OLD 2012 CASE PROVES INJUSTICE AGAINST VICTIMS OF DV IN FAMILY COURT ONGOING!

NOW online reported:

"On Nov. 20, 2012 the National Organization for Women (NOW) Foundation filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of 10 women’s rights and anti-violence organizations in the case of Khawam v. Wolfe, in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The brief supports reversal of an unprecedented award of $350,000 in attorneys’ fees against a woman who accused her ex-husband of domestic violence. The brief argues that such an extraordinary award may chill protective mothers from raising allegations of domestic violence in custody disputes for fear of retaliation should their claims ultimately be found unproven..."

For more information on this case, please click on the link below:

http://now.org/media-center/press-release/now-foundation-files-amicus-brief-in-domestic-violence-case/