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More Moms Losing Kids in Family Court Drug Wars

By: Cynthia L. Cooper | January 20, 2014

Women across the country are often tested for drugs without consent and punished with government interventions when results are positive. Advocates say “test and report” is the “stop and frisk” of the curtained world of juvenile protection agencies.

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Courts Must Open Eyes and Ears to Abused Children

By: Maralee McLean | January 9, 2014

My story is a case study of what is happening in many courtrooms where good mothers are having their children taken from their arms and handed over to their abusers. We must change our system so protective mothers and abused children are treated fairly.

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When Kinship Care Fails, Custody Hopes Collapse

By: Anna Limontas-Salisbury | December 19, 2013

In the world of Child Protective Services, it’s never simple when family members step in to care for relatives’ children and keep them out of foster care. Sometimes the process can make a fractured family, broken.

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Impoverished Mom Lost in Milwaukee Family Court

By: Anna Limontas-Salisbury | January 26, 2013

Dulce Guerrero lost her job and home a year ago. Now she feels abused by Milwaukee’s family court system for taking away her parental custody rights. “There is no help for poor families when they are falling apart,” says a woman close to the case.

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CIA Scandal Now Puts Custody Case in Headlights

By: Claire McCormack | November 16, 2012

The recent CIA scandal is now bringing to the surface a contentious child custody battle that overlooked allegations of domestic violence from Natalie Khawam, Jill Kelley’s twin sister.

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Custody Disputes Now Tougher for Battered Moms

By: Phyllis Chesler | June 26, 2011

It’s been 25 years since Phyllis Chesler wrote “Mothers on Trial” to help women fight their child-custody battles. In this excerpt from her revised book, she reviews what’s changed, for better and worse.

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