Tiffanie O'Brien, right, and her daughter, Abbey, in their neighbor’s home near Lake Austin on Aug. 8, 2025. Both women testified in favor of banning reunification therapy, a form of court-ordered ...

In 2021, I wrote on this blog about a case where a court delayed reunification therapy because a 12 year old child didn’t want to do it. To this day, this continues to be one of the most read posts on ...

Bills in the Senate and General Assembly would dramatically revise child custody procedures. The wishes of children concerning which parent gets custody would carry greater weight than before, and ...

Family courts harm children when they base decisions on the questionable concepts of parental alienation and reunification therapy. This is the main thrust of Jean Mercer’s excellent new book, Someone ...

AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) - Abbey O’Brien, 18, went to the Texas Capitol in May to publicly support lawmakers’ attempt to restrict a type of family therapy a court ordered her to participate ...

House Bill 3783 targeted court-ordered use of reunification therapy, a treatment designed to reconcile parents with children who reject relationships with them after a divorce. The treatment often ...

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