The Mitigation Nobody Carries Home
Massachusetts is again being asked to decide that postpartum psychiatric illness deserves formal legal mercy — in criminal court.
Father & Co.
What happens when the system designed to protect families becomes the source of harm? Father & Co. investigates family courts, custody disputes, and the mental health consequences of institutional failure.
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The Statement Nobody Lets Him Give
Patrick Clancy buried all three of his children in 2023.
The Lawyer Nobody Fully Hires
How “unbundled” representation quietly redraws the access-to-justice gap in family court instead of closing it
Where Things Stand
I’ve been losing paid subscribers lately, and I want to tell you why, instead of pretending it isn’t happening.
The Contact Nobody Compels
Support orders come with an entire federal enforcement architecture behind them.
The Training Nobody Requires
California mandates 40 hours of evaluator training. None of it requires the one lesson that would matter most.
The Decisions Dolly Parton Made for People Who Weren't in the Room
Dolly Parton died today in Nashville at 80.
Is It ADHD, Or Is It What Happened To You?
Two real cases, pulled from the published clinical literature.
Arizona Rewrites Its Domestic Violence Custody Standard: What the Alec and Lydia Act Actually Changes
A breakdown of HB2995, signed into law June 22, 2026, with an emergency clause that made it effective immediately.
Diagnosis as Evidence
How a psychiatric label became proof of dangerousness — without anyone having to prove it
The Boys Nobody Budgeted For
Ask what’s happening to boys and young men, and you’ll get two very different answers depending on who’s asked.
The Playbook: How Family Court Ends Up Handing the Wheel to the Wrong Parent
Family court is supposed to referee.
White Middle-Class Childhood Trauma: What It Actually Does to You Once You’re Grown
The 15 signs told you what happened. This is what it costs.
Prepare Yourself to Speak
Two courtrooms, one instruction: when the adults meant to represent a child aren’t there, the child is expected to represent himself
The Dust Never Settles: What's Actually Left After You Lose to a Narcissist
You already know the ending.
The Contract Nobody Regulates
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements decide who keeps what when a marriage ends.
The Record Nobody Can Check
Maryland just closed the file on custody orders.
The Retirement Defense: Why "I'll Make Less Later" Rarely Moves a Family Court Now
A South Carolina appeals court just reaffirmed a pattern that shows up in support litigation across the country: telling a judge you’ll eventually earn less isn’t the same as proving you do now — and courts are not required to discount today’s obligation against tomorrow’s uncertainty.
The Averaging Problem: When Fifty Percent Custody Counts as Zero
Pennsylvania’s child support formula asks a simple question when a parent wants credit for the time they actually spend with their kids: does that time cross 40%?
The Alienation Shortcut
Courts have a record-review problem, not a parent problem — and nobody is auditing the judges who skip it
The Warrant Nobody Checked
A forged custody order almost got a child on a plane out of Maryland.
The Child Gets a Microphone. Who Controls the Room?
New Jersey’s rewrite of its custody statute puts kids’ preferences on the record.