Merit Street Media
Monday, July 22, 2024
Season 1 | Episode 67
Families are under attack by our family court system. Two parents say their children were put in harm’s way when the judge placed them with the abusive parent.
Nearly every six days in the US, a child is killed amid a custody dispute. Families are under attack by our family court system. The big problem is these custody cases are often siloed from the criminal court system and the family judge is making a decision in a vacuum. Twenty-two-year-old RJ says he and his siblings were in a 15-year tug o’war between his mother and father. RJ says he was collateral damage of a broken system that failed him. RJ’s mother says the judge in her case was biased and sent her to jail several times. Jason says his 8-year custody battle over his daughter nearly killed him but he would do anything for his daughter. And Former Los Angeles Criminal prosecutor and co-anchor of News on Merit Street, Loni Coombs, went on assignment to find out if Lady Justice is failing families throughout America. Dr. Phil, Loni, Michigan Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina who presides over family and criminal court cases, and psychiatrist and former medical director for Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services talk about why the family court is the most dangerous court in the US and what couples can do to avoid it for the sake of their children.
