Parameters of the problem. Child custody practices of the family courts in cases involving domestic violence / Joan Zorza -- Recognizing domestic violence : how to know it when you see it and how to provide appropriate representation / Lois Schwaeber -- Historical legal context in domestic violence custody cases / Marvin Timothy Gray -- Historical origins of the Fathers' Rights Movement / Jan Kurth -- Domestic violence, contested child custody, and the courts : findings from five studies / Sharon K. Araji -- Do judges adequately address the causes and impact of violence in children's lives in deciding contested child custody cases? / Thomas E. Hornsby -- Truth Commission : findings and recommendations / Mo Therese Hannah.

Survivors' stories. Courageous kids : abused children sharing their experiences / Karen Anderson -- From the mouths of mothers / Wendy Titelman ... [et al.]. Causes of and contributors to the problem. Reframing child custody decisions in the context of coercive control / Evan Stark -- Parental Alienation Syndrome / Paul Jay Fink -- Why do judges do that? / Mike Brigner -- Batterer manipulation and retaliation compounded by denial and complicity in the family courts / Joan Zorza -- The yuck factor, the Oprah factor, and the "stickiness" factor : why the mainstream media has failed to expose the custody court scandal / Garland Waller.

Solutions and strategies. Leveling the landscape : family court auxiliaries and how to counter them / Michael Lesher -- Organizing in defense of protective mothers : the custody rights movement / Lundy Bancroft -- Recognizing and overcoming abusers' legal tactics / Barry Goldstein -- DV case preparation and trial examination : a heavy burden / Marjory D. Fields -- Fighting false allegations of parental alienation raised as defenses to valid claims of abuse / Nancy S. Erickson -- Urgent need for quality control in child custody psychological evaluations / Robin Yeamans -- Factoring in the effects of children's exposure to domestic violence in determining appropriate postseparation parenting plans / Claire V. Crooks -- Court-appointed parenting evaluators and guardians ad litem : practical realities and an argument for abolition / Margaret K. Dore -- American Law Institute Principles : a tool for accessing justice for battered mothers and children / Erika A. Sussman -- Covering the crisis in the custody courts / Anne Grant.