California's legislature unanimously passed Piqui's Law, named after a 5-year-old murdered by his father following a custody dispute.
This week, the California legislature passed that bill, known as "Piqui's Law."
In cases where fathers countered by claiming alienation, judges were even less likely to credit mothers, she found.
At the July 11 hearing, Estevez, too, criticized a California family court's response to her reports of abuse.
Jill Montes stands by as her daughter testifies before the California State Senate on April 25.
Persons:
Ana Estevez, Aramazd Andressian, Piqui, Andressian, Estevez, Susan Rubio, it's, hasn't, Danielle Pollack, Pollack, Joan Meier, Meier, Rubio, Rebecca Connolly, Connolly, Maya, Sebastian, Lynn Steinberg, she'd, Jill Montes, she's, Thomas Winenger, Winenger, Montes, Steinberg, who've, Linda Gottlieb, Kayden's Law
Organizations:
Service, Investigations, Senate, Violence Law, George Washington University, Kayden's, Piqui's, Center for, California State Senate, Child Welfare Services, Family, American Psychiatric Association, World Health Organization, The, Department
Locations:
California's, Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles County, California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Santa Cruz, Florida, Sacramento, Carlsbad, Family Bridges, Maryland , Tennessee, Colorado