The National Family Court Watch Project is proud to announce the ICCC's third virtual conference held November 2-4, 2023. The International Coercive Control Conference (ICCC) envisions a society where women and children are free from violence, exploitation, and oppression, and…
RENEE BEEKER | Executive Director, NFCWP LISA FISCHEL-WOLOVICK, ESQ. | NFCWP Advisory Board We have published an article in the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges' Spring issue of their member publication In Session. ncjfcj.org The COVID-19 pandemic…
The NFCWP is proud to be a Gold Sponsor and presenter at this year's Battered Mothers Custody Conference April 29-May 1, 2022 in Albany, NY. We presented our article, Eyes on the Family Court: Creating an Effective Data Collection Instrument…
Including a detailed synopsis of the First International Coercive Control Conference FIRST INTERNATIONAL COERCIVE CONTROL CONFERENCEBy Renee Beeker In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the First InternationalCoercive Control Conference took place on October 1st and 2nd, 2021. Theconference was…
Milford, MI, November 10, 2021: In recognition of Family Court Awareness Month, the National Family Court Watch Project is proud to announce a generous donation from Dr. Blue Maas, a longtime supporter of NFCWP. The donation will support NFCWP’s mission…
Join us for the 2021 International Coercive Control Conference Friday, Oct 1, 2021, 2:00 PM –Saturday, Oct 2, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT We invite you to join the world's leading experts, researchers, criminologists, advocates, authors, and survivors to immerse in…
July 30, 2021, By Erik Ortiz. "Never in a million years did I think our justice system was like this," one mother said. "Never did I think that judges were doing this and getting away with it." The National Family…
by Renee Beeker and Paul Holdorf Link to full article and download. The problems plaguing our nation's family court system inspired this project, which began in response to litigants' complaints about the quality and effectiveness of family court proceedings. In…
Link to full article. By: Alison Bowen A family court activist in Michigan is training volunteers to observe family courts. The goal is to reform a system that many women who lose custody consider unjust. Latest story in our "Dangerous…
By Alison Bowen Link to full article. Legal advocates for battered women have spent years trying to internally reform the nation's family court system to better protect the due-process rights of battered women in child custody disputes.