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You are here: Home / News / Report Sheds Light on Plight of Parents in Custody Cases Involving Child Abuse

Report Sheds Light on Plight of Parents in Custody Cases Involving Child Abuse

December 7, 2016

The investigation recommends reforming the nation’s family court system, where some advocacy groups have made headway. Reps. Ted Poe (R-TX) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), for example, have introduced a resolution to recognize that “child safety is the first priority in custody and visitation adjudications.” photo: Shutterstock

A report from the investigative news organization 100Reporters throws light on complaints of a parent sexually or physically abusing a child being routinely rejected at family courts around the country.

Content note: This article contains a graphic description of child sexual assault.

Karen Gill is undergoing a long, arduous battle to protect her son after a Tennessee court six years ago affirmed a family court ruling to give Darryl Sawyer custody of their 6-and-a-half-year-old son, despite evidence presented by his ex-wife that he had allegedly sexually abused little Daniel.

Three years earlier, a pediatrician had confirmed Gill’s worst fears that the reddish blue bruises on the child’s buttocks after a visit with his father occurred from an adult “holding his buttocks forcibly open.” [Read Full Article]

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