We have found that children are being harmed by the very agencies designated to protect them.
Children often disclose abuse after their parents have separated or divorced, when they feel safe.
Rather than protect the children, the courts frequently retraumatize the children and place them at risk. In numerous family law courts throughout California, judges consistently ignore or suppress evidence of child molestation, give custody to the identified perpetrator of sexual abuse, and place the protective parent on supervised visitation. We have documented this barbaric practice in 21 California counties thus far. The father has typically perpetrated spousal abuse and has a substance abuse problem. The child is often a credible witness, the sex abuse has been substantiated by another agency, and the child is receiving Victims of Crime funding for therapy.