'Abandon All Hope': The Real Sign Hanging Over Family Court

'Abandon All Hope': The Real Sign Hanging Over Family Court - The Niagara Reporter

By Frank Parlato Family court is supposed to be a place of order, of professionals doing what’s best for children. Family courts are designed to resolve custody and domestic disputes. But sometimes it is a place where wolves wear neckties, a system devoid of juries, opaque in procedure, and imbalanced. Family court is not a neutral forum. It is a place where truth is secondary, due process elusive, and hope obliterated. With no jury to provide b…

‘Abandon All Hope’: The Real Sign Hanging Over Family Court

Family court is supposed to be a place of order, of professionals doing what’s best for children. Family courts are designed to resolve custody and domestic disputes. But sometimes it is a place where wolves wear neckties, a system devoid of juries, opaque in procedure, and imbalanced. Family court is not a neutral forum. It is a place where truth is secondary, due process elusive, and hope obliterated. With no jury to provide balance, and unche…

'Abandon All Hope': The Real Sign Hanging Over Family Court

Family court is supposed to be a place of order, of professionals doing what’s best for children. Family courts are designed to resolve custody and domestic disputes. But sometimes it is a place where wolves wear neckties, a system devoid of juries, opaque in procedure, and imbalanced. Family court is not a neutral forum. It is a place where truth is secondary, due process elusive, and hope obliterated. With no jury to provide balance, and unche…