1,593 days.That’s how long my sons have waited for free access to their loving mother, free of coercive control and conflict.
Since June 8, 2022, when I lost custody.
This is a mother’s autobiographical account of how a protective mother with no record loses custody of her sons, and how protection orders can be weaponized against the very survivors they are meant to protect.
Written slowly and with care, chapter by chapter.
Systemic Failures
The professionals in my case, what they did, and what it cost.
Systemic Failures: the professionals →
Kimberly Valenti →
What this cost me →
This Is Who They Handed My Sons To
A recording from January 24, 2022. Five months later, on June 8, 2022, Judge Susan Steinhauer gave my ex-husband temporary full custody of my sons. Listen, then ask yourself who the court should have believed.
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