Good morning. Some people want to know why I pursue the cases I do with such intensity. The only answer I can give is that something tells me they’re very important. I’ve had the experience, more than once, of pursuing cases I believed had tremendous merit, only to find that the people I was supporting or defending ended up dead, or their minds collapsed. They went insane. They were out of reach. It’s very, very distressing.
Let me tell you one story in particular.
A woman contacted me years ago and said, “I know you speak up for abused children. There’s a child being abused. The father is trying to get the child out of school and away from the mother, and the father is the abuser. The family courts are in his pocket. Is there anything you can do to help?”
I’m not a lawyer. I’m not an expert in these matters. I had no idea what to do to help, but I looked into it and tried to think of different ways I could. Ultimately, I was helpless. That little girl was taken, and she was probably abused very badly. I think about her all the time.
I couldn’t help her, but maybe I can stand up for someone else who deserves it.
Writing by Dr. Dannielle Blumenthal 