A SAFeR Approach to Considering Child-Related Relief in Orders for Protection
Published by: Gabrielle Davis
Battered parents frequently struggle to secure statutorily permitted child-related relief in civil protection orders. This webinar will introduce one strategy that advocates, attorneys, and survivors can use to close the gap between what the law allows by way of temporary custody in civil protection order cases and what petitioners are able to achieve. The strategy is known as “SAFeR.” It is a practical approach to screening, assessing, and responding to the lived experience of intimate partner abuse in child custody disputes.