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...]
Williamson County Family Exchanges Litigation Over Accusations of Child Abuse, Murder
Gracie Solomon, a brave young woman and abuse survivor is speaking out about her abusive father, sharing her belief that her father killed her older brother Grant, her protector. She is also a survivor of the corrupt and inept family court system that ignored her abuse and forced her into the full custody of her violent father, despite her mother's attempts to protect her and her brother … [Read more...]
‘I’m afraid he might hurt me’: After Her Court Plea for Protection, Alyssa Broderick was Killed by Her Abusive Stepfather
Alyssa Broderick's murder is a horrific example of a long-standing problem that hardly ever makes headlines: America’s criminal justice system too often fails to protect victims of domestic and family violence from their abusers. It was her worst fear - her stepfather was out of jail and she knew she wasn’t safe. Then 16, Alyssa Broderick told a court that Stephen Broderick, a former … [Read more...]