Protective Parents
Protective parents protect their children from an abusive parent who is attempting to obtain custody of their children.
These cases often involve child abuse and child sexual abuse as well as domestic violence. New research from the Department of Justice shows that in more than 80% of decisions, judges in custody court cases award custody or unsupervised visitation to dangerous abusers.
Violent parents are not good role models.
The Saunders Study, a major study by the National Institute of Justice, found bad practices were behind most of the worst decisions. These include a belief in Parental Alienation Syndrome, a lack of knowledge about domestic violence and child abuse, and the discredited belief that women frequently fabricate allegations of child abuse and domestic violence.
Judges must be tougher on abusers if they are to protect children.