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On May 11,2007, just before Mother’s Day weekend, ten mothers, one victimized child, now an
Petition To Inter American Commission
adult, leading national and state organizations filed a complaint against the United States with
the Inter American Commission on Human Rights. Their petition claims that U.S. courts, by
frequently awarding child custody to abusers and child molesters, has failed to protect the life,
liberties, security and other human rights of abused mothers and their children.

PRESS RELEASE
OVERVIEW and FAQ's in materials on the right side of this page.

Scroll down to read full petitition, including case histories of several of Your tax-deductible gift makes a difference.
the petitioners. You will be horrified to learn what is happening to abused
women and children in courtrooms all across this country.
Supporting Organizations

The following organizations have sent letters to the

InterAmerican Commission in support of the petition.
NAT'L ORGANIZATIONS
Exhibit 28: Breaking the Silence: Children’s Stories
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Tatge Lasseur Productions, 2006 Underwritten by a grant from Domestic Violence Report
the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation. Family Violence Prevention Fund
Full length of this documentary was submitted to the IACHR. Justice For Children
Kourts for Kids
The Leadership Council on Child Abuse and
Full Petition to the IACHR (large file) Interpersonal Violence
Legal Momentum
Table of Contents
National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
Introduction National Center on Sexual and Domestic
Violence
Petitioners National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
National Organization For Women
Dombrowski KS
National Organization For Women Foundation
Titelman GA
National Family Court Watch Project
K.A Amador Co., CA
J.H. Amador Co., CA Sidran Traumatic Stress Institute
Shockome NY Stop Family Violence
Navratil CA STATE ORGANIZATIONS
Horton NY California Protective Parents Association
Petitioners A, B, C are confidential to protect their safety. Not included California National Organization for Women
in public materials. Child Abuse Forensic Institute (CA)
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Organization petitioners
Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Court Gender Bias - academic studies Illinois Coalition for Family Court Reform
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic
Court Gender Bias -experiential studies Violence
Michigan National Organization for Women
Attempts to Remedy Problem
New York State Coalition Against Domestic

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Summary of Problem Violence

National Organization for Women - New York
Alleged Violations of the Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man State, Inc.
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic
Compliance
Violence
Additional Supporting Organizations - list Parenting Project (RI)

List of Exhibits

EXHIBITS

1. Photos of petitioner Claudine Dombrowski . (graphic)

2. Affidavit and book, Let My Children Go, A Mother’s Journal , Wendy

Titelman, Kinderlex Books, 2005.

3. Letter from California Protective Parents Association .

4. Affidavit from Kourts for Kids.

5. Letter from StopFamilyViolence.org .

6. EXPOSE The Failure of Family Courts to Protect Children from Abuse in

Custody Disputes: A Resource Book for Lawmakers, Judges, Attorneys and
Mental health Professionals, Our Children Our Future Charitable Foundation,
Los Gatos, CA, 1999.
( very large file - long time to load)

7. Chesler, Phyllis, Mothers on Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody,
McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY, 1986, select pages.

8. Battered Mothers’ Testimony Project: A Human Rights Approach to Child

Custody and Domestic Violence, Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence,
June 2003.

9. Common Misconceptions in Addressing Domestic Violence in Child Custody

Disputes , Jaffee, Crooks, and Poisson, 57 Juvenile and Family Court Journal
Fall 2003.

10. Justice in the Domestic Relations Division of the Philadelphia Family Court:
A Report to the Community, Women’s Law Project, Philadelphia, Pa, April
2003.

11. California Protective Parents Network , national survey, September 2001 to

December 2004.
Part 1 - table
Part 2 - report

12. Jana Bommersbach, Jana’s View, Phoenix Magazine , May 2006, p. 28.

13. Article Launched: 6/18/2006 12:00 AM , Mom termed 'parental alienator'

wins rare vindication in courts , BY TROY ANDERSON, Staff Writer, LA Daily
News.

14. Hoult, Jennifer, J.D., The Evidentiary Admissibility of Parental Alienation

Syndrome: Science, Law and Policy, Children’s Legal Rights Journal, Vol. 26,
No. 1, Spring 2006.

15. Navigating Custody and Visitation Evaluations in Cases with Domestic

Violence: A Judges Guide , National Council of Juvenile and Family Court
Judges, 2004, revised 2006.

16. Report on Women’s Rights in the United States under International

Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in response to the Second and Third
Periodic Report of the United States of America, July 2006.

17. Courageous Kids personal stories.

Part 1 - Courageous Kids Network
Part 2 - Case Studies
Part 3 - Letter to IACHR by siblings
Part 4 - Alana Krause, Girl, Interrupted

18. Letter from Legal Momentum to Daniel Meron, DHHS , Washington, DC

dated 28 February 2007.

19. European Parliament, A6-0404/2005, Report , 9.12.2005 on the current

situation in combating violence against women and any future action
(2004/2220(INI)) Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
Rapporteur: Maria Carlshamre PE 364.709v02-00 2/17 RR364709EN.doc

20. Testimony to the Truth Commission , Fourth Battered Mothers Custody

Conference, January 2007.

21. Examples of Injustices in NYC Family Courts , Battered Women’s

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Resources Center, January 2007.

22. Letter and columns from The Parenting Project , Rhode Island.

23. Letter from the Illinois Coalition for Family Court Reform .

24. Letter from Child Abuse Forensic Institute , Napa, CA.

25. Legal Momentum letter and summary of Battered

Mother's Speak Out

26. Letter from National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

27. Letter from Justice for Children

28. Breaking the Silence: Children’s Stories , Connecticut Public Broadcasting

(see above for excerpt)

29. Letters of support from additional organizations.

National organizations

National Center on Sexual and Domestic Violence , TX

The Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence ,
PA
Sidran Traumatic Stress Institute , MD
National Alliance to End Sexual Violence , Washington, DC
Domestic Violence Report , Washington, DC
Family Violence Prevention Fund , San Francisco, CA
National Organization for Women and National Organization for Women
Foundation , Washington, DC
National Family Court Watch Project , MI

State Organizations

Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
California National Organization for Women , Sacramento, CA
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Michigan National Organization for Women
New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
National Organization for Women – New York State, Inc .

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