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From Madness to Mutiny : Why Mothers Are Running from the Family Courts - and What Can Be Done about It.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neustein, Amy.
- Series:
- Interpersonal Violence Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Domestic relations courts--United States--lat.
- Domestic relations courts.
- Mothers--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--lat.
- Mothers.
- Child sexual abuse--Law and legislation--United States--lat.
- Child sexual abuse.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (489 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.
- Summary:
- From Madness to Mutiny offers an overview of family court malfunction and the parental mutiny that results from it. The authors outline the legal landscape that makes the madness possible and discuss ways to reform the family courts.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- Foreword by Margaret B. Drew
- Preface by Robert Geffner
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part ONE Family Courts: The Problem
- 1 An Overview of Family Court Madness-and Mothers' Mutin
- 2 The New Legal Landscape
- Part TWO Observations in Depth
- 3 Research Methods
- 4 Robed Rage
- 5 Lawless Law Guardians
- 6 Anti-Social Services
- 7 Mental Health Quackery
- 8 Mothers and Madness: The "Aftershocks" of the System
- Part THREE Changes
- 9 "Rebirthing" the Family Court System
- 10 Reforming the Courts
- 11 Reforming the Court Auxiliaries
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-766125-4
- 0-19-766123-8
- 0-19-766124-6
- 9780197661239
- OCLC:
- 1564842673
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