Guidelines for Examining Intimate Partner Violence: A Supplement to the AFCC Model Standards of Practice for Child Custody Evaluation

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 674-686
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Child Custody ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Custody Evaluation ◽  
Standards Of Practice ◽  
Child Custody Evaluation

Judges in the Protection Orders and Family Law Systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 184-214
Author(s):  
Heather Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Child Custody ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Family Courts ◽  
Protection Orders ◽  
The Family

This chapter explores women’s interactions with judges when they appeared before them in relation to protection orders and child custody orders after experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Commonly women identified that judges prioritized physical violence and minimized other forms of abuse and that they seemed to align with abusers, discounting the women’s experiences of abuse. Women identified that judges often lacked preparation for hearings, rubber-stamped witness subpoenas, and failed to stop irrelevant witness examination. They explained how these approaches facilitated their partner’s misuse of the legal system as a tactic of abuse. Women also discussed how judges, especially in the family courts, prioritized fathers’ rights to contact with children over safety. However, women’s stories also demonstrated resistance to their abuser’s control over them through the courts, and their efforts to ensure the safety of their children regardless of court orders.

scholarly journals Child Custody Determinations in Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence: a Human Rights Analysis

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 951-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay G. Silverman ◽  
Cynthia M. Mesh ◽  
Carrie V. Cuthbert ◽  
Kim Slote ◽  
Lundy Bancroft
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Child Custody ◽  
Intimate Partner
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