Post Separation Abuse Awareness Campaign
In an effort to raise awareness on post separation abuse, we have created a campaign using the words of the abuser. The abuser’s own words paint a picture that is undeniable yet the family court system continues to give the abuser the benefit of the doubt to the detriment of children. Each and every day, children are being sent into abusive situations because “parental rights” continue to trump children’s rights to safety.
What is Post Separation Abuse?
Post separation abuse (www.postseparationabuse.com) continues to escalate and often, far surpasses the Domestic Violence that victims are subjected to while under the same roof as their abuser. After the relationship ends, the perpetrator sets their sights on the children to exert control and, to terrorize the healthy parent. Every high-conflict custody battle has three basic narratives: the abuser’s need for control, the abuser’s need to “win” and, the abuser’s desire to hurt or punish the healthy parent.
Post-separation abuse does not just affect the victim, it has both immediate and long-lasting effects on children resulting in high adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). ACE’s, a term used to describe any traumatic event during childhood such as divorce, violence, emotional abuse, neglect, substance abuse or even an environment that undermines a child’s sense of bonding or stability. The ACE Study (The Center for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente) should be the courtroom bible for judges and other family court professionals who are tasked with the responsibility of acting in the best interest of children.
The only resource available to victims of post-separation abuse is the family court system (judges, mediators, minor’s counsel, custody evaluators, therapists, co-parenting counselors, parenting coordinators and attorneys). It is critical that those in the family court system are educated on post-separation abuse so they can recognize it in high-conflict divorces, custody cases and paternity cases.
About the Post Separation Abuse Campaign:
We need the words of your abuser - we will create graphics to showcase each quote:
For each quote that we use, One Mom’s Battle will make a $10 donation to the National Family Violence Law Center at the George Washington University.
To Participate:
Send the post separation abuse words of your abuser to postseparationabuse@gmail.com.
About the National Family Violence Law Center (NFVLC):
The NFLVC serves as the preeminent home for national research and expert support for the growing movement to better protect children in contested custody cases. It provides pioneering quantitative and qualitative research, training and education, state and federal policy development, and selective litigation. Previous research from Joan S. Meier, Professor of Clinical Law and Director of the National Family Violence Law Center at the George Washington University Law School can be found here:
If you’d like to make a donation to support the research that will help protect children, click here. Your support is so important to this movement.
