"Who could get custody of missing Manassas Park mother's baby? Legal expert weighs in"
WJLA-ABC7 quoted Joan Meier on the straightforward argument for custody battles, but included the likelihood of drawn out and “wrenches thrown in the plan.”
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"Court documents show mom of 3-year-old Bay Area girl killed by father requested protection"
KGO-ABC7, San Francisco, quoted Joan Meier on her research on undocumented murders of children by parents after court’s refuse to protect the child.
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Professor Meier appears in "Allen v. Farrow," a new four-part HBO series documenting the accusation of sexual abuse against actor Woody Allen and the aftermath that followed. In episodes 3 and 4, Professor Meier sheds light on the strategies used by abusers, the "alienation" label often used to deny women's and children's abuse claims, and what is going on in family courts today. Her research, based at GW's National Family Violence Law Center, also provides much of the background for the film.