THE WOMEN'S COALITION

Fighting for Our Children

THE CUSTODY CRISIS

Family Court judges routinely take custody 
​away from mothers and give sole or equal custody
​​to undeserving fathers.

 OUR MISSION

Our mission is to create solidarity, raise awareness about the custody crisis
and gather troops to
fight for a new system.​

ENDING THE CRISIS

Women are uniting to demand a new system
​that provides due process
​and upholds children's safety and well-being.

"The Family Court system operates with open discrimination against women."
National Organization for Women
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"Family law is an area in which gender bias is rampant in the courts."
California Judicial Council

IN THE NEWS

Mom Murdered after Judge Orders Shared Custody
with Ex Who Threatened to Kill Her


​​A Montana Family Court judge ordered shared custody, despite Nicole's tenacious battle to maintain primary custody and protect her young son and herself from her ex, who had threatened to kill her. 

It was Nicole who had to drive 2 hours to pick up her 5 year-old son from the father's house for her allotted visitation. 
When Nicole arrived to pick up her son, her ex opened the door and shot her in the face. When she tried to get up, he shot her again in the head.

At the arraignment, the D.A. said there had been a “longstanding history of custody disputes” and that at one of the hearings, a witness had testified that the shooter/father had said he was going to buy a gun and kill Nicole. 
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CUSTODY CRISIS IN A NUTSHELL

WHAT
Judges routinely switch custody to fathers

HOW
​Judges find mothers to be lying, alienating & mentally ill 

WHY
To maintain men's power in the family after divorce
​​Family Court serves to extend patriarchal power and control post-divorce.
​Judges disregard and fabricate evidence to support switching custody to the father.

​Women's right ​to due process ​and children's right to safety and well-being
​are systematically and methodically violated.

Women Must Unite & Demand a New System

"Power concedes nothing without a demand.
It never has and never will."
Frederick Douglass

"Mothers on Trial": The Custody Crisis Bible

"Mothers on Trial" remains the bible for all women facing custody battles...This landmark book was the first to break the false stereotype that mothers receive preferential treatment over fathers in the courts. Dr. Phyllis Chesler shows that, with few exceptions, the news keeps getting worse: when a father wants custody, he usually wins." 

THE CUSTODY CRISIS
Why It's Happening & How We Can End It
A PowerPoint Presentation by The Women's Coalition

"Patriarchy's chief institution is the family."
Kate Millet, Sexual Politics

FACES OF THE CRISIS
​A Women's Coalition Exhibit

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THE FAMILY COURT PLAYBOOK

Where there's a pattern, there's a problem...
...and there is a pervasive pattern of discrimination in Family Courts.

​​Women start out as primary nurturers of their children and end up ​with little or no visitation after litigating custody in Family Court.

Judges find mothers to be lying, alienating or mentally ill to justify switching custody to self-serving, controlling and abusive fathers.
​
Women and children are being greatly harmed.
​All women are at risk!

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