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Our Family Court Systems are a dangerous place for women, children and victims of domestic abuse

The Numbers Don't Lie
We need to change our family court system

58,000

An estimated 58,000 US children are court ordered into the care of an abusing parent each and every year.

989

989 US children have been murdered by a divorcing or separating parent in the past decade.

2x

Abusive fathers are more than 2x as likely to seek sole physical custody as non-violent fathers and they are successful about 70% of the time.

73%

of mothers lose custody when the courts believe the mother is an alienator- sometimes even when courts acknowledge the father has abused the mother or children.

Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders - Arizona, May 12, 2025

Arizona, Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders05-12-2025 14-38-32_1.mp4

Jeff Diamant speaking out in support of the Safe Haven Act (HB 3515)

Parents Say Family Courts Too Often Ignore Allegations Of Violence In Custody Disputes

Montana Senate Judiciary Committee, Proponent Testimony

Plan to train Utah judges on domestic violence taking shape under new child custody law

"The Tendency of family courts to dismiss the history of domestic violence and abuse in custody cases, especially where mothers and/or children have brought forward credible allegations of domestic abuse, including coercive control, physical or sexual abuse is unacceptable."

Reem Alsalem,

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences.