Motion for Recusal: Judge Bernard Shapiro
TO - Presiding Judge - Family Court Division Bertilo Soto Administrative Judge - Domestic Violence Division Lawson E. Thomas Court House 175 NW 1st. Ave. Miami, Florida 33128 Judicial Qualifications…
How can you seek “fairness” in custody decisions?
The FCVFC blog focuses on analyzing, confronting, and remediating corruption across the country in the family, juvenile, and dependency courts.
But behind the scenes much of our work has to do with helping to determine optimal custody decisions, as fair as possible in the interest of all parties. (more…)
How the Family Court System is Broken and How it Can Be Fixed
The First Amendment of the US Constitution protects free speech in matters of public interest. The protection of children from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse is a critical issue of…
6 Quick Facts You Need to Know about “Parental Alienation”
The theory of “parental alienation” (developed by Richard Gardner, MD) has been embraced wholesale by the judicial system, without substantiation. Here’s what you need to know about it. 1. “Parental…
Complaints against Judge Clark Richardson and attorney Heather Saslovsky
I, Jill Jones Soderman, am filing good faith complaints against New York County family court judge Clark Richardson and attorney Heather Saslovsky, an employee of the nonprofit Legal Aid Society…
So-called “reunification therapy” leaves a trail of broken children and betrayed protective parents who have fought for them
It is a public health crisis. In family courts, this scene plays out regularly: abused children are forced into custodial relationships with their abusers by professionals who have betrayed…
Before Melody Bannister Went Into Hiding There Was Planning
From the desk of Jill Jones Soderman, executive director Once the four Bannister children disclosed material that made sense of years of behavior that was puzzling to inexplicable to their…
Interview with forensic psychiatrist Dr. Carole Lieberman about the Bannister case
Jill Jones-Soderman, executive director of The Foundation for the Child Victims of the Family Courts was interviewed yesterday by Dr. Carole Lieberman, the highly-respected forensic psychiatrist who conducted forensic…
Melody Bannister ran for the lives of her children
Melody Bannister, who is alleged of having “kidnapped” her children, is wanted by law enforcement. But her own version of the story, which she appears to be blogging while…
When family courts don’t believe the children
Just a little over a year ago, two six-year-old twin boys were sent to sole custody of their father. Besides the bruises, lacerations, black eyes, abrasions, and genital injuries…