includes an optional follow-up phone call. She will need at least 15 participants for the study. If … [Read more...]
CJE’s 2015 Christmas Message
Christmas can be a time of joy for many families, but for so many that CJE works with year-round, it is a time marked by deep sorrow and loss. Loss of contact, connection, love, hugs and time between a loving parent and child. These losses, which are deep and lasting, are truly preventable, if only family courts were accountable for their harmful and damaging actions. The Center for Judicial … [Read more...]
CJE Joins Advocates for Child Empowerment & Safety (ACES)
CJE is proud to join as an affiliate organization to the newly formed Advocates for Child Empowerment & Safety (ACES). Formed in 2014, ACES is dedicated to raising the voices of children to empower them and ensure their safety from physical abuse, sexual abuse and unsafe environments. ACES will accomplish this mission by: Developing and advocating for policies, regulations, and … [Read more...]
A Powerful Letter to Family Court Judges (Psychology Today Op Ed)
Kimberly Bowers wrote this open letter to Oakland County, Michigan Family Court Judge Lisa Gorcyca. The judge jailed three children after verbally assaulting them for not having a "healthy relationship" with their estranged father, who they reported was violent to their mother. The mother is now under a gag order and has been banned from seeing her children. Read the full story. … [Read more...]