Venezuela Has Lost Children to Disaster Before. It Still Hasn’t Built a System to Stop It.
A mother's account of losing her daughter during a chaotic earthquake rescue in Venezuela highlights the country's historical failures in child protection. Past disasters have left many children untracked and vulnerable. With recent earthquakes affecting…
No Transcript, No Appeal, No Accountability: How the Court Reporter Crisis Is Erasing Family Court Records
Millions of family court hearings are being conducted without reliable transcripts, leaving parents unable to challenge judicial errors on appeal. A New York case has exposed a crisis that extends far beyond one courtroom.
Now You Know, Pete
Pete Buttigieg shared a harrowing experience with Child Protective Services following a false allegation, emphasizing the emotional toll of such encounters. While he was quickly vindicated, he highlighted that many parents endure prolonged struggles…
Marriage Equality Matters. So Does Family Court Equality.
Michael Phillips reflects on the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, which established marriage rights for all but highlights the shortcomings of family courts. These courts lack procedural safeguards, leading to disproportionate consequences…
PTSD Is Not a Parenting Defect: Family Courts Must Stop Treating Veterans’ Disabilities as Risk Without Individualized ADA Assessments
June is PTSD Awareness Month, highlighting the need for family courts to stop using PTSD and military service as stereotypes that unjustly restrict parental rights. Courts must ensure individualized assessments to distinguish real risks from harmful…
Child Welfare Selective Service
The article critiques politicians' lack of urgency in addressing family court issues that result in children being separated from fit parents while they express concern over immigration-related separations. It highlights the systemic dysfunction in…
What You’re Missing This Father’s Day
In a heartfelt letter, Michael Phillips expresses his pain over being denied contact with his son, Dylan, due to ongoing parental conflicts with his mother, Christina Avgerinos. Despite a court order granting visitation on Father's Day and throughout the…
The Loophole
Congress established a high-deployment allowance for servicemembers exceeding deployment thresholds. However, the Navy's implementation limits eligibility due to a regulation that focuses on consecutive deployment days, ignoring total aggregate time. As…
The Price of the Circuit
The family court system's failures stem from a funding structure that incentivizes parents' separation. Federal grants and funding programs bolster a closed system, resulting in inadequate responses to parental alienation. Despite recent reforms,…
The Government Has Been Counting the Wrong Days
Captain Mehdi Akacem, a Navy officer with 27 years of service, audited his PERSTEMPO record, revealing systemic flaws in how the military tracks service members' time away from home. Despite legal requirements for documentation, significant periods of…