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12/02/2022

https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2022/12/01/revenge-as-the-motivator-in-child-custody-cases/?sh=4271e369127e Founding Attorney Patricia Fersch provides a chillingly truthful account of how plays out in child custody cases. Read her latest article here:

Revenge is one of the main causes of the perpetration of crimes, particularly relationship crimes such as stalking and image based sexual abuse. It also explains most homicides. It is a global phenomenon, and it manifests in practically all societies, and it endures over time.

11/03/2022

https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2022/11/03/when-can-children-testify-in-a-contested-child-custody-case/
If you've ever wondered when and if a child should testify in a court custody case, read Patricia Fersch's Article.

The decision to have a child testify is not to be taken lightly, and it is best to avoid doing so if the evidence can be proffered to a court in any other way.

08/31/2022

Read Founding Attorney Patricia Fersch's most recent article detailing how abusers use the legal system as a weapon in cases of domestic violence
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2022/08/31/domestic-violence-in-the-courtroom-the-legal-system-as-a-weapon-in-domestic-violence-cases/?sh=2878f8f21c2a

Abusers use legal strategies to perpetrate abuse on victims even after a court issued an order of protection or a restraining order on behalf of the victim and even after custody is resolved by agreement or court order. These legal abuses consist of:

07/22/2022

Read Founding Attorney Patricia Fersch's latest article here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2022/07/21/financial-abuse-is-domestic-violence/?sh=28ecdd55482f

Financial abuse is one of the methods used by abusers to keep a survivor trapped in an abusive relationship. Survivors report that worry over their ability to provide financially for themselves and their children is one of the top reasons given for staying in or returning to an abusive partner.

06/16/2022

Founding attorney Patricia Fersch explores biases towards women in court. Read her latest Forbes article here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2022/06/15/why-are-women-not-heard-in-a-court-of-law/?sh=6cf32e443d14

05/11/2022

Read Founding Attorney Patricia Fersch's latest article about what courts need to know about victims of domestic violence. https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2022/05/11/what-courts-need-to-understand-about-victims-of-domestic-violence/?sh=69a26872221c

Protecting children needs to include protecting them from exposure to psychological harm as well as physical abuse in equal measure. PTSD and trauma are real. This needs to be an everyday balancing test in every court.

03/31/2022

Founding Attorney Patricia Fersch explores the increasingly prevalent issue of children and social media in her latest Forbes article. Read it here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2022/03/31/children-and-social-media-use-in-custody-agreements/?sh=3c658a05d130

It is important to recognize that social media use in child custody agreements or disputes is of recent relevance in child custody agreements or court cases.

02/22/2022

Read the latest Forbes article written by Founding Attorney Patricia Fersch. Here, she looks into the subject of a joint custody presumption among states.

The prevailing thinking is that successful co-parenting benefits children. But should this come about by force of law or by the parent’s own decision-making process based upon the couple’s parenting history?

01/21/2022

In this latest article, founding attorney Patricia Fersch explores the subject of childcare costs and how they affect divorced mothers. Read it here:

Caring for children falls largely on women and the time women spend in the home caring for children costs them career advancement and stagnation in their incomes.

12/08/2021

Founding Attorney Patricia Fersch takes a deep dive into the subject of Coercion and Control in her latest article
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciafersch/2021/12/08/coercion-and-control-update-year-end-2021/?sh=145277083da7

If the Domestic Violence Laws nationwide are not amended to include coercion and control, more women will fear coming to court to tell their stories because they will fear the defenses raised by abusive husbands and partners. More women will suffer.

11/30/2021

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11/18/2021

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