Disorder in the Courts: Mother and Their Allies Take on the Family Law System

Edited by Helen Grieco, Rachel Allen and Jennifer Friedlin

Disorder in the Courts features essays by some of the nation’s leading experts on the crisis of mothers, especially those who are trying to protect their children from abusive fathers, in the family courts.

This e-book includes: a preface by Phyllis Chesler; “Domestic Violence, What’s That? One Mother’s Case and Her Fight for Justice,” by Karen Anderson; “Domestic Violence, What is that? One Woman’s Case and Her Fight for Justice,” by Karen Anderson; “Making a Mothers’ Movement,” by Dr. Lundy Bancroft; “Turning a Personal Battle into a Political Crusade,” an Interview with Karen Hartley-Nagle; “The Power of One in Alaska,” by Paige Hodson; “A Judge’s Perspective,” an Interview with Sol Gothard; “Child Sexual Abuse and Child Custody Disputes,” by Dr. Robert Geffner, et al.; “Protective Mothers in Child Custody Disputes: A Study of Judicial Abuse,” by Dr. Geraldine Butts Stahly; “Toward Better Outcomes in Child Custody Disputes,” by Sharon Bass; “Joint Custody - A Failed Proposition for Women, Children…and Loving Fathers,” by Trish Wilson; “Down the Rabbit Hole: Legal Strategy in Protective Parent Cases,” by Kristin, Diane, and Charles Hofheimer; “Consequences of Covering the Courts,” by Kristin Lombardi; “The Making of ‘Small Justice: Little Justice in America’s Family Courts,” by Garland Waller; “What Breaking the Silence Means,” an Interview with Filmmaker Dominique Lasseur; “The Protective Mothers’ Movement: An Activist’s Notes,” by Dr. Mo Therese Hannah; and an Afterword: “Activism is the Answer,” by Helen Grieco.

It is a wealth of information and a valuable resource for mothers, domestic violence advocates, therapists, researchers, journalists, attorneys, judges and anyone who cares about justice and the safety of women and their children.

You can download this e-book here.