Commentary Last week, a television crew from the Japanese public broadcaster came to Sydney to interview family law specialist Justin Dowd, former president of the New South Wales (NSW) Law Society. Japan is considering moving away from mum-custody towards “joint parental authority”,—which recognizes that it’s in the children’s best interests to have both mum and…

Commentary Submissions on the Australian government’s draft Family Law Amendment Bill are due by Feb. 27. There is much to be concerned about in Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus’s draft amendment. But perhaps its most problematic aspect is the proposal to remove the order for “equal shared parental responsibility.” As noted by Patrick Parkinson, a leading family…

In one of a growing number of cases involving misconduct by family court judges, a Massachusetts family court and probate judge accused of inappropriate touching of an employee has resigned. Judge Paul Sushchyk turned in his letter of resignation to Gov. Charlie Baker earlier this week on March 28. Sushchyk’s alleged misconduct happened outside of…

New Hampshire, the Live Free or Die state where residents from surrounding states flock to take advantage of tax-free shopping, has long lived in the national spotlight as the first state in the presidential primaries. But court reform advocates here say the New England state is deserving of another spotlight, one that casts a negative…

Amid ongoing controversy over the transitioning of gender dysphoric youth, Jeff Younger is taking a stand on how the state of Texas handles family law and gender reassignment surgeries. His platform emerged after losing custody of his 9-year-old son, James, who is allegedly being socialized as a girl by his ex-wife Anne Georgulas, a pediatrician…

Commentary There’s a thriving multi-million-dollar business at the heart of our family law system, which provides a classic example of how women’s advocacy groups have sewn up our justice system and are making life hell for many men. The children’s contact services were designed to provide supervised access between kids and risky parents and for…

Family breakdown is the single greatest threat to American society, argues Greg Ellis in his new book, “The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law.” Ellis says that every day, 4,000 children are separated from one of their parents in the family court system, which is biased against men and does not afford them due…