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I am a mother, a daughter, a sister, your neighbor, your co-worker and or friend. I am only one of thousands of Battered Mothers and  battered children struggling daily to keep our children safe ourselves alive. Many have not survived. I dedicate this domain to ALL my many sisters-and all our children, those who have fallen and those who still stand, being brutalized daily, weekly, year after year- by a system that is supposed to protect, the Courts continue to punish battered mothers and our battered children. United we carry forward the unheard cries of our children.   

We are Silenced no more .  

 

Claudine Dombrowski ...

We must say to every member of our society: If you violate your children, they may not speak today, but as we gather our strength and stand beside them, they will, one day, speak your name. They will speak every name. (Marilyn Van Derbur)                   WE ARE GATHERING OUR STRENGTH - WE ARE SILENCED NO MORE~!

 

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A victims first scream is for help;

A victims second scream is for justice.

 

 

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Video and Speakers from the Sixth Annual

Battered Mothers Custody Conference 

January 9th-12th, 2009

  http://bmcc6.blip.tv/ 

 

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Family Court Reform Coalition Kansas Chapter

In memory of  Betty Sales-Stumpf

(please be patient as we optimize the site, links and navigation for easier access. thank you) The contents have not changed,

 and.....NEVER ever give up- not EVER~!

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.

There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible,

but in the end, they always fall––think of it--always. --Mahatma Gandhi

 

 

 

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Battered Mothers Custody Conference interviews

Battered Mothers Custody Conference interviews

[IMPORTANT: The following audiovisual piece includes real-life interviews featuring disturbing verbal content and statements on child abuse and domestic violence. Viewer discretion is advised.]



Prof. Garland Waller produced "Small Justice: Little Justice in America's Family Courts" which is an independent documentary that explores the relationship between domestic violence, child sexual abuse and custody laws in America. To learn more about the stories of the women seen in this 10 minute clip, please go to http://batteredmotherscustodyconferen...

Jessie Beers Altman, a graduate student in the College of Communication, was in charge of editing this video.

For more information of Boston University's Department of Film and Television at the College of Communication, visit: http://www.bu.edu/com/ft

 

Battered Women, Abused Children,

 and Child Custody:

 A NATIONAL CRISIS *

www.BatteredMothersCustodyConference.org

Sixth Annual Battered Mother's Conference

January 9th-11th 2009  Friday Evening through Sunday Evening

  

2008 Conference

 

Video Clips

Brochure and Mail-In Registration

Schedule

Presenters

Articles, Research, Case Law, etc.

Our Co-Sponsors

"Children Taken By The Family Courts" Quilt

2007 Truth Commission Findings and Solutions

PBS 2005 Documentary, Breaking The Silence...Children's Stories

History of the Conference

*The Conference includes presentations, round-table discussions, and question & answer sessions with nationally-distinguished professionals whose work is focused on resolving the complex issues facing battered women as they strive to protect themselves and their children in and out of court during custody and visitation disputes.  It is open to lay persons, and of special interest to advocates, social workers, psychologists, attorneys, judges, legal personnel, and others involved in the issue of battered women's and abused children's legal and civil rights violations by family courts, DSS, and other government systems.

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Any time time is the right time

to do what is right.

 

...wouldn't now be a good time...

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NEWS FLASH Headlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Fighting the 'Hidden American Disgrace"
of Court Abused Children
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We DEMAND Justice!~

short audio clip of VOW's call to justice.

 

         "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 and stronger. Now we are telling the world how much we were hurt, first by our abusers and then by the court that refused to protect us.

Silent no more.

We are the Courageous Kids Network.

 

 

 

    The Voices of Women Organizing Project gives a voice to survivors of domestic violence, so that we can influence, change, and improve the many systems battered women and their children rely on for safety and justice.

 

VOW Executive Summary Release:

    Justice Denied: How Family Courts Endanger Battered Women and Children.

For a copy of the Executive Summary, click here

 

 

                                  

 

 

 

Be the change.

 

 

 

 

A Childs Rights Association

Wichita, Kansas

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'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.' Margaret Mead
US anthropologist & popularizer of anthropology (1901 - 1978)

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Family Court Crisis - Our Children at Risk

2008 Family Law Documentary of the systemic break down of Family Courts

www.CenterForJudicialExcellence.org

 This is a national outrage-only together in numbers can we bring about real change.

Family Court Crisis; Our Children at Risk

January 2008  Family Law Documentary-(43 min)

Breaking The Silence; Children's Stories

October 2005 PBS Documentary- (1hr 4 min)

 

 

 

Family Court Crisis - Our Children at Risk

The Center For Judicial Excellence exposes a brewing nightmare in family courts across America: Children are routinely being placed by the family court in the sole custody of their abusive parents.

 

The 43 minute feature looks into Parental Alienation Syndrome (or PAS, the reigning paradigm in family courts); plus we take a look at the role of court-appointed mediators, therapists & evaluators in a broken system run amok that is damaging the lives of far too many children.

 

And looks at the big business and money motives behind the family law machine;

 

 This film is a call to action if you care about this grave injustice that must be seen to be believe.

 

Breaking The Silence; Children's Stories

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.

The one-hour special also features interviews with domestic violence experts, attorneys and judges who reveal the disturbing frequency in which abusers are winning custody of their children and why these miscarriages of justice continue to occur.
 

This Documentary is a part of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights lawsuit (Dombrowski v US)  in conjunct with other National Organizations on behalf of Battered Mothers and Battered Children Nationally.

Entire Petition here: http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/ocean/host.php?folder=3&page=468

 

 

 

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The Crisis in Family Law Courts

There is a national crisis for women and their children in the family law courts of this country. Affirmed by experts and leaders in the women's movement, the existence of this crisis is verified by women in every state who report injustice in their family law cases, especially battered mothers trying to protect their children from abusive fathers who aggressively litigate against them, using family court to stalk, harass, punish, and impoverish their former partners and children. NOW recognizes this crisis for women and their children and seeks to address discrimination against women in family courts.

The information presented here has been compiled by the National NOW Family Law Advisory Ad Hoc Committee. Created in April 2004, this all-volunteer committee is comprised of parents, grandparents, activists, paralegals, organizers, attorneys, and advocates from across the nation devoting their collective experience and expertise in family law and navigating the family court system to NOW's work in promoting justice and equality for women.

Resources

  • In response to the discrimination and harassment women often face in family courts, the NOW Family Law Ad Hoc Committee has developed a brochure that provides practical recommendations for women encountering a difficult divorce or child custody case. It includes tips to help women better understand the judicial process, how to protect themselves in domestic violence situations, conduct proper case documentation and what to guard against in contested child custody cases. The brochure can be downloaded for NOW chapter and personal use.
    Brochure: Crisis For Women In Family Court: What To Expect and How To Fight Back (pdf)

  • Recommended Reading

  • Links to helpful web sites

 

 

Child Abuse Awareness

 

April is child abuse awareness month and ACRA has invited you to join us in a walk followed by a candlelight vigil to help bring awareness to child abuse and system abuse. Please share this will all of your family and friends so we can work together to make a difference in our community.

Child Abuse Statistics

 4 children die everyday as a result of child abuse and three out of 4 of these victims are under the age of four.

   Of reported rapes of children under 12 years old, 90% of the victims knew the perpetrator.

  Child abuse occurs at every socio-economic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.

According to the American Judges Association

 

Approximately 70% of batterers obtain sole or joint custody.

  Batterers succeed in convincing authorities that the non-offending parent is unfit or undeserving of sole custody.

If the American Judges Association knows of this why do they continue to put children at risk?

Judges must be educated in child sexual abuse to help protect and prevent any re-occurring abuse.

  A study done by "Neustein & Goetting (1999)" shows 300 cases studied over a 10 year period in which the 'non-offending' parent sought to protect their child/children from sexual abuse, found that 70% resulted in unsupervised visitation or shared custody;  20% of cases the 'protective parent' completely lost custody, and many of these lost all visitation rights.

The bottom line is that children are

 NOT being protected

by the one person who has the final say,

The Judge!

Judge Joe Johnson Topeka Kansas Don Hoffman Jason Hoffman Shawnee County County Court, Jill Dykes, GAL

 

 

§National Network on Family Law Policy

therapeutic jurisprudence - custody evaluators - guardians ad litem Children need. . . THIS? standards and practices in child custody evaluations § CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATORS : IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Erroneous Belief in Benefit Where None Exists. Isn't it Time We Ditched this Bad Idea?

§ Therapeutic JurispruNorm Pattis on therapeutic jurisprudencedence... Not Such a Good idea

Whores of the Court: The Fraud of Psychiatric Testimony and the Rape of American Justice, by Margaret Hagen FREE download from Prof. Hagen's website, right now.

Evaluating the Evaluator; re-thinking the Assumptions of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Family Courts

therapeutic jurisprudence - custody evaluators - guardians ad litemThis article discusses the minimum disclosures every child custody evaluator, "best interests" guardian ad litem GAL [1], or parenting coordinator (herein called a "mental health professional" or "MHP") [2a]

Kansas Licensing

Child custody evaluator repeats the same language and findings in multiple custody evaluation reports

 

 

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What is Fair for Children of Abusive Men?
by Jack C. Straton, Ph.D.

http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/nomas.html

 

 

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Claudine Dombrowski Case No. 96-D-217 Shawnee County Courts Topeka, KS

2001 Original Website: Nine years later, -justice still has not risen her head, indeed, continued abuse, punishment, coercion, control and torture continues....

 

A Childs Rights Association

Is Lobbying for the 'Protective Parent Act' in Kansas, this act will help protect abused children rights and the rights of the non-offending parent.

 

Patriotic Thunder-KS Local Issues Kansas Judges -what we heard absolutely disgusted us about them. Common sense says if you rape a little girl or beat the hell out of your wife you shall get punished for that in a severe matter.  However, the law states otherwise, and the list of outrage goes on.....

Sentencing guidelines a hot topic at the Statehouse - 49abcnews.com Activist and family violence victim herself, Claudine Dombrowski, joined members of the community as they discussed, along with representative Joe Patton, ...

Kansas Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence Supports Justice for Mothers-Mother's Day lawsuit. A case from Kansas is part of the lawsuit. http://www.kcsdv.org/psmothers.html

The Manhattan Free Press On Line To Claudine Dombrowski it is not beautiful, that is her daughter, six-year-old Rikki on the couch behind the threatening coffee table. ...

OUTRAGES: Bad decisions, Bad judges, Bad experts, Bad ethics, Bad ...CLAUDINE DOMBROWSKI CASE , Shawnee County, Kansas . Claudine lost custody of her baby daughter Rikki to Hal Richardson, the man who did this, thanks to Judge James P. Buchele....

 

Manhattan resident fights custody battle for daughter All she wants is to get her daughter back. Claudine Dombrowski, a Manhattan resident, is fighting for the custody of her 6-year-old daughter....

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOTHERS FILE INTERNATIONAL COMPLAINT AGAINST UNITED STATES 

"INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS"

 

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We are the Courageous Kids Network.

 

Fighting the "Hidden American Disgrace"
of Court Abused Children

      " 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 and stronger. Now we are telling the world how much we were hurt, first by our abusers and then by the court that refused to protect us."

www.CourageousKids.net

 

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Stop Family Violence

CRISIS IN AMERICA'S FAMILY COURTS


There is a crisis in America _ s family courts, and we need your help to end it. Judges are awarding child custody to batterers, child abusers and pedophiles while issuing gag orders and even jailing the protective parents who try to stop them.

StopFamilyViolence.org, and the Battered Mother _ s Custody Conference invite you to host or attend the showing of a special DVD during October, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, to raise awareness about this shocking national crisis and to organize for action.

Join thousands of concerned citizens in communities across the country as they view portions of two nationally acclaimed documentaries that expose the _ dirty secret _ taking place in America _ s family courts. Then join a discussion to plan what you can do about it. (event time approx 2 hrs)
Small Justice: Little Justice in
America's Family Courts

Garland Waller, producer; Intermedia, distributor.

NOTE: if the above player is not working, click here

Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories
Tatge-Lasseur Productions

NOTE: if the above player is not working, click here

Learn how misguided judges take children away from the protective parent and put them in the care of the person the children have named as their abuser. See how abusive fathers use their children to control and punish the mothers, and how judges unwittingly help these abusive men use the court to perpetuate the abuse. Learn the truth about a discredited theory called Parental Alienation Syndrome, that judges, custody evaluators and law guardians invoke to deny that abuse is occurring, and learn about state laws that force judges to make decisions that put abused women and children at risk.

Fighting the "Hidden American Disgrace"
of Court Abused Children

     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.

Some of us, whose mothers tried to protect us from abuse, did not see our mothers for years, or were only allowed to see our mothers under oppressive supervised visitation orders. We were not allowed to hug our mothers, or talk about how we felt. Some of us were separated from siblings, grandparents and extended family. 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 and stronger. Now we are telling the world how much we were hurt, first by our abusers and then by the court that refused to protect us.

www.CourageousKids.net

The Leadership Council
610-664-5007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Child Abuse Experts Applaud Legal Community for Rejecting 
Parental Alienation Syndrome

July 12, 2006   Bala Cynwyd, Pa. People who care about abused children finally have something to celebrate. Two recent high profile legal publications have rejected _ Parental Alienation Syndrome _ (PAS), a controversial label often used to discredit allegations of child abuse or domestic violence in family courts. According to PAS theory, children's disclosures of abuse by one parent are reinterpreted as evidence of _ brainwashing _ by the other parent. The solution proposed by PAS theory is to immediately award custody to the alleged child abuser. 

The newly revised, 2006 edition of "Navigating Custody and V