This podcast is an extension of the revolution sparked by the death and disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, a mother who died by the hands of her abuser who was seeking to win 50/50 custody during post-separation abuse family law litigation. Do you know abusers use family court to continue abusing their victims after they escape domestic violence? This is called post-separation abuse, and it is the cause of 769 children's lives lost, due to post-separation abuse litigation, since 2008. I advocate for law reform, mentor survivors, educate the public and expose the breakdowns. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-moore-live/support
The Post-Separation Abuse Podcast with Sara Moore Live
10:00 WARNING: Judge decides the father's concerns about the children being dressed the same was worse than the children's disclosure to the judge that they saw their father take a knife to their mother's throat. 11:00 SOLUTION: Add health and safety to the laws and implement Ace research is implemented, 12:00 BUZZ WORD: Best Interest of the Child 13:00 "Courts need to use Ace & Saunders, peer reviewed research. Without Ace, they minimize the significance of DV and child abuse; without Saunders they are relying on the wrong experts and repeatedly disbelieve true reports of abuse." 14:00 SOLUTION: Make health & safety the first priority and use Ace & Saunders research 15:00 BUZZ WORD: Coercive Control 15:45 BUZZ WORD: high conflict, only physical abuse matters, only recent abuse matters - ACTION FOR COURTS: STOP USING PRACTICES THAT THE RESEARCH SAYS IS WRONG. IMPLEMENT ACE & SAUNDERS 18:55 BUZZ WORD: Parental Alienation 21:09 BUZZ WORD: GAL Collusion 21:32 PROPOSAL: Early hearing that is limited to hearing of domestic violence and child abuse within 60 days of filing 22:49 Saunders says court professionals need training in 4 specific subjects: 1) Screening for DV 2) risk assessment 3) post-separation violence and 4) the impact of DV on children 23:30 WARNING: Examples of why they disregard and what screening for DV will do to help 25:15 BUZZ WORD: The Pattern of Abuse: isn't just physical, it's also psychological, emotional, monitoring behaviors, isolating behaviors, economic abuse 29:54 6 States have introduced the Safe Child Act - Kayden's law & Kiera's law 31:00 WHY HAWAII DIDN'T PASS 33:20 Obstacles to passing 1) Defensive judiciary 2) court professionals who like the current system because they make good money 3) abuser rights groups 33:52 "In the last 10 years, over 750 children involved in contested custody cases have been murdered" 34:10 Dr. Bartlow did a follow up on child murders interviewing judges and court administrators in the communities where these tragedies occurred. She asked the most important question, "In response to the tragedy in your community, what have you done to create reforms to prevent this from happening again?" 34:57 The shocking answer 35:11 Shocking reality 37:00 Fundamental mistake of the courts are making are erring on the side of keeping the abuser is the child's lives, instead of erring on the side of protecting children 37:48 GOAL: An intolerance in the listening of society that post-separation abuse is no longer acceptable. 38:05 Failure of the media to expose the scandal 38:49 Sexism and gender bias in the court rulings and how taboo it is and how it creates defensive judges 39:35 Jennifer's Law, including coercive control in the law, Barry's opinion, good law, but not comprehensive enough 40:19 Women's coalition, using a jury instead of a judge, Barry's opinion, "I think that's a mistake" 42: 45 Being forced to testify against abuser for the first time, in itself is a threat, "I dare you to testify against me", a coercive threat in itself 43:35 Are there options for these cases to not --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-moore-live/support