From The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10442315/Top-judge-pledges-to-end-culture-of-secrety-at-family-courts.html One of England’s most senior judges has pledged to expose family courts to the “glare of publicity” to avoid miscarriages of justice and restore public confidence. Sir James Munby, president of the Family Division of the High Court, said parents of children taken into care must no longer be gagged by the…
Read moreThe best interests of the child from the perspective of the child
An excerpt from : The Voices of Children of Divorce Listening to the real experts on the “best interests of the child” Published on November 12, 2013 by Edward Kruk, Ph.D. in Co-Parenting After Divorce My simple but constant plea to divorce practitioners and policymakers, a mantra, is that we adopt a new standard in the legal determination of…
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REAL Women support shared parenting
This is a LADIES only petition, why? Because we need to show not only Governor Rick Scott but the world that this is NOT just a Father’s rights issue. Studies indicate that just as much or even more women support shared parenting than men. Men are more active than ever before in their children’s lives, shared parenting benefits…
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Legally Obscene: Rape, Statutory Rape, and Child Support
One day we will all see child support for what it really is…a transfer of money from fathers to mothers. It has nothing to do with supporting children. I have been saying this over and over and over again. Here is yet another example of why I feel child support laws need SERIOUS reform. From…
Read moreThe Power Of Dad
Yeah, It’s an Oral-B commercial. I hate these kinds of things, but I posted this because of the message it sends about the importance fathers and the role we play. In this blog, I choose to be the total opposite of most of our media. What you tend to see on TV, print media and…
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(Credit: Kasia Bialasiewicz/Shutterstock) The burden of pregnancy will never be fair. Child support can be — but men need to have a chance to opt out BY ANNA MARCH, THE WEEKLINGS salon.com An excerpt from THIS article Over the past fifteen years, some feminists have argued that ending the current child support system is an…
Read moreWhy get married at all?
I have just a few questions….why should any man get married? What is in it for men to get married? As soon as those questions are answered, you might find out why the trend in shacking up is happening. There is a new article in The Atlantic that shows the steady decline in marriage. How…
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