Litigating Custody with Batterers: Organizations and Support Resources

Litigating Custody with Batterers I
Organizations and Support Resources
compiled and edited by Liliane Miller

LEGAL ABUSE SYNDROME
Book by Karin Huffer describing how litigation with batterers leads to a myriad of mental and physical health issues, including PTSD.

LEGAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE ADVOCATES, LLC
We design and communicate to the court ADA accommodations for litigants with special needs such as PTSD from domestic violence. We advocate for the functionally impaired in court and insure that the ADAA, which protects Americans with Disabilities, even invisible ones like PTSD, is followed.

New womenslaw.org
The Mission of WomensLaw.org is to provide easy-to-understand legal information and resources to women living with or escaping domestic violence or sexual assault. By reaching out through the Internet, we empower women and girls to lead independent lives, free from abuse ...

NON-CUSTODIAL MOMS BREAKING THE SILENCE
Online support group and resources for mothers

UAADV -- UNITED ANGELS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Victims, Survivors and Advocates Creating a Better Tomorrow Survivors Movement Network Resources and support for battered women

stopfamilyviolence.org

NATIONAL FAMILY COURT WATCH PROJECT
The National Family Court Watch Project is working to bring a public eye into the family court system.

CAVNET (Communities Against Violence Network)
"... founded and operated by the former Special Counsel to the Violence Against Women Office at the Justice Department, CAVNET has developed an international network of professionals addressing domestic violence, ... stalking, juvenile justice, [and] human rights, ..."

"We, the COURAGEOUS KIDS NETWORK, are a growing group of young people, whose childhood was shattered by biased and inhumane court rulings, which forced us to live with our abusive parent, while restricting or sometimes completely eliminating contact with our loving and protective parent. We lost our home, pets, toys, friends… our childhood. We lived in fear, depression, hopelessness and helplessness for years. Some of us ran away from our abusers. Some could not handle the trauma and committed suicide. We who survived, got older, stronger, and are boldly proclaiming: "ENOUGH!" http://courageouskids.net/

CENTER FOR PROTECTION OF CHILDREN, INC.

CALIFORNIA PROTECTIVE PARENT'S ASSOCIATION
"The Mission of the California Protective Parents Association is to protect children from incest and family violence through research, education and advocacy."

CHILD ABUSE SOLUTIONS

CUSTODY PREP FOR MOMS
"A support site provided by those that have been through the process." Our website is intended to help fit and loving mothers who wish to continue to be the primary caretakers of their children.

WOMEN FOR HOPE

FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE

BARRY GOLDSTEIN, New York State attorney, author, teacher, advocate for battered women, and expert on abuser’s legal tactics; author of "SCARED TO LEAVE, AFRAID TO STAY - Paths From Family Violence to Safety" and "Custody-Visitation Scandal Cases".

AVOIDING THE RISKS OF FAMILY COURT
Women's Justice Center, Santa Rosa, CA

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL "... a nonprofit independent scientific organization...of...scientists, clinicians, educators, legal scholars, and public policy analysts...[whose] mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare."

JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN, Eileen King, Regional Director, Washington, DC (conference presenter); "Our mission is to raise the consciousness of our society about the failure of our governmental agencies to protect victims of child abuse..."; Briefs, decisions, etc.

ILLINOIS COALITION FOR FAMILY COURT REFORM
Chicago grassroots organization founded by Annette Zender that has collected victim impact statements, garnered the assistance of legislators, and captured the attention of the media.

MOTHERS OF LOST CHILDREN "...to support, nurture and pray for mothers who have been forcibly separated from their children by the family law and juvenile courts. Our primary goal is to bring to public awareness the fact that children who report abuse, particularly incest, are regularly given into the custody or unsupervised visitation of the identified perpetrators."

NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
RIGHTS FOR MOTHERS.ORG

SHANAHAN, THOMAS, ESQ.

SMALL JUSTICE: LITTLE JUSTICE IN AMERICA'S COURTS, Garland Waller, Producer (conference presenter); Highly acclaimed, multi-award winning documentary film. Small Justice received the "Award for Media Excellence" from The Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute at the 8th International Conference on Family and Domestic Violence.

LET MY CHILDREN GO! KOURTS FOR KIDS Wendy Titelman

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ONLINE RESOURCES: CHILD CUSTODY AND PROTECTION, "... a cooperative project of the Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice and Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse within the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota...".

JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION