helping protective parents and children endangered by an abusive family court system
~a 501(c)(3) nonprofit~
The Foundation for Child Victims of the Family Courts helps protective parents navigate the family court system
~to defend yourself and your children against the system.
~to maintain your credibility and reputation.
~to be able to provide your children the safe and happy childhood they deserve.
“I never anticipated this nightmare of litigation”
You thought you would take steps to change an abusive situation.
You had no idea this would be your time of greatest danger.
You thought when you brought forward your child’s allegation of abuse, your child would be believed.
You had no idea you would be accused of coaching your child.
You brought forward clear evidence and testimony of the child’s abuse.
You had no idea you would be in danger of being charged with “parental alienation.”
You thought your child would be protected.
You had no idea there would be talk of “reunifying” your child with the abuser.
You had no idea that you would be suddenly accused of personality disorders and mental illness.
You had no idea. That you would suddenly be in danger. Of losing your child.
But it wasn’t your fault.
You did the right thing. You did what you’ve always been told was the way to protect your child.
You didn’t know the corruption of the family courts. Why should you? All along, you’ve been making the best decisions you can with the information you have.
Really, what’s happened is that you’ve discovered the family court’s dirty little secret.
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The sad truth is, almost no one. In this broken and corrupt system, almost everyone in the system is part of the system. That’s why you’ve done everything right but STILL haven’t seen justice.
That’s why you need help from someone who knows the system. But works outside of it. As a protective parent, you still have to navigate this system, but you don’t have to do it alone.
At the Foundation for Child Victims of the Family Courts
Whether or not you have your own attorney, we will confidentially
We help you clarify and define the narrative.
We help you navigate the process and protect yourself and your children through it.
We fearlessly expose and litigate against corrupt members of the family court system.
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You’ll place a call or send an email to set up a no-charge initial consultation.
You’ll describe your situation with the family courts.
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You’ll engage us as your advocates, with one flat fee providing you with a professional forensic evaluation. You’ll also engage attorneys and other experts who understand the family court system.
You’ll see how to move forward in the best interest of your children.
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You’ll navigate the family court system with confidence.
You’ll know that knowledgeable guides who care about you and your children are helping you along the way.
When you’re navigating the bewildering, broken, and corrupt family court system for the sake of your children, you need a guide who’s been there and knows what it’s like.
You need someone who understands how the game is played but is willing to reject the all-purpose one-size-fits-all solutions. You need someone who knows how to find the better path.
You need someone who thinks outside the box of “this is the way we always do things here.”
You need someone who is not in it for the money, but is in it for you and your children.
FCVFC works in close conjunction with the Foundation for Family Law in the Public Interest, www.fflpi.org, whose lawyers have the same desires, to protect children and prosecute crimes committed by actors in family and probate courts.
The FCVFC keeps an environment of open communication, honesty, integrity, and trust. We ask that you do that same.
The FCVFC continues to look for new and innovative ways to deal with the challenges of the corrupt and broken family court system. We ask that you bring with you a willingness to sustain hope and energy during this challenging process.
The initial phone consultation is free of charge.
Engaging FCVFC involves an initial evaluation fee to conduct the thorough assessment that we agree on in our initial discussion and consultation.
Our fees are minimal, generally not charged on an hourly basis (flat fee for a service), and are often able to be worked out in mutual agreement with our clients.
JILL JONES SODERMAN
Founder and Executive Director
By the age of twelve, Jill Jones Soderman was working as a nurse’s aide at Memorial Hospital of Queens (NY), emptying bed pans, changing beds, and comforting young children who suffered from terrible diseases or were undergoing terrible treatments. Read more . . .
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I had given the last 8 years a noble try to gain custody of my son, spending all of my savings and my entire 401k on attorneys, but I had gotten nowhere.
Recently I started to represent myself, because I had nothing left. My 17-year-old son and I believed we would win this.
While waiting for the verdict, I told myself that if my son was not allowed to stay with me that I had no choice but to end my life.
We did not win.
That night I sat at my computer crying, begging for help and praying for an answer. I searched for answers and for pro bono attorneys. I searched searches I have searched a thousand times before.
This time, the FCVFC was the only site that appeared in the search.
I wrote my story in the “Get Help Today” message box on the FCVFC site and then kept searching. That night I emailed over 40 attorneys.
Finally, at 11:30 pm I was getting into bed when I received this email from Jill: “Call me.”
I replied, “Now?”
She replied, “YES!!” We spoke for over 30 minutes while she heard my story.
I tend to get overly excited and put too much hope in other people, including attorneys who over-promise and under-deliver. That is NOT Jill! I have never met someone more dedicated to what she does.
Jill never forgets to ask how my children are doing, or if I need anything. Rather than just seeing us as a paycheck, she knows what we’re going through. When she wins a case, we all win the case. We celebrate the victories together. It means we are that much closer to getting our children home.
There are nice, kind people in the world, and then there is Jill. She lives and breathes to rescue people’s children. Somehow it seems like she doesn’t need to sleep or eat. I don’t know how she does what she does, because I can barely suffer through my one horrific story. . . . She has many.
Jill is the answer to my prayers in more ways than one.
Even though I was cleared as a safe parent, and abuse by the father was acknowledged, my daughter and I have been failed numerous times by the family court system as well as other organizations. As a result, my daughter has had to endure years of extreme abuse, not only from her father but also from the family court system.
As a mother, it’s heartbreaking to see your child, a precious gift you gave birth to, be turned into a martyr at the expense of someone else’s evil and greed. How can it be that a child is abused, people see and acknowledge it, but they can’t do anything about it, even when it’s their job to do so?
It is just too appalling.
Abuse victims can mentally take only so much before the depression and suicidal thoughts begin to overtake them, as they begin to feel and believe that death may be the only way out of the nightmare.
When I was referred to the FCVFC, it was the first time I could breathe since I could last remember, and the heavy burden was lifted after years of suffocating under litigation abuse. Jill not only understood what we had been enduring, but she actually had our backs. She kept me updated in the case, answered my questions, and allowed me to be a part of conversations that people had been keeping from me for years because they were trying to cover up what had happened to my daughter.
I am so thankful for the FCVFC taking our case and really fighting for my daughter and against the injustices that have happened to her, holding people accountable for their criminal behavior, and giving not only me but also my daughter our lives back.
When you act in good faith and in compliance with the terms of our mutual agreement, we will sustain the work until we accomplish the agreed-upon mission.
You reported your child’s abuse because you loved and wanted to protect your child.
You’re fighting in family court because you love and want to protect your child.
You’ve been doing the right thing.
You want to keep doing the right thing.
You can have a nonprofit advocate who understands the family court system but is beholden to no one in that system.
You can know that a fearless advocate is willing to litigate against the very court system that is performing corrupt activities.
You can reach us at all hours of the day and night.
The Foundation for Child Victims of the Family Courts
A 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT
866-553-6931
info@fcvfc.org
10001 Avenue of the Americas, 11th floor
New York, New York 10018
2040B South Church St. Ext.
Spartanburg, SC 29306
FCVFC phone lines are open 24 hours a day to provide support and information. The first call is without charge or obligation.
After the initial phone call, the FCVFC does not at this time offer pro bono services.