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Victims Break Silence After Family Courts Forced Children to Live With Abusers

Victims Break Silence After Family Courts Forced Children to Live With Abusers
A child holds a sign outside of a courthouse as part of a protest against court-ordered reunification therapy. Courtesy of Alienation Industry
Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
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A 15-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy refused to leave their grandmother’s Santa Cruz, California, home in October 2022 when transport agents from a private company arrived to enforce a “reunification therapy” court order by a local family court judge.

At the beginning of a video of the incident, the agents appear to reason with the children. When that fails, havoc ensues, with the agents dragging the children and forcing them into a car.

Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
Alice Giordano is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times. She is a former news correspondent for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the New England bureau of The New York Times.
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