About Barry
Barry Goldstein is the co-author with Elizabeth Liu of Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor REPRESENTING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR, co editor with Mo Therese Hannah of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABUSE and CHILD CUSTODY and author of SCARED TO LEAVE AFRAID TO STAY. He has been an instructor and supervisor in a NY Model Batterer Program since 1999. He was an attorney representing victims of domestic violence for 30 years. He now provides workshops, judicial and other trainings regarding domestic violence particularly related to custody issues. He also serves as a consultant and expert witness.
Barry's new book, The Quincy Solution: Stop Domestic Violence and Save $500 Billion demonstrates how we can dramatically reduce domestic violence crime with proven practices.
Contact Barry today to speak at your event, consult or as an expert witness!
About Veronica
In addition to conducting expert witness work along with Barry Goldstein, Veronica York is a Certified High Conflict Divorce Coach and advocate for reform in the family court system. After a 20-year career in Sales and Marketing within the Television Industry, she was driven by personal experience to help others navigate the challenges of custody disputes involving domestic violence and child abuse. As a survivor herself, Veronica understands the deep flaws within the system—where father's rights often outweigh child safety. She holds advanced training in Family Law Mediation and frequently speaks and writes about: the current scientific research in the context of Domestic Violence and Child Custody, the misuse of Parental Alienation in family court, and Post-Separation Abuse. Her mission is to create a family court system that prioritizes the safety, well-being, and voices of survivors and their children.
The most common question I receive is where to find a good attorney for domestic violence cases.
ACE has the ability to change the discussion in court that badly needs to be changed.
What happens when a consumer product in responsible for the deaths of even a few children?
Courts cannot save children if they are unaware that standard court practices routinely place children in jeopardy.
Scientific research is now clear. Custody courts do well in cases involving two safe parents, but are getting a high percentage of domestic violence and child abuse cases wrong.
"Most domestic violence custody cases involve parents who have no severe mental health problem that would make them unfit parents."
Dirty Little Secret: Courts Ignore Most Dangerous Risk
No Big Deal in Our Country Domestic Violence, Rape and Sexual Assault
How High Conflict Approaches Obscure the Danger
Rare Ruling Supports Child Sexual Abuse Victim
Jennifer Schlecht is one of the most recent women to be denied what should be a fundamental right. Jennifer’s husband like many abusers believed she did not have this right.
WARNING: Any attempt to adjudicate custody cases involving possible domestic violence or child abuse without using current scientific research like ACE and Saunders will ruin children's lives!
Domestic violence became a public issue at a time when virtually no scientific research was available.
The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Studies are medical research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that can be used to reduce cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental illness, crime, substance abuse, suicide and many other horrible health and social problems.
Family courts have a long history of focusing their attention on reunifying families.
So how can the custody court system allow a sexist theory concocted not from any research but...
The only way children benefit from relationships with abusers is if they stop!
In 2017, I wrote letters to two leading judicial organizations. In the letters I put together all the recent research and media investigations.
Dear Custody Court Judge
I will discuss the harm and danger of these extreme decisions below, but judges should be aware that these decisions are probably the largest factor in the recent increase in domestic violence homicide.
This led some people, including court professionals to treat mental health professionals as if they were the experts in domestic violence.
Every day I hear horrific stories of courts using deeply flawed and outdated practices that ruin the lives of protective mothers and their children.
Every year 58,000 children are sent for custody or unprotected visitation with dangerous abusers.
The United States Department of Justice provided a grant to support a major study by Dr. Daniel Saunders
The United States Department of Justice provided a grant to support a major study by Dr. Daniel Saunders
More than anything we need a change of attitudes and atmosphere in the custody courts, but perhaps some positive legislative changes can help improve the atmosphere in the custody courts.
The loss of one year from one child’s life is one year too many.
He believed that if he could prevent domestic violence all crime would be reduced and this is exactly what happened.
Society has the knowledge and ability to prevent a large majority of domestic violence crimes and especially murders.
One of the problems in our custody courts is that this psychologist, like most experts relied on by the courts does not have the knowledge of up-to-date research or the ability to apply it to custody cases.
One of the fundamental questions was whether to respond by changing individuals one at a time or to promote societal changes.
I Lost My Law License, Others Lost Their Lives, Flawed Child Custody Practices Also Hurt Communities
The original Quincy Model was a group of best practices that dramatically reduced domestic violence crime especially murders. A county that averaged 5-6 homicides enjoyed several years with no murders.
The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) research is a group of studies sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control that establish that children exposed to domestic violence, child abuse and other traumas will suffer more injuries and illnesses throughout their lives and have shorter life expectancies.
Upon studying the personal records and interviewing the patients who left, Dr. Vincent Felitti came to understand that rather than a problem, the patients had viewed their excessive weight as a protective factor.
