Divorced from Justice: The Abuse of Women by Divorce Lawyers and Judges

by Karen Winner

Book Overview

In this shocking and well-researched expose, an investigative journalist shows how women nationwide are suffering in divorce proceedings at the hands of lawyers and judges--sounding the alarm for change to a judicial system in dire need of reform. At a time when more than half of all American marriages end in divorce, Winner reveals the hard facts of what that really means for women.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060391847
• ISBN13: 9780060391843
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: ReganBooks
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent & realistic expose of our Judicial Court System!

I wish that I had read this book prior to entering the "Civil & Criminal" court system in January 1996. I was very naive when I first entered the system & I am still in the system. This book is a true & accurate reflection of what my experience has been in the Court System, with lawyers & Judges. It helped me to understand that I was not crazy & that when Domestic Violence is existent in the Divorce process that it is inevitable that Court Abuse will follow. I have distributed many copies of this book to women that are entering the court system, and to Judges, Lawyers & legislators. I have met many women that have shared my similar experience of devastation, financial depravation & emotional abuse thru court abuse. ...

Read to protect your children

If only this book had been available 5 years ago, $200,000 ago, countless sleepness nights ago, and most importantly, dozens of bruises on a 5 year old ago. We were victums inside the marriage and we were victums of the system we turned to for protection. And my lawyer affectionately thanks me for the Mercedes convertible he drives. As this book points out, the system has no checks and balances. My attorney made sure that I was scared witless at each turn. This book would have helped me see him for what he is--and confirmed what I already believed about the system. Find an advocate, not just a hired gun.

A must-read for anyone involved in the process of divorce.

This book gives any woman who has gone through the horrific experience of divorce. It is the only report of the injustices done and the lack of control non-lawyers have when faced with our court and legal systems of marital/family law.

This book dispels myths created by the media

Having been through the divorce process myself and then assisted many others I deplore the ignorance with which we all start out. In my state, as in most, child support collection is very poor. Also many women have to leave their homes and file for divorce in order to escape abuse. Then these domestic refugees are subjected to the abuse of the system. This book is not easy reading, but its anecdotes are repeated many times over around the country.. Women are apt to be naive. Bride's Magazine does not do follow up stories. Many of us expected some degree of fairness. We thought that perjury was punishable and didn't join in the lying game. Besides naivete, women are much more apt to be easily humiliated and thereby can be manuveured into being the one to file for divorce. Well educated women like the wives of presidents have been trained to hang in there no matter what. That schooling comes from another time, and class. Our sisters in poor neighborhoods never are supported because many of the fathers have given up on seeking regular employment and are not in their children's lives at all, and in some cases that is best. Reflecting on this book has put our culture in a new light for me. I believe that men also should take heed. Women may be the canaries in the mine who warn us all that our justice system could fall for all and if so democracy cannot survive. One would hope that the men who read this book see it as a challenge to compassion not victim competition. Marion Strand Center for Law Access.

This book is incredible

I only wish that I had read this book before going into court.