Court Finds Abuse Claims Baseless — but a Mom Still Can't See Her Son

Court Finds Abuse Claims Baseless — but a Mom Still Can't See Her Son | News | Seven Days | Vermont's Independent Voice:

Family court is the Vermont Judiciary's fight club, that clenched-jaw, stress-provoking arena in which the state's most punishing bouts are fought. It's where divorcing couples scratch and claw over alimony, child support and who gets the family dog. It's where battered spouses use their own bruised bodies as Exhibit A to plead for protection from abusive partners. And it's where parental rights and child custody are granted and taken away.