E. Renea Snyder · Clinician • Survivor • Advocate • Author

Family Court Reform

Children deserve courts that protect them.

Family court is too often where abuse continues under another name. Reform means trauma-informed judges, an end to discredited "alienation" theories used against protective parents, and policy that puts child safety above the convenience of the system.

Pillars of Reform

Believe Children

Center children's voices and disclosures rather than dismissing them as coaching or alienation.

End Post-Separation Abuse

Recognize litigation abuse and coercive control as ongoing harm — not 'high-conflict divorce.'

Trauma-Informed Courts

Train judges, evaluators, and GALs on coercive control, DV dynamics, and child trauma.

Survivor-Centered Policy

Pass and implement protective laws (e.g. Kayden's Law) and fund Family Justice Centers.

Build the courts our children deserve.

Policy is healing at scale.