What it means to be a dad under different Florida statutes.

The Florida Bar

Journal

December, 2010 Volume 84, No. 10

Fatherhood in Florida

by Judge Sue Robbins

Page 24

Florida courts have been firm in asserting that a child has only one father, and that paternal rights and responsibilities cannot be spread or shared between two or more individuals.¹ However, the reality of the law is somewhat more complex. A man may be a presumptive father, a putative father, a prospective father, or an unmarried biological father, and yet have no rights other than notice of proceedings with respect to the child. If the child is born to a woman who is married to someone other than the man in question, he may be entitled to even less.² Paternity has been distinguished from legitimacy so that the rights and duties of fatherhood can sometimes be shared, or transferred from one man to another, without disturbing the child’s legitimate status.³ A man may be proven to be the biological father of the child, but not be recognized to have any parental rights.⁴ Parents may stipulate in a dissolution of marriage case that the husband is not the father of the wife’s then unborn child. Thereafter, the father may be required to be joined as a party in a termination of parental rights case because his rights continue.⁵

Finding Truth and Justice 4 Florida Children

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness were promised to each of us by our founding fathers. And the resulting legal system was intended to protect us and sustain us with reason, fairness and order. But the present state of family law makes this harder and harder to achieve – particularly in regards to divorce. Arbitrary laws and a confrontational legal system have created a litigious nightmare for many of us.

Finding Truth 4 Children (FT4C) is a self-censored chronicle of courtroom dramas, lived by people who lost all or some visitation with or custody of a child or children based on perjury and/or other false courtroom evidence.

Family Law Reform, Inc. was founded upon the same sound promise: that the dream of a decent life, the freedom to pursue it, and the resulting happiness are not for the few, not for those who have the most money or who have the most aggressive attorney, but for each one of us.

Family Law Reform’s most immediate goal is the creation of reasonable guidelines in our Florida divorce law to inform and assist judges in their continuing oversight and orders for alimony. These guidelines would discourage the destructive practice of continued litigation in order to determine a ‘winner’ and a ‘loser’. The present adversarial situation is destroying families while creating wealth for the courts and litigating family lawyers.

THERE IS A BETTER WAY!

See video of an interesting recent Florida divorce case that took 4 years and $100,000 in attorneys fees. The ex-wife ended up in major debt and paying alimony. This is why we need alimony reform in Florida.

CLICK HERE to see video of the interview and to read the transcript

Where's The Common Sense? Fix Family Courts!

"Children need both parents to be involved in their lives even when parents don't live together anymore!"

Loving Florida father's like "Ray" are being denied their parental rights by the other parent and their Florida Attorneys,  Florida Judges and Magistrates, and Florida's Judicial System! Family courts routinely curtail parenting rights...Support father's rights as well as the children's best interests! We are loving, caring, God-fearing, hard working individuals!  

These attorneys and the Family Courts need to prove why a Father should NOT have 50% Equal Time Share Arrangement! This is basically a crime of parental alienation which goes on every day in Florida's Family Courts Some People raise their voices, other People do not feel empowered to do so. Please help us put a stop to these human and civil rights violations." ~ Tina

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Imagine a day when your ex can no longer use the system 

Fix Family Courts ‪#‎falseclaimsofabuse‬  at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/syndicatednews/2013/08/21/not-in-the-childs-best-interest 

High Cost Of Returning To Family Court 

NOT In the Child's Best Interest

A Child's Rights - Is Parenting A Civil Rights Issue?

The Supreme Court has consistently described the parenting right to be among the “oldest liberty interests” protected by the American Constitution, see i.e. Troxel v Granville, 530 US 57 (2000);Santosky v Kramer, 455 US 745 (1982); Parham v J.R., 442 US 584 (1979); Wisconsin v Yoder, 406 US 232 (1972) and Meyer v Nebraska, 262 US 390 (1923). But this right is quickly eroding as part of a new world order, and it requires your protest, American style, before we lose it altogether. To avoid becoming the next victim, you need to join our cause.

Social science research has proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt that children do far better with equal custody than sole custody. In fact over 146 times better. Yet most states and judges award over 80% sole custody making these judges some of the most prolific child abusers on the planet today.

PROTECT YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS

BECAUSE:

• Divorce Courts will NOT protect your rights if you don’t demand it
• Divorce Attorneys will NOT tell you how to preserve your parental rights in divorce
• Most Divorce lawyers do NOT know how to preserve your parental rights in divorce
• Child custody laws and family law codes violate your constitutional rights by default

Stop the winner take all slug fest. Deny the Judge any authority to restrict or deny your parental rights. Put your child’s best interest first by ensuring that you remain an equal parent in your child’s life.

Parenting Plans Help Children and Parents

A Parenting Plan is an agreement that separated parents make about how their children will be cared for and supported. Preparing one yourselves means that you get to add your own decisions that suit your own circumstances. Agreeing about how things that affect your children are going to be organized, as straightforwardly as possible, will be good for your children and is likely to save arguments or misunderstandings along the way.

Excerpts from a Fathers4Equality article ~

The best interests of your children are the most important thing for you to think about when you make a Parenting Plan Agreement.

A parenting plan can include anything that parents need to agree on about their children. The plan can be changed at any time with the agreement of both parents.

If you want your parenting agreement to be recognized by law as a Parenting Plan it must be developed in a particular way. It needs to be written down, dated and signed by both of you.

What are the Advantages?

Because a parenting plan is worked out and agreed by both of you, agreeing in this way means you have control over the process and you won’t need to fight things out in court. Going to court can be a tense, traumatic, expensive, long term experience and it can be hard to get off the roundabout. In some situations court involvement is absolutely necessary, but parents who have been through the system say to avoid it if you can.

Coming to a workable agreement without going to court saves parents a lot of money, time and distress and, more importantly, it is better for your children. Research clearly shows that it’s not the separation of their parents that harms children the most; it’s the ongoing arguments and negativity between the parents, and the anxiety that children feel when their parents can’t co-operate about things that affect their daily lives.

When children know that their parents have talked about what’s best for them, and know that a plan is written down, they are likely to feel cared for and safer. If your children can predict the shape of their lives and know that you will keep the adult issues between adults, they will be able to manage the stresses and fears of the separation much better.

Lives Damaged By False Domestic Violence Allegations

Each year, thousands of lives are damaged by false domestic violence allegations and/or charge.

Dear Friends,

June and October are Domestic Violence (and False Allegations) Awareness Months. Educate yourself about Domestic Violence and False Allegations then ask your local newspaper or radio station to cover this topic. [image: False Allegations Awareness Month] *Read More:*

Why do people - men and women - file false domestic violence charges?

Several reasons:

• To gain leverage in a Child Custody Action.
• To protect themselves when the police are called and they are afraid of prosecution if they don't make a false accusation.
• To get 'payback'.
• Simply because someone is angry.
• To join the 'brotherhood and sisterhood of victimhood' - being a 'victim' gains a special status, a place of honor for their 'suffering'.
  

A Domestic Violence charge is far too serious to be trivialized by false allegations, which are rarely prosecuted on the flimsy ground that prosecuting false accusers would deter real victims.

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Judge Judy Sheindlin on False Allegations of Domestic Violence

One in six Americans know someone who has been falsely accused of domestic violence. The silver bullet in divorce, false allegations are sometimes used to obtain child custody.
This despicable act removes fit and loving parents from the lives of their children. Please take a moment, as soon as possible, and speak out for the millions of children who are missing a falsely accused parent. And do it for the parents who are grieving for their children, stolen with a lie.

FLORIDA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS

Domestic violence law in Florida is not just one law, but several laws that operate together. Thus, it is more accurate to think and speak in terms of Florida's Domestic Violence Laws. The reason is very simple: Florida's legal system creates many different types of domestic abuse that constitute a violation of the criminal law.

One of the most significant problems with the entire statutory structure is the absence of even recognizing false allegations. Sure, Florida has a section prohibiting the filing of a false police report. Yet, the penalty is a misdemeanor - unless the victim of a false allegation is in a special protected class, such as law enforcement officers. Worse, these types of offenses are almost never prosecuted and when they are, they receive scant publicity compared to the publicity an alleged abuser receives.

Florida Domestic Violence Laws: Overview and FAQ 

Domestic Violence Law in Florida: What you should NOT do

False Domestic Violence Charge Awareness Month

FALSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE AWARENESS MONTH

June is False Domestic Violence Charge Awareness Month in Florida. Each year, thousands of lives are damaged by false domestic violence charges. Why do people - men and women - file false domestic violence charges? Several reasons:

• To gain leverage in a divorce action
• To protect themselves when the police are called and they are afraid of prosecution if they don't make a false accusation
• To win a lawsuit, often without even filing one - gaining hush money
• To get 'payback' for a slight, real or perceived
• Simply because someone is angry
• To win an argument in a very dramatic and public fashion
• To join the 'brotherhood and sisterhood of victimhood' - being a 'victim' gains a special status, a place of honor for their 'suffering.'

A Domestic Violence charge is far too serious to be trivialized by false allegations, which are rarely prosecuted on the flimsy ground that prosecuting false accusers would deter real victims.

Real victims are people who have truly been victimized by the wrongful, violent conduct of another person - including victims of Domestic Legal Violence: The use of Law Enforcement Officers to physically force someone into jail and force them to be prosecuted and threatened with further imprisonment for a crime they did not commit.

So each June is False Domestic Violence Charge Awareness Month

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SAVE public service announcement promoting equality with regards to domestic violence related issues.

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Father's Righ

"Reckless Disregard" ~ Conscious and indifferent disregard of others' reputation or rights, or the dangerous consequences of one's action. In defamation cases, the defendant's malicious intent is judged against the standard of 'reckless disregard for truth.'

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Important Discussion

Closed courtrooms only protect bad judges and lawyers, says Judge Judy

June is False Domestic Violence Charge Awareness Month in Florida. Each year, thousands of lives are damaged by false domestic violence charges.

Why do people - men and women - file false domestic violence charges? Several reasons:

• To gain leverage in a Child Custody Action

• To protect themselves when the police are called and they are afraid of prosecution if they don't make a false accusation

• To get 'payback'

• Simply because someone is angry

• To join the 'brotherhood and sisterhood of victimhood' - being a 'victim' gains a special status, a place of honor for their 'suffering.'
  
• A Domestic Violence charge is far too serious to be trivialized by false allegations, which are rarely prosecuted on the flimsy ground that prosecuting false accusers would deter real victims.
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"Most state laws require that courts treat mothers and fathers equally when it comes to matters of child custody. When I presided as a judge in Manhattan family court, that was the law, and that's how I treated each custody case. Families, especially children, suffer when this law is not followed. Unfortunately, I've seen this happen all too often. What has been your experience with this difficult subject? I look forward to your stories." ~ Judge Judy

Judge Judy Sheindlin on Joint Custody

Read the entire transcript

When Judy Sheindlin was on Larry King Live last week, the issue of joint custody came up. Here is an excerpt from the interview:

SHEINDLIN ("Judge Judy"): I was a lawyer in the family court for ten years. I worked for the corporation counsel's office of the City of New York. I prosecuted juvenile delinquency cases. I did support and paternity. So, I was in the trenches and even then, Larry, it took me time.

I remember the first day that I took the bench. It was in the Bronx and the court officers, if was pretty formal back then, court officer said, you know, say "All rise" and I stood up because I was accustomed to they say "All rise." We stood and finally the court officer said "You can sit down now, judge. They're standing for you. You can sit down." So, even when you have experience you need time to get comfortable in your chair.

KING: I had a judge who became a federal judge told me once that the hardest thing to decide was custody cases. First he had no experience. Who has experience with custody cases? He's been happily married, has children. Who gets whom? Isn't that the hardest to give a child from one parent to another?

SHEINDLIN: Yes. Sometimes it's relatively easy because the choices are clear but I've always thought in this country we do a terrible disservice to fathers. You know there was a time many years ago when we had what we called the Tender Years Doctrine, which meant children of tender years, young children, always went to their mother.

And then all of the courts in this country said that's not fair. We have to be equal. So, on the books there is a law that says no one parent is favored over the other, now that's honored more in the breach than it is honored in actuality. And, I have been a proponent for many years of there being a presumption in this country for joint custody of children. That's where courts should start.

KING: That's where you begin?

SHEINDLIN: That's where you begin and if you're going to deviate from that, you have to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that there is some valid reason why you're going to deviate from that because one parent is crazy, one parent has a drug problem, an alcohol problem, something's wrong.

But that should be the standard joint custody because children are entitled to be raised by two parents even if the parents don't get along anymore. I mean I think it's horrendous when one parent picks up and moves out of the state or moves 250 miles away and some judge in the family court, the domestic relations court usually if it's the mother who has moved away says, "Well, we'll have a hearing to determine whether it was the right thing."

No, no, no, no, no. You can't say to people who you've lulled into this sense of I'm equal, you're an equal father. You can take off paternity leave. We expect you to participate in the rearing of your children, to go to open school night, to be out there to play with them. Very often there are two people working in the household. They divide authority and you're equal except when there's a divorce.

And then, how often, Larry, I ask you the question, do you hear it quoted in the paper "He lost custody of his children"? You don't hear that. You hear "She lost custody. There must be something wrong with her."

Well I think that that has to change in this country because it was my experience in the family court, and I left the family court ten years ago, but even my experience on the television courtroom suggests to me that there are as wonderful a group of fathers out there as a group of mothers and it's about time that this country recognize that in not only the letter of the law but the spirit of the law as well.

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