The latest articles posted on Fatherand.Co’s Substack page.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsA child who once loved you now looks at you with contempt, repeating words that aren’t their own.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsThere is a form you fill out when your child starts therapy.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsOn Wednesday morning, Maryland’s Department of Human Services confirmed to Spotlight on Maryland that 26 children are currently missing from state foster care.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsShe spent her career helping the state build criminal cases.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsVivian Wang is seven months into her first judgeship, assigned to family court with no family law background, and unlikely to stay.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsA federal magistrate judge granted Jeff Reichert ADA accommodations in January 2026.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsSan Mateo County’s Newest Family Law Judge Is Finding Her Footing — and the System Around Her Is Not Making It Easy
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsIn California family court, the attorney who just beat you drafts the official record of what happened.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsWhen courts and spouses dismiss a father’s illness, the consequences can be more than legal
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsKyle Busch’s death leaves behind something more lasting than 234 race victories
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsA San Mateo family court judge denied two requests to set aside a contested 2022 settlement agreement, citing the statute of limitations.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsHow the tactics that controlled a marriage become the tactics that control a courtroom — and why family court is designed not to see it
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsSan Mateo County’s family court counselor fabricated agreements, buried evidence, and helped set in motion the loss of a mother’s relationship with her son.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsTomorrow, Wednesday, May 20, a San Mateo County family court hearing takes place that we believe deserves public scrutiny.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsThe Still Here series has documented what happened after January 21, 2024.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsConsider two parents.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsThis Mother’s Day, some mothers are sitting in silence, having lost their children to a campaign they didn’t run.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsA documented investigation into the accountability gap at the center of Maryland’s family court system — the closed loop between judges, bar associations, and the private ADR industry that profits when courts fail.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsI have a temporary protective order in my past.
- by Michael "Thunder" PhillipsHow a closed network of lawyers, therapists, and a private judge extracted over $350,000 from one mother’s case — and what the documents prove.