From Army Intelligence to Fighting for Children
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What inspired Darshann M. Wienick to fight for children in family court?
I saw my husband go through his horrific custody battle with regarding my sons. Now I realized someone's got to do something. So I decided I'm going to go back, get my master of social work degree and focus the rest of my energy and the rest of my life on fighting for kids in family court. Darshan M. Winnick is a fearless attorney, former US Army intelligence linguist, and trauma-informed therapist specializing in high-conflict family law and child custody disputes, known for blending legal strategy with psychology to protect children's well-being.
Moms and dads are not quite claiming them. Talk about this struggle.
You know, it's really interesting you raise that point because what I'm seeing more and more of, especially in California, you've got late 20, 30-somethings having children, not getting married. Housing is outrageously expensive, so they can't afford their own homes. So they stay with the grandparents.
How does trauma-informed family law change custody outcomes?
And then they kind of go off and live their own lives. Fast forward.
Fast forward.
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What challenges do parents face in high-conflict custody disputes?
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Welcome back to another amazing episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast. For Inside Success, I'm Ray Gutierrez. This is the Woman in Power edition. And today we've got quite the powerful, powerful woman, the honey badger of all honey badgers. How are you? I'm doing very well, thank you. Take a moment to introduce yourself, my love.
I'm Darshan M. Wienick. I'm a family law attorney, social worker, therapist, mother of three teens, and honey badger pretty much.
Can you give us a quick story of how the honey badger is actually following you?
Oh, yes. So back in when I first started Twitter, March 2012. The real Twitter. The real Twitter. Old school Twitter. OG Twitter. Yes. I had just seen the crazy, nasty Honey Badger video. And I was like, that's me. I'm little but fierce. Honey Badger LA. And a brand was born. Years later, Randall's animal still follows me.
That's awesome. I hope he's doing well.
Me too.
So what brings you here? I hear you filmed an amazing episode for Women in Power.
I did.
How does financial abuse manifest in custody battles?
I filmed an amazing episode for Women in Power, getting out my story about my passion for child-centered family law. Too often, it's not about the kids, and I'm making it about the kids, in California at least.
Yeah, right on. Good for you. Yeah, I always, always like to brag that my grandmother adopted me. Like she retired on a Tuesday at 60 and then adopted me with paperwork, with a legal guardian, everything on a Thursday. So yeah, it was an interesting process for me as a child. Let's talk about what was happening with my mom and dad when this happened. How often does this happen? Like it's very sobering to hear that babies are coming out of every room, but no moms and dads are not quite claiming them. Like talk about this struggle.
You know, it's really interesting you raise that point because what I'm seeing more and more of, especially in California, you've got late 20, 30-somethings having children, not getting married. Housing is outrageously expensive, so they can't afford their own homes. So they stay with the grandparents. And then they kind of go off and live their own lives. Fast forward...
What role do grandparents play in child custody cases?
Grandparents want their rights. And so we take grandparent visitation cases, especially when you've got a situation where the father and mother really haven't been around that much. And the children have bonded deeply to the grandparents. In those cases, grandparents can win. It's not easy for a grandparent to win a grandparent visitation.
My grandmother won. Your grandmother won.
Well, she adopted you. Yeah. But but but that is definitely a thing. And and I actually adopted my two sons. I was a step parent and then I adopted them. So, yeah, that's awesome.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What inspired Darshann M. Wienick to fight for children in family court?
0:00–0:59
2
How does trauma-informed family law change custody outcomes?
0:59–1:32
3
What challenges do parents face in high-conflict custody disputes?
1:32–2:57
4
How does financial abuse manifest in custody battles?
2:57–4:02
5
What role do grandparents play in child custody cases?
4:02–16:21
6
What is the adoption process like for step-parents?
16:21–17:19