Advocating for Child-Centered, Evidence-Based Family Law Reform
Minnesota Family Law Reform is dedicated to advancing fairness, accountability, and child-focused reform in Minnesota’s family court system. Our work is rooted in research, lived experience, and the belief that children thrive when they have meaningful access to both safe parents.
Why We Exist
Family court decisions shape a child’s emotional health, educational outcomes, and long-term stability. Yet current family law structures often rely on outdated assumptions that can unintentionally harm children, increase conflict, and place long-term strain on families and communities.
Research consistently shows that children raised in single-parent or majority-custody arrangements face significantly higher risks of behavioral challenges, substance abuse, academic failure, incarceration, homelessness, and suicide compared to children in equal parenting-time settings.
Our Guiding Principles
Children First
Children have a fundamental right to stability and meaningful relationships with both safe parents.
Evidence Over Assumptions
Policy should reflect decades of research on child development and family systems.
Fairness & Due Process
Families deserve transparent, accountable court processes that reduce harm and conflict.
Community Impact Awareness
Family court outcomes affect public safety, education, workforce strength, and taxpayer resources.
Why Family Law Reform Is a Community Issue
The impacts of family court decisions extend far beyond individual families. When custody systems produce long-term instability, communities experience increased demand for social services, higher incarceration rates, reduced workforce participation, and economic strain, particularly for parents carrying the majority of caregiving responsibilities.
Protecting children’s access to both safe parents is not only a family issue—it is a public safety, public health, and economic stability issue.
Our Work
Minnesota Family Law Reform works to:
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Advocate for evidence-based family law legislation
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Educate the public and policymakers on research-driven outcomes
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Promote accountability and transparency in family court systems
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Support reforms that reduce conflict and long-term harm to children
Looking Forward
True family law reform is not radical, it is responsible governance. By aligning policy with research and child-centered outcomes, Minnesota can reduce harm, strengthen families, and build healthier communities for generations to come.
Our Champions
Our Champion is a key figure who stands at the forefront of the fight for family law reform, demonstrating unwavering dedication and commitment to creating a better future for children and families. Through advocacy, hard work, and leadership, our champion helps to bring the vision of equal parenting and fair family law into reality, making a lasting impact in Minnesota.
Founder & CEO
Rosario Goze
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Minnesota Family Law Reform Champion
Ariel Johnson
Ariel Johnson is a Minnesota Family Law Reform Champion and the Owner, Educational Consultant, and Advocate behind the Tell It to the Trees Curriculum. She is a single mother to her four-year-old son and brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her advocacy work.
Partners & Donors
