For Domestic Abuse Victims, Child Welfare Scrutiny Adds Further Trauma
Briefly

Thousands of times a year, parents, usually women, who have been abused by their partners are subjected to surveillance and intervention from child welfare authorities, despite being blameless victims of abuse.
Child welfare agencies may file neglect cases against the accused parent and grant supervision over the abused parent, a situation a lawsuit in New York seeks to address.
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