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Reform in Real Time

Analysis of legislation, court decisions, and emerging research — written for parents, professionals, and policymakers alike.

Why Outcome Tracking Is the Single Most Important Reform

Family courts close millions of cases each year — and measure success by closure, not by how children are doing five years later. That has to change.

Decisions that sever the parent-child bond often happen with less procedural rigor than a misdemeanor trial. Here is what reform looks like.

Sixty years of research on parent-child bonds — distilled for parents, judges, and anyone who shapes a child's life.