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A grief-stricken mother angrily lashed out at Family Court’s failure to protect her son at a New York press conference, held Wednesday outside the hospital where he lay unconscious on life support after being severely beaten by his father.
This brave mom went public with her outrage to let the world know she was furious with everyone in authority responsible for this outrage. She had warned this would happen and had begged for protection. Instead, was forced to share custody.
My son cried every time he had to go with that man…I fought for my son. I warned ACS, the courts, NYPD, everybody. I warned everybody!
But nobody—not police, not social workers, and, crucially, not judges—had done one thing to protect her baby boy from his violent father—over the course of two and a half whole years, nearly the entire life of the toddler.
Sadly, a few hours after the press conference, the little boy was taken off of life support.
The fact that judges routinely rule in the best interests of fathers, not children, makes it clear that The Patriarchy underlies the Family Court system. It’s all about men’s power to maintain control over “their” women after divorce, as well as to avoid child support via shared/joint/equal custody rulings.
Hence, this case supports that the core cause of the Custody Crisis is male entitlement.
Source: Mom Lashes Out at Family Court at NY Presser after Son Beaten to Death by Ex