Family court resources

”How deeply into the domestic realm can or should government go when it intervenes in the lives of families and children? Conversely, what is government’s duty to families and children who are in legal and social distress? These political and philosophical questions still bedevil public officials in America today. Yet when society chooses to intervene, it must be done well and there must be accountability.”
Michael A. Town, The Unified Family Court: Therapeutic Justice for Families and Children 1 (Mar. 11, 1994)

One Family, One Judge, No Continuances
2014 Juvenile and Family Court Journal article by Alicia Summers and Corey Shdaimah.

The unified family court: preventive, therapeutic and restorative justice for America's families
Essay by Judge Michael A. Town from the National Center for Preventive Law.

University of Baltimore’s Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts
The center advocates the use of therapeutic jurisprudence, the understanding that the law has an effect on behavior, emotions and mental health. The center supports a holistic approach to problem-solving in family law matters.