BRENTWOOD, N.Y. -- A Long Island man has been charged with stabbing his wife and 2-year-old daughter to death on Sunday in Suffolk County. Police say the stabbing happened just before 5 p.m. at the family's home on Jefferson Avenue in Brentwood. The scene was heartbreaking. A child's yellow ball, a tricycle, a toddler slide and a swing set, all within the family's gated home, were covered in … [Read more...]
The Court that Hurts Children
By Barry Goldstein Custody courts cannot protect children when they permit a biased theory, designed to help abusive fathers take custody from good mothers and twice rejected by the American Psychiatric Association because there is no research to support it, to have more influence over the courts than ACE (adverse childhood experiences) and Saunders that are peer-reviewed scientific studies … [Read more...]
A child dies every 6 days amid custody fights, family court lapses. Advocates want change.
In 2021, Rashawd Hines knew he had to act when his son cried each time before returning to his mother’s house. So the Lakeland, Florida, man wrote a letter to a Polk County clerk’s office in Florida requesting a family court hearing to gain full custody of Jayden, just 2. In the letter, Hines wrote he feared for the safety of his boy, but the court did not immediately act on his … [Read more...]
Hours before Modesto dad allegedly killed daughter, judge granted restraining order against him
Just a few hours before a Modesto man allegedly killed his 8-year-old daughter, a judge approved a restraining order to protect her and her mother from him. The girl’s mother petitioned for the restraining order Monday, it was approved by the judge Wednesday morning and proof of service was filed with the court at 4:15 p.m. About three hours later, the girl was dead, allegedly shot by her … [Read more...]
Wife obtained order of protection days before Little Village man fatally shot her and teen daughter, wounded son: prosecutors
Jose Alvarez, 67, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery from discharging a firearm. Less than two weeks before she and her daughter were shot to death, Karina Gonzalez had gotten a restraining order against her husband because of his drinking, drug use and threatening behavior. But the order was never served, prosecutors disclosed Thursday, and Jose … [Read more...]
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