Designed to Fail: How the Family Court System Silences Grieving Mothers

A Legacy of Quiet Rage

When I was growing up, my mother spent years going in and out of family court with my father, who was high-conflict. There were affidavits, court orders, motions and a trial, but never once did anyone ask how it felt when my mother didn’t speak to her daughter for more than a decade. Or how much it costs financially or the mental and emotional toll it took on my mother.  No judge questioned what that estrangement meant to us. No professional named it for what it was: a profound loss.