Texas Rep. Ted Poe, the Chair of the Victims Rights Caucus in the U.S. Congress introduced House Concurrent Resolution 150 to make child safety the highest priority in U.S. family courts. H.Con.Res.150 - Expressing the sense of Congress that child safety is the first priority of custody and visitation adjudications, and that state courts should improve adjudications of custody where family … [Read more...]

The briefing will explore the need to better protect victims of domestic violence in custody cases. On a Saturday evening in late March 2008, a 41-year-old Maryland man named Mark Castillo drowned his three children in the bathtub of a Baltimore hotel room. Castillo and his wife of 10 years, Amy, had been embroiled in a grueling custody dispute. Amy Castillo had repeatedly warned the courts … [Read more...]

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) - A new law, formerly known as House Bill 1550, which takes effect Sunday, August 28, could impact child custody cases in Missouri. According to Jeremy Roberts with the Missouri Fathers' Rights Movement, beginning Sunday, family courts will be required to answer eight questions to determine a custody arrangement in the best interest of the child. Questions consider which … [Read more...]

MARTINEZ – A five-times disciplined Contra Costa County judge has jailed the founder of a group that was the leading lobbyist for a recently announced audit of the state's commission that disciplines California judges, an incarceration that activists say appears retaliatory. "This is a very punitive sentence," Kathleen Russell, the executive director of the Center for Judicial Excellence, … [Read more...]