Humanize Family Court — Real People. Real Families. Better Outcomes.

The people who serve in family court — judges, attorneys, mediators, and court staff — carry an enormous weight: thousands of families, each one in crisis, each one needing to be truly seen and heard. Humanize Family Court exists to stand alongside them in that work, not against them — to be an ally to the court and to families alike. Together, the aim is simple: keep the child at the center, and choose child-focused resolution instead of victory, healing instead of a winner and a loser.

Humanize Family Court was founded by David Brown Jr. of New Jersey — not from a boardroom, but from inside his own custody case, which he argues himself, self-represented. He lived parental alienation first as a child, and as a father he made a solemn commitment: his own children would never be made to endure the impact and trauma caused by that separation. This foundation, and everything in its library, flows from that vow.