Carey Casey, CEO of the National Center for Fathering, reveals startling statistics about the difference that a father in the home makes in a child's life.
Are Family Law Judges Fit For Purpose?
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Originally posted on Researching Reform: One of Researching Reform’s interests is judicial bias – the extent to which judges allow their personal sentiments to dictate the way they handle their cases – so the recent furore over Justice Pauffley’s remarks about hitting children and cultural norms fascinated us. Judicial bias is a very real, and…
Study: children are safest when they live with their two married biological parents
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Originally posted on WINTERY KNIGHT: Marriage is the safest environment for children Story from Family Studies. It says: Young people are less likely to be victims of crime if they live in two-parent than in single-parent households. That has been a consistent finding of the National Crime Victimization Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of…
The Most Important (and Challenging) Job of All?
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Originally posted on Reason and Reflection: If you said President of these United States or CEO of the most iconic and “valuable” company in the world, Apple Computer, you would be very wrong. “Most powerful” or “most influential” might apply, but not “most important.” The most important job in the world, by far, is birthing,…
Florida Family Law – What is a Guardian Ad Litem?
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Originally posted on The McKinney law firm: A Guardian Ad Litem is an individual that the Florida family law court will appoint to represent the best interest of the minor children in a divorce case or a parenting plan or custody case. A guardian at litem can be a volunteer who works on a pro…
Warning Signs for Bribery of the Family Court Judge in a Custody Case
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Originally posted on Autism Custody Battles: All over the world, poor people are denied access to legal representation or family support because they cannot bribe the corrupt CPS worker or prosecutor, then held indefinitely in a custody battle—or found guilty—because they cannot bribe the corrupt judge. The ability to put cash in the right hands…
Family Court in Crisis – The Sunday Telegraph
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The researchers predicted that, after the children whose parents weren’t divorced, the children who lived with one parent would exhibit the fewest issues. However, these children were actually significantly more likely to experience various health problems
Visions, Values and Victory: do children have a right to a relationship with both of their parents?
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The researchers predicted that, after the children whose parents weren’t divorced, the children who lived with one parent would exhibit the fewest issues. However, these children were actually significantly more likely to experience various health problems
We must stop turning children against divorced fathers
Originally posted on Women for Men: From The Telegraph… The story made headlines last October. Left-field events like this happen so rarely that they almost always get onto the front page. A High Court judge in London ordered that a 10 year-old girl should be removed from her mother’s care because the girl had been…
Why do PAS parents act like they do?
American Fathers at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 1 month ago
Originally posted on The Long Term Effects of Parental Alienation: “I believe that PAS parents have become stuck in the first stage of child development, where survival skills are learned. To them, having total control over their child is a life and death matter. Because they don’t understand how to please other people, any effort…
Should Family Court Judges be held to the same standards as the rest of us when they commit misconduct?
American Fathers at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 1 month ago
Originally posted on Leon Koziol.Com : By Leon R. Koziol, J.D. A professional firm hired to evaluate this website issued a report this past week ranking it in the 18,000 range for activity worldwide. This was noted as a very high status considering our utter lack of financial support and the likelihood that there are…
Abusive DCF Employees Should Be Fired; Will Union Protect Them?
American Fathers at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 2 months ago
Preserving the bond between parents and children,
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Honorable Judge ….Please Follow the LAW!!
childrensrightsfl at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 23 hours ago
Deny motions without reading them; have your JA refuse to put motions on calendar without lawyers first faxing them to you (although you don't read them); start court whenever you want; show up late; finish court whenever you want; make juries stay until midnight in a misguided effort to show everyone how hard you work; lecture lawyers from the bench about how you tried every case you had within sixty days of inception (in other words, lie); brag about how you are on the short list for an appointment to a higher court (ditto); and otherwise feel that you and only you stand between t... more »
More Family Court Inspired Violence?
American Fathers at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 2 days ago
Originally posted on Leon Koziol.Com : Within moments of parental advocate Leon Koziol, J.D., releasing an alarming 28 Page report which predicted an increase in violence arising from litigant abuses in our courts, we were made aware of this tragic story from the Chicago Tribune. (Read Story Here). We are not suggesting the family court…
ADHD and Parental Alienation? Serious???
ScottAdamsAFLA at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 3 days ago
Originally posted on Parental Alienation Awareness: So, I’m wondering how ADHD and Parental Alienation have become intertwined. ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a problem of not being able to focus, being overactive, not being able control behavior, or a combination of these. For these problems to be diagnosed as ADHD, they must be out…
Dr Tara J Palmatier: ‘Men: the invisible victims of domestic violence’
ScottAdamsAFLA at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 6 days ago
Originally posted on Justice for Men & Boys: October is domestic violence awareness month, so this is a timely piece from Dr T: http://www.avoiceformen.com/mens-rights/activism/domestic-violence-awareness-month-the-invisible-victims/
Family Law’s Root Problem Is…
childrensrightsfl at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 2 weeks ago
Originally posted on The Love and Iron Project: One of the huge problems we have in our fight for Family Law Reform is the problem of “enablers”. We’ve got so many people enabling and empowering the horrific behavior going in within Family Law. We’ve got lawyers counseling clients that it’s right and good for them…
You Want Family Law Reform?
childrensrightsfl at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 2 weeks ago
Originally posted on The Love and Iron Project: Earlier in the week, I had an experience with a recently added member to one of our closed Facebook groups where he offered some criticism about our strategy of publicizing the need for Family Law Reform with Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and within the blogosphere. Basically, I get the sense…
Letter Template To Your State and Federal Elected Officials Asking Where They Stand On Family Law Reform
childrensrightsfl at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 2 weeks ago
Originally posted on The Love and Iron Project: This morning, FathersandFamilies.org put out an excellent call to action on its Facebook page. Here it is: “Have you ever wondered where your local State Representative or Senator stands on the presumption for equally shared parenting, or what they think about Judges using discretion to bypass equal…
What Does It Actually Mean To Be A Champion For Parents And Children?
childrensrightsfl at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 2 weeks ago
Originally posted on The Love and Iron Project: Well, here’s what we think it means: It means standing up for what’s right by speaking with deeds; not lip service. It means leading by example. It means being a role model for your kids and those around you. It means standing up for those who are too weak or too…
Is The Fox Ruling The Henhouse?
childrensrightsfl at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 2 weeks ago
Originally posted on The Love and Iron Project: You might have noticed that the common theme of our most recent publicity messages center around “sharing the truth”. And there’s a reason for this: we’ve been seeing a rather active effort on the part of our opposition to blatantly lie to the Public in an attempt…
SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS ON THE JURISDICTION OF JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES
childrensrightsfl at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 3 weeks ago
Originally posted on Children's Rights: APOSTOLIC LETTER ISSUED MOTU PROPRIO OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS ON THE JURISDICTION OF JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES OF VATICAN CITY STATEIN CRIMINAL MATTERS In our times, the common good is increasingly threatened by transnational organized crime, the improper use of the markets and of the economy, as well as by terrorism. It is therefore…
Is the Horror of False Accusation More Urgent and Credible when Harvard Law Prof Alan Dershowitz Describes It?
childrensrightsfl at Civil Rights in Family Law Florida - 4 weeks ago
It is becoming increasingly clear is that children are simply being used as a seemingly noble excuse to mask a greedier underlying motive that is causing significant and irreparable harm to parents and children alike.
The father's rights movement isn't an anti-mom or anti-woman movement; it's an anti-unfairness movement. Our aim is to champion the cause of equal parenting, family law reform and equal contact for divorced/separated parents with their children. The fathers' rights movement is a movement whose members are primarily interested in issues related to family law, including child custody and child support that affect fathers and their children. Many of its members are fathers who desire to share the parenting of their children equally with their children's mother—either after divorce or as unwed fathers, and the children of the terminated marriage. The movement includes women as well as men, often the second wives of divorced fathers or other family members of men who have had some engagement with family law. Most of the members of the fathers' rights movement had little prior interest in the law or politics. However, as they felt that their goal of equal shared parenting was being frustrated by the family courts, many took an interest in family law, including child custody and child support. Though it has been described as a social movement, members of the movement believe their actions are better described as part of a civil rights movement. Objections to the characterizations of the movement as a social movement are related to the belief that discrimination against fathers moves beyond the social sciences and originates in government intervention into family life. The movement has received international press coverage as a result of high profile activism of their members, has become increasingly vocal, visible and organised, and has played a powerful role in family law debates. The child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations." - Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925) "It is cardinal with us that the custody, care and nurture of the child reside first in the parents, whose primary function and freedom include preparation for obligations the state can neither supply nor hinder.... It is in recognition of this that these decisions have respected the private realm of family life which the state cannot enter." - Prince v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 321 U.S. 158 (1944) "The Due Process Clause does not permit a State to infringe on the fundamental right of parents to make childrearing decisions simply because a state judge believes a 'better' decision could be made." - Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000)
ReplyDeleteChildren's rights are the human rights of children with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to the young, including their right to association with both biological parents. According to Cornell University, a child is a person, not a subperson, and the parent has absolute interest and possession of the child, but this is very much an American view. Parents affect the lives of children in a unique way, and as such their role in children's rights has to be distinguished in a particular way. The field of children's rights spans the fields of law, politics, religion, and morality. A child's rights to a relationship with both their parents is increasingly recognized as an important factor for determining the best interests of the child in divorce and child custody proceedings. Some governments have enacted laws creating a rebuttable presumption that shared parenting is in the best interests of children. Our aim is to to preserve Parent–Child relationships to improve the lives of children and strengthen society by protecting the child’s right to the love and care of both parents after separation/divorce. We support the Parental Rights Amendment. See more at parentalrights.org
ReplyDeleteBalancing work or staying at home, painfully married or happily divorced, they know that taking care of the little ones while maintaining a social life is a daily challenge. Whether it’s hosing the little squirt down in the kitchen sink or hitting the bar strapped with a baby björn, these guys are on a roller-coaster adventure – parenting like you (and they) have never seen before. Our aim is to champion the cause of equal parenting, family law reform and equal contact for divorced parents with children. This is a movement whose members are primarily interested in issues related to family law, including child custody and child support that affect fathers and their children. Members are mostly fathers who desire to share the parenting of their children equally with their children's mother—either after divorce or as unwed fathers, and the children of the terminated marriage. This movement includes women as well as men, often the second wives of divorced fathers or other family members of men who have had some engagement with family law. Someone once said it is much easier to become a father than to be one.
ReplyDeleteThe Best Interest of the Child A child's right to have stable relationships with BOTH parents must be central to custody decisions. Children affected by divorce and/or separation fare worse, on average, on nearly every measure of health and emotional well-being including a greater risk of academic problems, alcohol and drug use, poor social skills, depression and suicide, delinquency and incarceration, and poorer physical health and early mortality. The reason for all this has much to do with the fact that one of the two most important people in a child’s life is often relegated to the role of an infrequent visitor.
ReplyDeleteThe Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been interpreted to provide EVERY AMERICAN with the CONSTITUTIONAL right to self-representation, if they so choose. That privilege, like all other constitutional rights, should be enjoyed without fear of harassment, prejudice, or abuse. Furthermore, no law, regulation, or policy should exist to abridge or surreptitiously extinguish that right.
ReplyDeleteSelf-Represented Litigants have no less of a right to FAIR and MEANINGFUL due process under the federal and state constitutions as those individuals who choose to utilize an attorney for their legal affairs and issues. In fact, NOWHERE in any state or federal constitution does it specify that the hiring of a lawyer is a prerequisite to exercising one's due process rights. Democratic principles dictate that we have the right to freely choose between self-representation and hiring a lawyer to handle our legal matters without suffering humiliation, prejudice, or penalization. After all, it is the parties to the litigation that ultimately have to deal with the consequences of the case's outcome, and not the judge or the lawyers involved in the matter.
Contrary to the view of certain judges and lawyers, those who opt to litigate their own legal matters without an attorney are NOT second-class citizens deserving of contempt and injustice. Instead, they are BRAVE CITIZENS with an inalienable right to have their legal causes adjudicated objectively and justly -- with or without a lawyer. Self-representation can be a difficult, time-consuming, and often frightening experience, especially for those burdened by demanding work schedules, family responsibilities, and other obligations of day-to-day living. Accordingly, those who engage in the difficult task of self-litigation should be REVERED for their COURAGE and DEDICATION, not scorned or abused.
We also need to amass momentous opposition against those persons, agencies, and institutions who, in the interest of protecting huge profits, careers, and prestige, subject self-litigants to a hostile and often abusive litigation atmosphere calculated to suppress self-representation and force people to become completely and financially dependent on lawyers to gain "paid" access to a taxpayer-funded legal system.
WE SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF ORGANIZATIONS FOR EQUAL JUSTICE
Activist sometimes exhibit impatience with theory - often for good reasons. They have seen nonviolence caught in an ideological net in which the purity of ideology eclipsed activity and the nonviolent effort was undermined by a deflection of energy. But nonviolent theory is absolutely necessary. It introduces to the world a new strategy for resisting evil without creating new evils and becoming evil ourselves. But more important, it articulates a new way of being that yields a vision of peace more powerful than all the armies of all the nations of the world. (Peace is the Way, 2000)