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Inadequate Judicial Response to Emotional Abuse
In 1872, writing under the nom de plume Mrs. George Cupples, Ann Jane Dunn Douglas opined: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, [b]ut names will never harm me.” Douglas was correct regarding the deleterious effects of being physically attacked, but she erred considerably in failing to accurately assess the impact of words.
Emotional abuse does irreparable harm to the children and adults subjected to it, yet it often gets inadequate attention from our courts.
When the assertion is made that the forms of abuse that are the focus of this article are precursors to violence, the implied message is that psychological abuse warrants attention because it is a predictor of physical abuse. But denigration, psychological domination and other forms of psychological abuse cause inestimable, enduring harm, in and of themselves. The problem is that injuries that cannot be directly observed often go unacknowledged by the courts, even in the realm of family law.
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