Centering intimate partner violence in family law, as Professor Joan Meier urges in her recent article, Denial of Family Violence in Court: An Empirical Analysis and Path Forward for Family Law, could be seen as having the secondary benefit of decentering the criminal legal response to intimate partner violence in the United States. In this Article I urge caution about adopting that view, arguing that the family law system is not, in fact, distinct from the criminal legal system and will not prevent violence. Instead, we should look beyond the legal system to prevent and address intimate partner violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]