Sullivan, Thomas, COVID-19’s Complications for Family Law Counsel: Domestic Violence and Threats to the Well-Being of Children, 10 Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service 1 (2020).
The COVID-19 epidemic has created new problems for couples or families who have traditionally lived-in situations in which stress has either been minimal or controlled by the goodwill and interests of the individuals involved. It has also aggravated situations faced by domestic units that have existed despite ongoing difficulties, often at risk of personal anxiety suffered by spouses or partners or members of the family unit.