As a person who has spent my career as a child psychologist and have dealt with many children who have struggled with many problems in families, I have seen families ripped apart by so many things that sometimes law has tried to deal with.

Timothy Murphy may refer to:
Tim Murphy (American football coach) (born 1956) American football coach
Tim Murphy (Canadian politician) (born 1959) retired Canadian politician
Timothy F. Murphy (died 1928) aka Big Tim Chicago mobster and labor racketeer
Timothy J. Murphy (born 1952) American Republican politician
Tim Murphy (hurler) (born 1952) retired Irish hurling manager and former player
Timothy Murphy (sniper) (1751–1818) sniper in the American Revolutionary War
Timothy Murphy (poet) (born 1951) American poet farmer and businessman
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