PMA
International always has safety as our leading priority. In light of
this, PMA international will not release personal information and/or
personal custody information about protective mothers and their children
who are in active litigation. PMA International will not sponsor,
endorse or support any event or activity that is engaging in the above
due to the risk involved.( The only excepts to the above is at the
discretion of PMA International’s Co-Founders and/or Executive Director
Janice Levinson and Lundy Bancroft). PMA International advises
protective mothers to be extremely cautious in revealing any personal
custody details along with personal information about themselves and
their children on the internet. Doing so, might prove to be very risky
to you and your children’s personal safety and the outcome of your case.
Some safety tips for protective mothers to consider before
deciding whether or not to reveal case details and personal information
on the internet especially if you are in active litigation;
1. Posts on the internet create a historical footprint of you name
and your child’s name which is very different if not impossible to
remove.
2. Once your post is made public you have no control over who reads and shares your information.
3. Once your children become older they will most likely come across this information and this may affect your relationship.
4. Once older, your children’s peers will most likely come
across this information and this may impact their friendships. In
addition, this action may create your children being targets for
bullies.
5. If you post personal details about your court case your judge and
other court officials involved may read it and this might be used
against you. Even if you post your information with the best of
intentions, this does not mean court officials will see it the way you
do.
6. You must be certain not to post your location or any information that could allow your abuser to find you or your children.
7. Do not use locator and map applications on face book and phones.
8. Be aware of pictures posted online that could reveal your location.
9. Caution your friends not to tag you in anything online that might reveal your location.
10. We all know when abusers are exposed the abuse escalates. Be
careful about posting online custody information and personal details
that could escalate abuse and endanger you and your children.
11. Be cautious and do your research on anyone asking for your
personal and custody information. Also be very cautious with whom you
decide to entrust your personal and custody information.
PMA International is an advocacy organization and we are not
trying to discourage you from advocating for your personal custody
case. We support protective mothers advocating for themselves in
creative and cautious ways as to not endanger, themselves, their
children and risk the outcome of their case.
The PMA International Team
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