Episode 298: The Fight for Family Court Reform with Tina Swithin (Family Court Awareness Month)
The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast
Kate Anthony
4.4 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
I'm excited to welcome Tina Swithin back to the show for a powerful conversation about Family Court Awareness Month, which she founded five years ago to shine a light on the deep issues within our family court system.
Together, we dive into the systemic obstacles—from the lack of judicial training on domestic abuse to the financial incentives that keep conflicts alive in court. Tina also walks us through important legislative efforts, like Kayden's Law and Piqui's Law, named after children who lost their lives due to preventable court failures.
This episode is all about the critical importance of grassroots advocacy, educational efforts, and collective action to protect children and their families and demand accountability in our courts.
Featured Topics:
- The harsh realities and challenges in the family court system (2:30)
- How financial incentives feed systemic corruption (10:00)
- The need for judicial education on domestic abuse (12:27)
- The impact of Kayden's Law and Piqui's Law on state legislation (16:09)
- Support networks and grassroots efforts pushing for change (24:18)
- Educational resources and future advocacy goals (36:34)
Learn more about Tina Swithin:
Tina Swithin is the author of Divorcing a Narcissist (series), founder of One Mom's Battle and the High Conflict Divorce Coach Certification Program. Tina Swithin continues to champion children's rights through her family court advocacy. Tina is working to raise awareness of the issues in the family court system and to educate the general public on post separation abuse, narcissistic abuse and the "alienation industry." Tina is a cofounder of the organization, nationalsafeparents.org and volunteers her time helping with family court reform through awareness, education and improved legislation such as Kayden's Law.
Resources & Links:
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Phoenix Rising: A Divorce Empowerment Collective
Tina's Lemonade Wisdom: Divorcing a Narcissist
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have open and honest conversations about co-parenting, separation, divorce, and the hardest question of all, should you stay or should you go. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm Kate Anthony, your divorce survival guide, and I'm here to help you navigate some of |
| 0:23.3 | the roughest waters you've ever swum in and answer some of your toughest questions. I've been to |
| 0:29.1 | hell and back, and now it's my mission in life to help you get to the other side of this process |
| 0:35.1 | with your sanity and your heart intact. |
| 0:45.1 | Hey everyone, welcome back. Today I have with me, the one and only, my dear friend, |
| 0:53.4 | Tina Swithin, and we are talking about Family Court Awareness Month, |
| 0:57.5 | which she founded five years ago. I am so excited to welcome Tina back to the show. And we are going to |
| 1:07.0 | talk today about the systemic obstacles from the lack of judicial training on domestic violence to the financial incentives that keep conflicts alive in family court. |
| 1:21.6 | We also talk about important legislative efforts and the importance of grassroots advocacy. |
| 1:31.5 | And there's a little bit of a call to action in this episode. |
| 1:35.2 | For those of you who are on the other side, if you're kind of going through this process |
| 1:40.2 | and you're like, Jesus, I just want to get involved in, you know, making change and |
| 1:46.8 | helping women and family court, you know, advocacy or domestic violence advocacy, all of that. |
| 1:52.9 | We don't recommend that you do it now because you're in it. |
| 1:56.3 | But we also don't want you to walk away when you're done without working on some grassroots advocacy. |
| 2:05.9 | So we've got some calls to action and how you can do that when the time is right. |
| 2:10.9 | So make a note, flag your calendar, and you can make a difference. |
| 2:17.0 | You really, really can. And it's really important |
| 2:19.0 | that you do. Without further ado, here is my conversation with my dear friend and colleague |
| 2:25.5 | Tina Swithin. Tina, thank you so much for coming back on the show, but really also just for all of your work, |
| 2:38.1 | your friendship, camaraderie, and just all of the work that you do. It's truly just incredible. |
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