by DrSteveH | Nov 11, 2025 | Blogs
PRESS ReleaseDr. Steve Hudgins, an Oklahoma-based licensed professional counselor, adjunct professor, author, researcher, and U.S. Army veteran, is proposing targeted reforms to strengthen the Equal Access and Mental Health in Child Custody Act (HB 1082). Dr. Hudgins...
by DrSteveH | Oct 30, 2025 | Blogs
Why Oklahoma’s Custody Laws Must Catch Up to Mental Health Science Across Oklahoma courtrooms, families are breaking apart, not from bruises or blows, but from something far quieter and crueler, the emotional violence that twists a child’s love into a weapon. When a...
by DrSteveH | Sep 9, 2025 | Blogs
Family courts have a profound and often underestimated impact on the mental health of children caught in high-conflict custody disputes. Research shows that children involved in prolonged legal battles, especially where one or both parents exhibit traits of...
by DrSteveH | Sep 4, 2025 | Blogs
When adults wage war, a child becomes the battlefield and carries the shrapnel in silence. — Dr. Steve Hudgins There is a quiet heartbreak in the fallout of divorce that reverberates most deeply in the hearts of children. In the scramble of legal wrangling, “who gets...
by DrSteveH | Aug 23, 2025 | Blogs
What gets lost in the alienation conversation…. When allegations of parental alienation surface, the danger is that the narrative shifts away from the child. The courtroom becomes a battlefield of adult accusations, and the child’s voice, attachments, and best...
by DrSteveH | Aug 22, 2025 | Blogs
Every time a gavel strikes in family court, it does not just close a case; it echoes inside the heart of a child. Judges, attorneys, and lawmakers often approach custody and family law decisions through the lens of statutes, precedents, and procedure. Yet what too...
