The Women's Coalition

THE CUSTODY CRISIS

Judges routinely take primary custody away from good mothers and give sole or joint custody to abusive and self-serving 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.

"Family law is an area in which gender bias is rampant."
California Judicial Council

"The Family Court system operates with open discrimination against women."
National Organization for Women

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

THE CUSTODY CRISIS
Why It's Happening & How We Can End It

A PowerPoint Presentation

IN THE NEWS

Allen v. Farrow Panel on “The Protective Parent's Dilemma”
Truth Is: There Is No Protective Parent Dilemma

The "Protective Parent's Dilemma" discussion panel is an offshoot of the excellent documentary “Allen v. Farrow”, but unfortunately, it is spreading misinformation about the Custody Crisis which is important to rebut and clarify.

Allen v. Farrow is an eye-opening documentary that details the efforts of actress Mia Farrow to protect her daughter, Dylan, after she reported sexual abuse by her father, director Woody Allen.

This panel, however, is portraying the Custody Crisis as a mere difficulty that both fathers and mothers encounter while attempting to protect their children in Family Court.

That is far from the truth.

The truth is: there is no mere “Dilemma” that “Parents” face. There is a Crisis devastating countless mothers and their children, not fathers. Judges are routinely switching custody from good, loving mothers to abusive and child-molesting fathers, not vice versa.
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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."

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!

Women start out as primary nurturers of their children and end up with little or no visitation, especially when sexual abuse is reported.

Judges falsely find mothers to be lying, alienating, mentally ill, or emotionally abusive to justify switching custody to self-serving, controlling & physically and sexually abusive fathers.

All women are at risk!