| Children are our most precious resource. They
determine what our nation will be like over the next generation.
Today, many children reside in single-parent or blended homes. This
is more the norm than the unusual case. At any given time, a large
proportion of these homes is undergoing a child custody suit in
family court. This process is time-consuming, intrusive, and expensive
for both sides. A cottage industry has arisen around the family
court system, providing services to support child custody cases.
Psychologists, attorneys, custody evaluators, Guardian ad Litems,
Special Masters, and Wisepersons are just a few of the businesses
that depend on child custody cases for survival and growth. Judges
are supposed to remain independent of the cottage industry around
them, but the ties between persons in this system are largely unregulated.
The Center for Family Justice has been created to: |