The fathers’ names have been omitted from the article because attempts to acquire comments from them were not made. This report relies heavily on court, medical and social services records.
Several Orange County mothers have come forward about how the OC family court has ignored documented evidence of abuse and given custody to parents who have demonstrated continued patterns of sexual abuse, child abuse or forms of domestic violence.
Tawny Grossman filed for divorce from her husband due to his pattern and history of domestic violence in 2021 and obtained sole custody of their two children.
Throughout the divorce, Grossman had brought to the court evidence of sexual assault against their daughter, who disclosed her father’s alleged crimes to her child therapist. These disclosures were recorded by CPS and affirmed by psychological assessments.
However, Orange County Judge Carmen Luege, has ignored the evidence of the father’s reported child abuse and affirmed domestic violence and ordered sole custody to him last December. Tawny was never found to be unfit to care for her children based on any credible evidence on record.