You're Not Crazy, You're Traumatized: What Every Protective Parent Needs to Know Before Entering Family Court with Sarah McDugal
About this episode
Kristin and Sarah discuss the challenges faced by women in family court after leaving destructive marriages, emphasizing the misconceptions and realities of the legal system.
You thought leaving would be the hard part. You didn't know the hard part was what comes after. In part two of her conversation with Sarah McDugal, Kristin goes deeper into what happens when a woman decides to end a destructive marriage — and the patterns she's been living with follow her directly into family court. What she thought would be a place of vindication often becomes one more arena where the truth doesn't land the way she expects. Sarah and Kristin cover: Why family court is not designed for justice — and what it actually is designed to do The single most dangerous misconception conservative Christian women bring into the courtroom Why the betrayed parent often looks like the less stable parent — and what to do about it What "high conflict" really means in court, and why courts misread it almost every time The three-role team every high-risk custody case needs (and why your lawyer and therapist alone aren't enough) The High Conflict Court Case Risk Index — how to assess your risk level before you start Why how you begin the process can save or cost you tens of thousands of dollars A compassionate word about the fear of leaving your children part of the time — and data…
People in this episode
Host: Kristin
Guest: Sarah McDugal
Topics covered
- family court
- trauma
- protective parenting
- high conflict custody
- Christian women
- divorce
- justice system
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