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37 Clearinghouse Rev. 1 (2003-2004)

handle is hein.journals/clear37 and id is 1 raw text is: Salute to P. Sargent Shriver ......... Inside Front Cover Breaking the Cycle of Defeat for Deadbroke Noncustodial Parents Through Advocacy on Child Support Issues...................... 5 By Daniel L. Hatcher and Hannah Lieberman Low-income noncustodial parents face employment and economic barriers that are caused by federal and state child support policies and local practices. Maryland's Legal Aid Bureau launched a project to tackle these barriers and has developed successful advocacy responses to their clients' recurrent problems. Mental Illness and Domestic Violence: Implications for Family Law Litigation ....................... 23 By Denice Wolf Markham Experts find that a large percentage of battered women have signifi- PAGE 5 cant mental health issues. Prejudice in family courts regarding men- tal health conditions can cost these women custody of their chil- dren. However, lawyers representing battered women can effective- ly raise the issue of mental illness and use mental health treatment evidence in ways that mitigate the stigma, potentially help the client prove her case, and over time erode the prejudice. Opening a Door to Help: Legal Services Programs' Key Role in Representing Battered Immigrant Women and Children ......................... 36 By Leslye Orloff, Amanda Baran, Laura A. Martinez- McIntosh, and Jennifer Rose Civil orders of protection are an important tool in thwarting domes- tic violence, but most victims, especially immigrants, need legal rep- resentation to ensure meaningful access to this tool. Programs fund- ed by the Legal Services Corporation are prohibited from represent- ing many immigrants, but the Kennedy Amendment exempts many battered immigrant women and children from this restriction. Under the amendment, such funded programs may represent otherwise- PAGE 23 ineligible immigrant women and children on a wide range of mat- ters, provided that the service is directly related to the abuse. © 2003 by National Center on Poverty Law All rights reserved. ISSN 0009-868X. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopy- ing, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. MAY-JUNE 2003 I CLEARINGHOUSE REVIE\X

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