In the headlines again: two restitution settlements, $2.25 million each. Dead children, guardianships, and family members who repeatedly complained and warned the family court legal service systems to prevent death and harm.

In just four days, five stories of child abuse and preventable death appeared in New Hampshire news headlines—each one tied to the state’s systems and institutions created and funded with taxpayer money to protect children and parents. From Harmony Montgomery to Elijah Lewis, from Danielle Vaughan’s unnamed grandson to Jaevion Mohammad, and a fifth case involving a mother whose children were seized by U.S. Marshals in California after the family court gave guardianship to the children’s aunt in February.

Currently, hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution for d

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