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New York Legislature: Experts in Child Custody Cases Must be Licensed

June 2, 2022

Legislation seeking to reform a key aspect of New York's Family Court system passed a crucial hurdle. By a unanimous vote, the state Senate passed the bill raising standards to be a "forensic evaluator" providing paid expertise in Family Court cases. Previously, the same bill had passed the Assembly. The bill is the first among a package seeking to increase child safety in Family Court that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: child custody, custody evaluator, family court reform, forensic evaluator, Jaqueline Franchetti, kyra franchetti, kyra's champions, legislation, legislative action, legislative advocacy, legislative victory, new york

Advocates, Lawmakers Say Family Court System is Failing Families it was Designed to Protect

January 13, 2022

NEW YORK - Growing calls for family court reform in the state come on the heels of a sobering statistic: 20 children have been killed by a parent in the past five years during custody disputes in New York. Advocates and lawmakers say the system is failing the families it was designed to protect. Read more here. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bronx, Family Court, family court failure, family court reform, Jaqueline Franchetti, kyra's law, new york

New York Teen Advocates On Behalf Of Late Toddler: Preventing Child Abuse in Custody Cases

September 23, 2021

14-year-old Shayna Blumenfeld of Port Washington, from home, appeared virtually in front of New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody Evaluators, expressing the importance of making child safety the top priority in custody cases. Shayna is a youth ambassador for Kyra’s Champions, an organization that works to pass laws to protect children in child custody cases … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: advocacy, child abuse, child custody, custody evaluator, kyra franchetti, kyra's champions, new york, prevention, shayna blumenfeld, youth advocacy

Federal Lawsuit Claims NY Judge Anthony McGinty Favors Abusive Men in Custody Cases

August 21, 2021

An upstate New York domestic violence survivor, author, and family child advocate Francesca Amato said Ulster County Family Court Judge Anthony McGinty violated her rights by awarding custody of her teen son to her abusive ex — and she claims other female litigants are facing similar fates, an explosive federal lawsuit alleges. Judge McGinty placed her 13-year-old son with a father, who has a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: custody, domestic violence, Family Court, family court failure, judicial accountability, lawsuit, new york

7-Year-Old Julissia Batties Killed Inside Mom’s Bronx Apartment, Despite History of Abuse Detailed in Court Papers

August 14, 2021

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...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: abuse, bronx, child homicide, child protective services, domestic violence, homicide, new york, system failure

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