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ifeminists July 1, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
In the Best Interest of the Children... A new legal term is creating debate across North America: the "rebuttable presumption of joint custody." It means family courts should presume that divorcing parents will equally share the legal and physical custody of children unless there is compelling reason to rule otherwise. |
ifeminists February 11, 2003 Thompson & Sacks |
Undermining the American Family The American Law Institute, which exercises great influence on American jurisprudence, has just released a series of family law recommendations that would exacerbate our problems by trivializing the importance of marriage, encouraging divorce and accelerating fatherlessness. |
ifeminists October 8, 2002 Sacks & Thompson |
Can Abolishing Sole Custody Curb Divorce? Research from American Law and Economics Review indicates the presumption of joint physical custody may serve to keep some marriages together. |
ifeminists September 27, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
Shared Parenting Initiative Helps Women, Too The North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative (NDSPI) grants joint custody to both parents unless one is seen as unfit. However, there are certain children's rights group that oppose this proposed law. |
ifeminists August 8, 2008 Teri Stoddard |
Equal Custody And VAWA Regarding custody, the Violence Against Women Act is unconstitutional and full of misandry. |
ifeminists July 19, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative Will Help Children of Divorce A misguided collection of federal and state officials, divorce attorneys and women's advocates have all united to oppose a simple proposition: children need both parents. |
ifeminists March 5, 2007 Teri Stoddard |
Can't Find a Husband? Men who embrace fatherhood are shown their time and influence aren't important. Our government does this by enforcing child support orders while not enforcing visitation orders. |
ifeminists August 2, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
NOW at 40: Group's Opposition to Shared Parenting Contradicts Its Goal of Gender Equality It's time for the National Organization for Women to re-examine its misguided stand against shared parenting, and to bring its policies into line with its stated ideals. |
ifeminists September 23, 2003 Glenn Sacks |
Convicted Murderess Can Get Custody but Decent Fathers Can't Clara Harris, a Texas woman who was convicted of murdering her husband in March, was just granted joint custody of her twin five year-old boys. The ruling validates what fathers' and children's advocates have been saying for years -- when it comes to children, many courts believe that mothers can do no wrong. |
Salon.com July 6, 2000 Cathy Young |
Team players or tools of the patriarchy? Women often are supplying the muscle behind the fathers' rights movement. |
ifeminists November 2, 2005 Leving & Sacks |
PBS Declares War on Dads Breaking the Silence is a direct assault on American fathers, and the minimal, hard won gains they have made in protecting their children's right to have their fathers in their lives. |
ifeminists February 18, 2003 Glenn Sacks |
Valentine's Day & the Gender Wars Part of the division between men and women is due to women's legitimate grievances. But much of it is also caused by men's resentment that the very real problems and disadvantages they face as husbands, partners and fathers have been ignored by the media, our lawmakers and by society as a whole. |
ifeminists August 26, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Going to Extremes The issue of fathers' rights in the U.K. may be entering a more violent phase. If so, this should act as a cautionary tale for North America. |
ifeminists January 12, 2005 Tony Zizza |
Parental Alienation Is Bad Parenting, Not A Psychiatric Disorder Perhaps more parents will lose custody when parental alienation is proved in family court. Perhaps more parents will wake up to the dangers of Prozac and all antidepressants and psychiatric drugs. |
ifeminists July 1, 2003 Glenn Sacks |
New Study, Case May Help California Children of Divorce Retain Bonds with Both Parents One of the greatest tragedies children of divorce in California face is the way courts allow custodial parents to move hundreds or even thousands of miles away after divorce, damaging or sometimes destroying the bonds between children and their noncustodial parents. That may change. |
ifeminists March 1, 2006 Carey Roberts |
The Feminist Anti-Kid Crusade Despite the fact that kids with involved dads do better, regardless of all the joint custody laws, and in spite of the laughable antics of the M.O.M. brigade, mothers continue to be favored in custody decisions by a 7 to 1 margin. |
ifeminists June 30, 2004 Carey Roberts |
Divorced Dads' White-Hot Sense of Injustice Noncustodial dads find it incomprehensible that their basic human right to be a parent is being curtailed by a legal system that they perceive to be expensive, cloaked in secrecy, and unfair, spurring their suicide rate to 10 times that of divorced women. |
ifeminists November 11, 2003 Glenn Sacks |
In Defense of Spiderman The mayor of London compares him to Osama bin Laden. He's been dubbed a "menace" holding a city for "ransom," as well as a lunatic and an extremist. What has 36 year-old David Chick done to arouse such anger? He loves his little daughter, from whom he's been forcibly separated. |
ifeminists May 31, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
Louisiana's HB 315 Says One Parent is Better Than Two Shared parenting is advocated by a growing consensus of mental health and family law professionals, and current Louisiana law has led to an increase in shared custody awards. HB 315 would reverse this progress. |
ifeminists May 23, 2007 Stephen Baskerville |
Spotsylvania 'Deadbeat' Dads? What Virginia's children need is the love, guidance, and attention of their fathers -- the same fathers who are forcibly kept away by divorce courts and then plundered by the state's dishonest child-support machine. |
ifeminists July 8, 2007 Michael J. McManus |
Taken Into Custody Father's Day was not joyful for millions of fathers who had a divorce forced upon them, whose children were "taken into custody" by the mother who filed for the divorce. |
ifeminists April 5, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Is Parental Alienation a Syndrome? Parental Alienation has been a hot topic in the Canadian courts of late with a mother losing custody on the grounds of her continuing campaign to vilify the father and distance him from their children. |
ifeminists June 14, 2007 Leving & Sacks |
In this Turf War, Kids Are the Prize Parental Alienation is child abuse. Courts need to do more to protect children from alienation, not dismiss it. |
ifeminists September 29, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Across U.S., Non-Custodial Parents Sue The number of non-custodial parent plaintiffs who sign on to a federal class action cannot be predicted but it could run into millions. Federal law is being asked to trump state practice in custody matters. |
ifeminists September 8, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Grandparents Can't Trump Parental Rights As the definition of family has changed, the role of grandparents has shifted with it. Sometimes grandparents are excluded from children's lives, as frequently occurs in contested divorces. |
ifeminists April 12, 2006 McCormick & Sacks |
'Roe v. Wade for Men' Case Illustrates Family Law System's Inequities The "woman good/man bad" modus operandi of the American family law system has wounded children and the fathers they love and need. The problem cannot be resolved until we acknowledge and address the fundamental inequities of the system. |
ifeminists February 22, 2006 Carey Roberts |
The M.O.M. Squad Capers Be forewarned, M.O.M.s - Mothers Opposed to Men - wield a formidable array of fake statistics, sob stories, and old-fashioned propaganda. |
ifeminists June 30, 2004 Jon W. |
Letter: Civil Disobedience & Fundamental Liberty Rights of Parents There is no sign that the Federal Courts are going to recognize the serious legal mess of the family court system. |
ifeminists May 18, 2005 Carey Roberts |
VAWA Law Polarizes the Sexes, Weakens the Family The Violence Against Women Act represents a frontal assault on both fatherhood and on the integrity of the traditional family. |
ifeminists December 15, 2004 Carey Roberts |
Long Live the Matriarchy! Until the essential role of fathers is recognized and antiquated laws are changed, millions of American children will be deprived of the steady hand of a loving father. |
ifeminists June 9, 2004 Sacks & Brass |
National Fatherhood Initiative's Ad Campaign Insults African-American Fathers While the NFI's goal is laudable, research shows that a major factor in black fatherlessness, which the NFI campaign completely ignores, is the obstruction of fathers' visitation rights by custodial mothers. |
ifeminists January 5, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
What to Do About Daddy? How can courts help to prevent heart-wrenching father-child reunions? They should acknowledge at the very beginning of an adoption proceeding that both responsible parents have an equal voice. |
ifeminists May 12, 2004 Leving & Sacks |
Is a Pool More Important than a Dad? Last week the California Supreme Court issued an historic opinion which clarifies current case law and reaffirms the importance of both parents in a child's life. |
ifeminists November 18, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Fathers Protest Unjust Custody Laws The absurdity of a recent UK protest is nothing compared to the obscenity of a system that deprives fathers of their children and children of parental love. In the same vein as theatre of the absurd, politics of the absurd is emerging on the issue of child custody. |
ifeminists May 8, 2007 McCormick & Sacks |
Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls Tells an Important Truth About African-American Fathers While no judge or lawmaker can turn a disinterested parent into a caring one, much can and should be done to break down the many barriers which separate loving fathers from their children. |
ifeminists April 14, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Parental Rights and the Pledge Does a parent's custody status determine if he or she has standing in a court of law concerning their child's education, medical care, or other related issues of well-being? |
ifeminists February 13, 2007 Don Mathis |
How VAWA Separates Children From Fathers The result of the VAWA is rampant false claims of abuse. This means that children are removed from decent, loving fathers. The Violence Against Women Act must be radically altered or else it will continue to destroy the father/child bond. |
ifeminists June 11, 2008 Carey Roberts |
Father Knows Best Several non-profit groups are working to increase father involvement after divorce. |
ifeminists March 17, 2004 Glenn Sacks |
California NOW Spits on My Wife My wife is a successful career woman. She has moved up rapidly in a competitive field, and is advancing her career by attending law school at night. I work out of our home and I do most of the child care. If I decide I don't want her anymore, should I be able to move our kids 2,400 miles away from their mother? |
ifeminists December 7, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
PBS Continues Probe into Biased Film The documentary, Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories is accused of being anti-father, factually inaccurate and politically motivated. But the documentary's message is clear: the family courts must be overhauled. |
AskMen.com Ross Bonander |
Fatherhood Guide: Discipline This article addresses the fine line of disciplining your child. Discipline relates to children of all ages, but the following article will be most helpful to fathers of children under the age of 10. |
ifeminists April 14, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
Is 50 / 50 Residency the Right Target? It was bold, and possibly suicidal, for the Shared Parenting Council of Australia to make 50:50 residency its seminal target for family law reform. |
ifeminists September 15, 2004 Leving & Sacks |
Ruling in High-Profile Marks Custody Case: Painful but Correct For too long many American family courts have been kangaroo courts in which perjury and false allegations are not only tolerated but are frequently rewarded. |
ifeminists September 14, 2005 Glenn Sacks |
Are Boys Really Better off Without Fathers? While Peggy Drexler's Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men may seem like a harmless, feel-good affirmation for these mothers, it could have a damaging impact on children by affecting both the choices women make and family law. |
ifeminists August 25, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
Child Support: Income Shares, Part I While assuming a divorce never happened as far as the children are concerned would make an excellent premise for custody arrangements, it is unsustainable for financial ones. |
ifeminists November 11, 2003 Carey Roberts |
Caped Crusaders Launch Direct Action Campaign For years, people have been predicting that the father's movement was about to explode. That explosion finally took place on December 17, 2002. On that day, Fathers 4 Justice launched its campaign of non-violent direct action. |
ifeminists August 18, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
Child Custody Laws Poised for Change A war to change custody laws has clearly been declared, not only in California but also across North America. Hopefully, everyone will remember that the battle is not about ideology but what is best for children. |
ifeminists June 30, 2004 Leving & Sacks |
New Study Shows Child Support Guidelines in Need of Reform What rationale is there for California's child support guidelines if they serve to harm or drive away one of the two people who most love a child? |
ifeminists May 26, 2004 Glenn Sacks |
Powder Attack on Tony Blair Done in Service of a Just Cause English fathers' rights group protests the greatest social injustice in the Anglo-American world today -- the way decent, loving fathers are driven out of their children's lives after divorce or separation. |
ifeminists November 14, 2006 Carey Roberts |
Fathers No Longer Cost-Effective? There is a small yet influential group in America that views fatherhood as an anachronism and a stubborn obstacle to their utopian vision of the social welfare state. And they see divorce and award of child custody to mothers as a highly-effective ploy to achieve their goal. |