The guest is Robi Schlaff, former director of the Westchester County Office for Women and executive director of the Westchester Family Justice Center, who explains building coordinated domestic violence and child abuse initiatives, including a Domestic Violence High Risk Team and multidisciplinary investigations, and the challenges of implementing policy across agencies and police. She critiques family court delays and discontinuous hearings, addresses misconceptions about domestic violence risk and offender presentation, discusses burnout boundaries, shares a survivor’s courageous public testimony, and advises friends and neighbors not to urge leaving but to connect victims with experts or call police if in immediate danger.
Topics
02:32 The Docket Dear Annie
03:39 Supporting Friends After Divorce
08:40 What Not To Say
11:40 Overrated Staying For Kids
14:02 Prenup Infidelity Clauses
15:50 Reputation In Divorce
16:50 Mocktails And Divorce
18:17 Inventing A Show Mocktail
19:39 Margarita Banter
20:05 Museum Gift Shop Debate
24:27 Meet Robi Schlaff
25:06 Making Change in Government
26:09 What Makes Policy Work
28:37 Family Court Fixes
32:49 Misconceptions in DV Cases
36:06 Public Risks and Outreach
38:39 Burnout and Boundaries
43:41 Leadership Secret Sauce
45:20 Survivor Courage Story
47:11 What Neighbors Should Do
48:27 Episode Wrap and Thanks
