Jennifer Moston was about seven months pregnant when, she said, her husband grabbed her by the arms, picked her up and threw her against the staircase. Each time she tried to get up, he pushed her down again. Such abusive episodes continued for several years, she said, until 2016, when he allegedly tried to strangle her. She went to the police and filed for divorce. It seemed obvious to … [Read more...]
‘Women Are Routinely Discredited’: How Courts Fail Mothers and Children Who Have Survived Abuse
This report from The Fuller Project, in partnership with the Guardian, details the routine family court failure to believe and protect mothers and children who have survived abuse and how abusive partners using the courts to control and harass their current and former partners. “I’m losing everything,” says Marissa, who learned last September, in the middle of an already contentious custody … [Read more...]
7-Year-Old Julissia Batties Killed Inside Mom’s Bronx Apartment, Despite History of Abuse Detailed in Court Papers
The long and ultimately fatal custody battle lost by a devastated Bronx grandmother forced to return a 7-year-old girl to her mother and the apartment where the child was fatally beaten is detailed in court documents. Little Julissia Batties, removed from the custody of doting grandmother Yolanda Davis in April 2020, was punched eight times early Tuesday morning by a teenage half-brother, … [Read more...]
Following the Death of Her 6-Year-Old Son While in the Care of His Abusive Father – Mom Says ‘Absolutely No One in Authority was Helpful’
Corey Micciolo, 6, was allegedly killed by his abusive father, Christopher J. Gregor, 29, of Barnegat Township. Facing charges that he endangered Corey weeks earlier, Gregor appeared via video from Ocean County jail on Friday morning for a detention hearing on the second-degree charge and was ordered released by Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels. Security camera footage … [Read more...]
State-Sanctioned Abuse of DV Survivors in Family Courts – The Government Can No Longer Claim Ignorance
(UK) Channel 4 Dispatches looks into the family court system and will bring much-needed attention to the “state-sanctioned abuse” experienced by adults and children in the U.K. "While the program is incredibly emotional and difficult to watch, it is essential viewing, as we must shine a light on what is going on inside these courts which are currently shrouded in secrecy." Read more here, … [Read more...]