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Mother Sought help from Family Court; Now She's Dead
The Arizona Republic, October 20, 2009
Two weeks before she was killed, Dawn Axsom pleaded with Judge Jose Padilla of Maricopa County Superior Court to let her leave Arizona with her son because she feared Gabriel Schwartz, the toddler's father, would harm her or their boy. More
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Mother fighting system that dismisses child sex abuse claims
Auburn Journal, May 17, 2009
Aliyah Bedwell is the focus of a home video during which she talks about instances that strongly suggest she is the victim of sexual abuse. Her mother, Connie Bedwell, says she recorded the video because it is just one of many scenarios in which her daughter has made extremely upsetting comments regarding her father. The parents are separated and a judge has given the father full custody of his daughter. Currently, Bedwell can only see her daughter during supervised visits. When asked why, Bedwell did not elaborate but said that many officials do not believe her story. More
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Convicted Rapists in US Military
CBS News, March 18, 2009
The military is increasingly issuing something called "moral waivers," so they can enlist military personnel with felony convictions for crimes like rape and sexual assault. More
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Battered Mothers Custody Conference Interviews
BU Today, December 1, 2008
Garland Waller, an assistant professor of film and television in the Boston University College of Communication, has produced a short film about mothers who lose custody of their children to their abusive partners. In 2007 and 2008, she attended the Battered Mothers Custody Conference and teamed up with two other filmmakers to record more than 12 hours worth of interviews. The result is a 14-minute film short that will be shown at the sixth annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference More
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Las Vegas woman's custody fight to protect her daughter
Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 19, 2008
For 18 months, Barney had tried to convince authorities that her ex-husband, Malakai "Sonny" Kaufusi, was sexually abusing their daughter. They had joint custody at the time, but on that January evening, Barney refused to turn her daughter over. More
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Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories
Tatge/Lasseur Productions, March 30, 2006
This powerful PBS documentary chronicles the impact of domestic violence on children and the recurring failings of family courts across the country to protect them from their abusers. In stark and often poignant interviews, children and battered mothers tell their stories of abuse at home and continued trauma within the courts. More
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Small Justice: Little Justice in America's Family Courts
Intermedia, October 1, 2001
This program explores the family court system which routinely takes children away from the protective parent and puts them in the care of the person the children have named as their abuser. It describes how fathers use and sacrifice their children in order to control and punish the mothers, and how the courts, often unwittingly, help those men. By following the stories of three dedicated women and their lawyers the program exposes a systematic legal failure to protect those who need protection the most. More
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Family Court Crisis: Our Children At Risk
Center for Judicial Excellence
Family Court Crisis: Our Children At Risk, a 42-minute documentary addressing the serious systemic breakdown of our family courts, features personal testimony from individuals who have experienced the pitfalls of our family law system and expert evaluations of what has gone wrong. More