tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87673814569524605462024-03-13T07:37:18.362-04:00Our Time is Now (Fathers)SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-5279817137735141112010-12-08T09:08:00.000-05:002010-12-08T09:08:54.357-05:00In the NewsAgnostic <a href="http://www.examiner.com/humanist-in-portland/agnostic-dad-appeals-child-custody-decision-based-on-religion">dad appeals</a> child custody decision based on religion<br />
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On August 6, 2008, <a href="http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20INCO%2020101207131.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR">PCDCS filed its pre-dispositional report</a> with the trial court, which indicated under the sub-heading "Parental History" that "paternity has not yet been established for [Father]." (Appellant's App. p. 31). The report later indicated, however, that J.O.'s family formerly "consisted of [J.O.] and his parents. The father is currently in Lake County Jail . . . ." (Appellant's App. p. 33). Nevertheless, Father was not made a party to the CHINS proceedings, he was not offered and/or referred for reunification services, he was not provided with a copy of the pre-dispositional report, and he was never advised that a dispositional hearing had been set for August 19, 2008.<br />
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Santa Ana - <a href="http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/oc-woman-can-keep-custody-of-foster-daughter-for-now-201011116">A panel of California</a> appellate court justices today ruled that a 2-year-old girl at the center of a child custody battle between a south Orange County foster mother and the girl's birth father in Ohio should stay in California as the case is sorted out. <br />
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<a href="http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s1864219.shtml">SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -</a> The state Court of Appeals has ruled the same-sex partner of an adoptive mother can't seek custody of the couple's child but may request visitation.<br />
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A divided court decided Wednesday that New Mexico laws provide no legal right for a Santa Fe-area woman to bring a lawsuit asking for custody of the child, who was adopted by her partner during their 15-year relationship.<br />
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The court's majority said the state's custody law applies to biological or adoptive parents, and third parties - such as the unmarried partner of an adoptive parent - can't seek child custody unless the parent is unfit.<br />
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Judge Michael E. Vigil dissented, saying a partner should be able to seek custody when a parent-child bond has formed.SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-7398776764539166412010-01-09T22:52:00.003-05:002010-01-09T23:02:42.605-05:00Lesbian Child Custody Case Crosses State Lines<blockquote>Thursday, <a href="http://www.avvo.com/news/lesbian-child-custody-case-crosses-state-lines-628.html">January 7</a>, 2010 at 02:15 PM<br /><br />A recent court order filed on Monday mandates that a Vermont court decision to give custody of 7-year-old girl to one parent of a separated lesbian couple be enforceable in Virginia.<br /><br />In 2002, Isabella Miller-Jenkins was born to Janet Jenkins and Lisa Miller through artificial insemination in Vermont. In 2003, when the couple split, custody of the child was given to Miller, who then moved to Virginia and renounced homosexuality, the News and Advance reports.<br /><br />Later that year, Vermont's supreme court granted custody of the child to Jenkins, after it was revealed that Miller had denied visitation rights and had stopped speaking to attorneys.<br /><br />Monday's court order verifies that the Vermont court decision is enforceable in the Commonwealth of Virginia.<br /><br />Jenkins' attorney, Rebecca Glenburg of the Virginia American Civil Liberties Union, told the news source, "We expect Virginia law enforcement to take whatever actions they can to locate the child and make sure the custody order is complied with."<br /><br />Currently, the whereabouts of Miller and the child are unknown.<br /><br />According to the Center for Children's Justice, a former spouse is most frequently the greatest obstacle for contact with a child in custody cases.</blockquote><br /><br />How the tides have turn, now that we are lesbians and Gays as co parents,, it was only a matter of time before one of these folks would be in our shoes (fathers) Now this lady is finding out that mothers do to fathers when they lose in court. I can only wonder how long it will be for they find Ms Miller and her child. Once found I can bet that the child won't be turn over to Ms Jenkins ASAP. There will be more hearings for her in the future.<br /><br />I can also bet that Ms Miller will claim she ran to protect the child for a sick Lesbian, which she used to be one.. I see a theme here, do you.SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-81104008382077471532009-05-13T17:50:00.001-04:002009-05-13T17:50:41.775-04:00Glenn Sacks on Pajamas TV<p>Click <a href="http://www.pjtv.com/video/Ask_Dr_Helen/Keeping_%22Deadbeat_Dads%22_Off_the_Air%3B_Marriages_%26_the_Recession/1863/" target="_blank">Here to go to</a> the site, </p> <p> </p> <p>Glenn discussed Lifetime's <em>Deadbeat Dads</em>, the problems faced by child support-paying fathers in the recession, and other family law-related issues.</p> SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-52983741299170682472009-05-13T12:30:00.002-04:002009-05-13T12:42:30.435-04:00A Women finds new ways of getting Child supportIf you can't get child support legally then steal it from others<br /><br /><blockquote>DELHI, N.Y. - Upstate <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.newsday.com/topic/us/new-york-PLGEO100100800000000.topic" title="New York" id="PLGEO100100800000000">New York</a> prosecutors say a former county child support investigator stole more than $50,000 from a fund containing court-ordered child support payments.<br /><br />Authorities are charging 50-year-old Karen Faulkner of Trout Creek with second-degree grand larceny, which is punishable by up to 15 years in state prison. She's also charged with 57 felony counts of falsifying business records.<br /><br />Faulkner allegedly stole the money between October 2003 and October 2007 while working for <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.newsday.com/topic/us/delaware-PLGEO100100300000000.topic" title="Delaware" id="PLGEO100100300000000">Delaware</a> County as a support investigator. Prosecutors say no children were deprived of financial support.<br /><br />Faulkner was released on her own recognizance after being arraigned Delhi Town Court. Prosecutors could not immediately say if she had an attorney. </blockquote>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-19463476225999345562009-05-13T12:28:00.001-04:002009-05-13T12:30:04.116-04:00Pa. counties sued in mistaken child-support case<p class="byline lastline">The Associated Press</p> <p>HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Philadelphia man who was forced to pay child support for another man's daughter and went to jail for falling behind on the payments is suing two Pennsylvania counties.</p><p>The lawsuit filed last week by Walter Andre Sharpe Jr. names Dauphin and Montgomery counties.</p><p>The suit filed in federal court in Harrisburg says officials changed his personal identifying information in their computer systems to make him appear to be the child's father.</p><p>Sharpe is seeking unspecified damages.</p><p>Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico says after investigating the matter that he won't file criminal charges.</p><p>Sharpe spent more than a year in jail in Dauphin County, where the girl's mother lived, and he was denied reimbursement for the $12,000 he paid for support.</p><br /><hr /><br />We must make this type of abused known, and that we will not sit back and allow it to keep on happening.SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-10220851802596216772009-05-13T12:25:00.001-04:002009-05-13T12:25:35.539-04:00Philip Cook Book, Abused Men<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7qDs_tUdJLU/Sgr0fo2DubI/AAAAAAAAAHA/4q1BUWGNEZA/s1600-h/41PuvHkk-NL._SS500_%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="41PuvHkk-NL._SS500_" border="0" alt="41PuvHkk-NL._SS500_" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_7qDs_tUdJLU/Sgr0f_aAOdI/AAAAAAAAAHE/2VaxxF2sRNE/41PuvHkk-NL._SS500__thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="244" /></a> <p>The new, 10th anniversary edition of Phil Cook's <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=abused+men+the+hidden+side+of+domestic+violence&x=8&y=17">Abused Men: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence</a></em> has been released. Cook, an award-winning investigative journalist, has added up-to-date surveys on the prevalence of intimate partner violence against men with personal interviews as well as cases drawn from headlines of recent media covering politicians, and other public figures. He also includes updates on law, legislation, court activity, social responses, police activity, support groups, batterer programs, and crisis intervention programs.</p> <p> </p> <p>To purchase the book, click <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=abused+men+the+hidden+side+of+domestic+violence&x=8&y=17">here</a>. To read previous excerpts, click <a href="http://glennsacks.com/blog/?s=%22Philip+W.+Cook%22">here</a>.</p> <p>Cook can be reached at <a href="mailto:Philip.Cook@comcast.net">Philip.Cook@comcast.net</a> or via <a href="http://www.abusedmen.com/">www.abusedmen.com</a>.</p> <p>Cook was one of the presenters at the historic <a href="http://www.cafcusa.org/docs/2008-02-15-DVD-Catalog.pdf">"From Ideology to Inclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence"</a> conference in Sacramento, CA. in February, 2008. To order DVDs of the conference, click <a href="http://www.cafcusa.org/docs/2008-02-15-DVD-Catalog.pdf">here</a>. To read more about the conference's content, click <a href="http://glennsacks.com/blog/?cat=88">here</a>.</p> SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-37509076979463533042009-05-13T12:19:00.001-04:002009-05-13T12:20:31.494-04:00Does this ring true??<blockquote>One day (soon) this once great country of ours is going to implode. We already have the highest male incarceration rate in the world. We have a tax base that relies heavily on male workers. We have an institution in place that does everything it can to abstain men from marriage and fatherhood. No more marriages, no more kids (read: male offspring), males continuously thrown in prison for victimless crimes - who's going to be financially supporting this country? Women/Mothers? Children? Politicians? Corporations? Forget Al Qeada. This will be magnitudes worse than anything a group of terrorists from a foreign land could even dream of inflicting on us.</blockquote><br /><br />From a Father's rights siteSaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-13105540808519519612009-05-13T12:04:00.000-04:002009-05-13T12:05:32.040-04:00Lawyer penalized for writing child<span class="storybodytext"><p class="storybodytext"> According to the committee's records, while Werme was representing the father, she wrote a letter to his daughter despite a court order barring Werme, her client or his family from contacting the girl. </p><p class="storybodytext">The court had issued the no-contact order because previous phone calls between the girl and her father were so upsetting they had exacerbated the girl's unspecified medical condition, according to committee files. In her January 2007 letter to the girl, who was then 16, Werme told the girl her relatives were lying to her when they allegedly told her she would have enough money to attend college if only her father paid his overdue child support. </p><p class="storybodytext">In the letter, which is part of Werme's Professional Conduct Committee file, Werme told the girl there likely wouldn't be enough money for her even if her father won Megabucks and paid all of his child support. </p><p class="storybodytext"> Werme wrote to the girl that her father could offer only his love. </p></span>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-88876573557803605912009-05-13T11:43:00.003-04:002009-05-13T11:45:30.339-04:00Child custody case to study constitutional protections<p>A court hearing is scheduled tomorrow on arguments that allege the basic child custody procedures used by judges in Bradley County, Tenn., are unconstitutionally biased in favor of one parent.</p> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><p>According to Thorne, the case before Circuit Judge J. Michael Sharp is testing the court procedures used in the child custody case of 3-year-old Kate Hopkins, which began in 2007. </p> <br /><p>After more than two years in court and five different judges, the case is set for trial beginning May 27 in Sharp's courtroom. But Sharp is hearing the constitutional issues before the rest of the case is heard. </p> <br /><p>Attorney Jeffrey Miller will argue on behalf of fit Tennessee parents and their children, and an attorney from the Tennessee attorney general's office, Warren Jasper, is expected to argue on behalf of the standard procedures.<br /></p><p><br /></p> <p>According to a statement from Thorne, one of the procedures that will be challenged is the "80-day rule" created by local judges. It automatically takes effect as soon as a child custody case is filed, allowing one parent only 80 days a year with the child while the other parent is allowed 285 days – regardless of circumstances. </p> <br /><p>The rule, Miller argues, discriminates against one parent, violating the principle of equal protection as well as due process, since it is imposed without a hearing. </p> <p>Click <a href="http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=97943" target="_blank">here read more</a> about this case.</p>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-69570224547515120172009-03-19T16:28:00.002-04:002009-03-19T16:35:52.447-04:00Fathers in the newsThis week in the news<br />
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Fathers held a <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iRZu3bu7zLWbQkIQttNuVDBElA_Q">protest at airport</a><br />
Advocates for fathers <a href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/bedford/news/x1683629741/Advocates-for-fathers-sue-trial-court-over-child-support-rules">sue trail court </a>over child support<br />
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Remembering <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101833696">The father of Joint Custody</a> "Cook worked to push through the nation's first joint-custody law in California, paving the way to changes in other states."<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjxJqlLHtmNlrS6AXInR2uFzDUi8nj015ZPM5YWJoCf9BthJoxG_8eAQYp9covABdhdGPifPII2GScBsJNB41QmMT3R5gwO6Ef_S75hfmSKb0nT6twMiQGUZls9IyJCPU1aUGklgfFtAy/s1600-h/45521860.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjxJqlLHtmNlrS6AXInR2uFzDUi8nj015ZPM5YWJoCf9BthJoxG_8eAQYp9covABdhdGPifPII2GScBsJNB41QmMT3R5gwO6Ef_S75hfmSKb0nT6twMiQGUZls9IyJCPU1aUGklgfFtAy/s320/45521860.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">James Cook obituary: The obituary of joint custody advocate James Cook in Thursday's Section A said a 1980 California law made joint custody a first preference in custody decisions. The law states that it doesn't establish a preference but allows discretion in choosing "a parenting plan that is in the best interest of the child" and emphasizes that courts in granting sole custody should consider whether the custodial parent is willing to allow "frequent and continuing contact" with the noncustodial parent. — </div>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-61703256823300114692009-03-19T16:25:00.000-04:002009-03-19T16:25:43.325-04:00I'm Back, Lets reconnect..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj6ia2WLbaXCUqOGlEROsjz4ABbg8doDJIKmqVzD3U4JtynpKThzGvqHkk-qXDeraWjL7EsrRXYCqf8swMOqMVUopeBF6rCikIqFp-SrtfkVTKMCEowwS4Gji82LrSIGouVEH8kYBmehS/s1600-h/sorry-056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj6ia2WLbaXCUqOGlEROsjz4ABbg8doDJIKmqVzD3U4JtynpKThzGvqHkk-qXDeraWjL7EsrRXYCqf8swMOqMVUopeBF6rCikIqFp-SrtfkVTKMCEowwS4Gji82LrSIGouVEH8kYBmehS/s200/sorry-056.jpg" /></a></div>Sorry at I have be away. I had another major project that took up alot of my time. I'm backadn I hope to get this blog rolling again.<br />
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I'm also looking for a few other father's rights blogger to helpto try this into a community fathers blog.<br />
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If you are interest, just email.. <a href="mailto:sanfather@gmail.com">sanfather@gmail.com</a>,SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-24630616673310584642008-12-19T13:18:00.001-05:002008-12-19T13:29:10.145-05:00Counselors lie in court and face charges<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The attorney for <a href="http://www.lufkindailynews.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/12/19/counselor_indictment.html">two Lufkin counselors</a> indicted for lying under oath during a child custody case compared the grand jury charges to a bologna sandwich on Thursday.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Sutton testified in a child custody case earlier this year that the father of the children involved had raised his voice "in a very loud and harassing manner" during the course of a counseling session, according to an indictment handed down by a grand jury Tuesday. Morgan testified that during her counseling session with the father "he began to yell very loudly at me," the report stated. Sutton and Morgan also said under oath they would characterize the father's type of behavior as consistent with a person who has rage, the report stated.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The counselers lies but yet it won't affect the custody case, Why, it should? Just goes to show what Father don't matter, and only seen as ATM's </span>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-65571054301888117652008-10-07T00:34:00.001-04:002008-10-07T00:34:27.407-04:00LAWS OF EVE - Application for maintenance of childrenIn a recent Supreme Court decision (PEC v DRC) which was delivered on April 4, the judge was asked to consider an application by a mother for increased contribution towards maintenance by the father of the couple's eight-year-old child. Three issues were considered by the judge:<br /><br />1. What amounts to reasonable expense in respect of an eight- year-old child?<br /><br />Whenever the court considers a maintenance application on behalf of a child, there is an attempt to identify what sums are incurred exclusively for the child's benefit. Therefore, expenses such as rent, mortgage, cost of hiring a helper and utilities are usually apportioned between the child and the other person or persons who share that home with him or her.<br /><br />In the case of DRC's application, the judge was of the view that an allocation of half of the mortgage and the utilities to an eight-year- old was unreasonable. Instead, the judge concluded that a third or a quarter of those expenses was exclusively incurred for the child's benefit.<br /><br />2. If an application for maintenance is made pursuant to the Children (Guardianship and Custody) Act, does the court have to consider the applicant's means?<br /><br />There are alternative statutes under which applications for maintenance may be made. One such statute is the Children (Guardianship and Custody) Act, which speaks only to the examination of the father's means by the court. In some other statutes, such as the Maintenance Act, the court is directed to consider the means of both parents.<br /><br />In the case of PEC v DRC, the application was made by the mother and her attorney-at-law argued that she did not need to provide information regarding her income, because the court only needed to consider the father's means. However, the court did not find favour with that argument and ruled that both the means of the father and the mother should be considered.<br /><br />3. If an application for maintenance is made pursuant to the Children (Guardianship and Custody) Act, can the court have regard to the provisions of the Maintenance Act?<br /><br />The judge was of the view that because the court was concerned to ensure the best interests of the child, he was not constrained to confine his considerations to the statute under which the application was made. He stated that, "the court should not be hampered by procedural trappings, but should approach its task with practicality". Therefore, the judge ruled that the principles outlined in the Maintenance Act, which indicate that there is equal obligation for parents to maintain a child, remained applicable.SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-56598090040080209672008-09-04T16:05:00.002-04:002008-09-04T16:09:43.447-04:00DV, father runs with child makes the papers<blockquote>Authorities activated “A Child is Missing” call system and searched vacant homes in the area. Bowlen was found in the attic of a home in the 1200 block of North Sixth Street, holding the child, Holland said.</blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2008/09/03/news/news10.txt">read more here</a><br />Yet when the mother run off with the children, unless the father as legal custody the police don't activated a child missing call, or amber alert proof that in society on the mother have rights and the only rights fathers have it to pay Child SupportSaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-44604595895016527672008-09-04T15:58:00.001-04:002008-09-04T15:58:40.150-04:00At mothers request father is left out in Obituary<span xmlns=''><blockquote><p>Lasalle, <a title='Illinois' href='http://www.associatedcontent.com/theme/383/illinois.html'>Illinois</a> -- What happens after your only son dies suddenly? One father finds out that not only is he cut out of the obituary, but also on the death certificate.<br/><br/><a href='http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/982488/a_fathers_rights_to_his_child_are_they.html'>In Lasalle, Illinois</a>, George Harmon is grieving the loss of his only son., Kristopher. Kristopher Harmon died from an accidental gunshot wound while <a title='cleaning' href='http://www.associatedcontent.com/theme/1533/cleaning.html'>cleaning</a> his gun on Friday, August 22 in his <a title='home' href='http://www.associatedcontent.com/theme/1349/home.html'>home</a> in Council Bluff, Iowa. <br/><br/>Harmon received a call around 8:30 p.m that night from his daughter-in-law Ginger Harmon. "I was devastated, when she called I kept thinking that it was a joke. It could not have happened to my son." states Harmon. The following day was a blur, Harmon made calls to his <a title='family' href='http://www.associatedcontent.com/theme/1379/family_matters.html'>family</a> and kept in touch with Kristopher's widow, in order to have information on what happened and what the services were going to be. "Everything was a blur, I was numb, I just wanted it all to be a mistake." <br/><br/>Sunday brought more grief, when Harmon received one final call from Ginger regarding the obituary that was published in the August 24th Council Bluffs Non Pariel newspaper. "The call was to warn me that I was not mentioned in the obit, I was never mentioned as the father. Another man was." Apparently a man by the name of Keith Hadfield of Omaha, Nebraska was mentioned as the surviving father. <br/><br/>Upon finding this out and trying to contact the paper to no avail, he contacted the Cuttler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home also located in Council Bluffs, <a title='Iowa' href='http://www.associatedcontent.com/theme/516/iowa.html'>Iowa</a> to find out who had wrote the obituary. "I was directed to the director, and he stated that he had wrote the obituary at the request of Kristopher Harmon's <a title='wife' href='http://www.associatedcontent.com/theme/1655/wife.html'>wife</a> and mother Renee Lewis. The director was very apologetic but had stated that he can not change the information per that request, and that it did concern him that Keith Hadfield was named Kristopher's father on the death certificate."<br /></p></blockquote><p>Now it would seem that fathers don't have the right to mention in their kids Obituary all at the request of the mother. Where will this injustice end. <br /></p><p><a href='http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/982488/a_fathers_rights_to_his_child_are_they.html'>Read more here</a>.</p></span>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-13713008895667279522008-05-23T22:53:00.000-04:002008-05-23T22:54:06.357-04:00FW: [Against_Child_Support] Digest Number 244<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>FATHERS DAY 2008 - WEST SIDE, U.S. CAPITOL<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>PLEASE COME TO FATHERS DAY DEMONSTRATION 2007 - WEST SIDE U.S. CAPITOL - SATURDAY AND/OR SUNDAY, JUNE 14 & 15 <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>ALL DAY EVENTS BOTH DAYS - 8am to 4pm or later<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>ANYONE CAN ADDRESS HIS OR HER GRIEVANCES TO THE WORLD VIA THE INTERNET IN FRONT OF THE U.S. CAPITOL. VIDEOS WILL BE RECORDED BOTH DAYS AND UPLOADED TO www.youtube.com/markyoung12<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>PLEASE PREPARE YOUR SPEECH OF UP TO 30 MINUTES TO TELL YOUR STORY, FOCUSING ON ERRORS & INJUSTICES BY THE COURTS (NOT YOUR EX) IN YOUR CASE, OR ABOUT THE DIVORCE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>Please respond if you plan to attend to give an idea of turnout, or to give ideas in general. All individuals and groups who support equal parenthood are welcome. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>It's your Capitol and your U.S. Constitution that's being violated. Let The Congress know we need federal legislation for enforcement of childrens' and parents' rights, as much or more than we need a federal bureaucracy for child "support" enforcement! !!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>If you can't make it, you can submit your speech: 1) preferably video recorded in front of your state capitol or local courthouse, or 2) in written form by email. We will try to read submitted speeches Fathers Day week-end, time permitting. Otherwise we can post them on the Internet.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>Last year we had some excellent speeches but we need MORE OF THEM. For last years speeches go to <a href="http://www.exiledfathers.org/%23VIDEOCLIPS">www.exiledfathers.org/#VIDEOCLIPS</a> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. HONOR OUR FOUNDING FATHERS ON FATHERS DAY BY FOLLOWING THEIR BLUE PRINT: THE FIRST AMENDMENT. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>The Declaration of Independence was a list of grievances submitted to King George of England. If we do not speak out, CONTINUOUSLY, we are submitting to tyrrany. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>If you are unable to attend in D.C., or if you can do both, consider demonstrating IN YOUR STATE on FRIDAY 13TH at the <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>National Fatherless Day Rally <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>see their website for details <a href="http://www.f4j.us/">http://www.f4j.us</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>For more information please contact:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>David Wilson<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:FathersDay@aol.com">FathersDay@aol.com</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>(321)243-0178<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>Or<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>Mark Young<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:markyoung12@yahoo.com">markyoung12@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>www.ExiledFathers.org<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText>(703)798-7598<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.youtube.com/markyoung12">http://www.youtube.com/markyoung12</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.exiledfathers.org/">http://www.ExiledFathers.org</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-19741607188972354652008-05-14T01:21:00.000-04:002008-05-14T01:24:29.205-04:00A tribute<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xSnF2-BEuEM&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xSnF2-BEuEM&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kelseyspurpose.org">http://www.kelseyspurpose.org</a>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-73896399003528656832008-05-14T01:03:00.000-04:002008-05-14T01:04:06.174-04:00Daddy's Little Girl<center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7W6nXipUVjc&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7W6nXipUVjc&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-90877766341416662072008-05-12T17:50:00.001-04:002008-05-12T17:52:49.126-04:00Fathers 'powerless against vengeful mothers'<span style="font-weight:bold;">Decent fathers are left powerless to see their estranged children if vengeful mothers are determined to prevent access, a senior judge has admitted.<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> <br /><br />Lord Justice Ward attacked child access law after presiding over a case that saw a “vicious” mother falsely accuse her ex-husband of sexually abusing their child.<br /><br />He spoke out after telling the father that there was nothing he could do to help him re-establish contact with his daughter after his ex-wife turned her against him.<br /><br />The man’s 14-year-old daughter, who cannot been identified, had been influenced by a “drip, drip, drip of venom” from his ex-wife, who wanted to deny him his paternal rights.<br /><br />Lord Justice Ward said the case was bordering on the scandalous but the court was compelled to act in the interests of the child.<br /><br />Because of her mother’s “viciously corrupting” influence, it would cause the teenager too much distress if she spent time with her father, he said.<br /><br />In London’s Civil Appeal Court, Lord Justice Ward said: “The father complains bitterly, passionately, and with every justification, that the law is sterile, impotent and utterly useless.<br /><br />”But the question is 'what can this court do?’ The answer is nothing.”<br /><br />The parents were briefly married in the 1990s and their daughter was a baby when they parted.<br /><br />Lord Justice Ward said it was “impossible” that the girl could remember being abused and it was obvious it was something she had been told and believed.<br /><br />In 1997 a judge ruled that allegations of sexual abuse were “wholly unfounded”.<br /><br />The malignant influence of the mother, who lives in the Lincoln area, came to a head when the girl wrote to her father when she was nine.<br /><br />The letter read: “This is what I really think about you. I hate you and you frighten me. You made my life miserable and stressful. I wish you would die. Leave me alone.”<br /><br />In 2004 the father went to Lincoln County Court in an attempt to gain access. He was allowed to see her, but only under the supervision of a priest.<br /><br />The contact was an unhappy experience for the daughter and the arrangement ceased. At a later court hearing, the father virtually admitted that further meetings would distress her.<br /><br />At the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Ward refused the father permission to appeal his decision. The father is considering taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights.SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-40688865369406036432008-05-06T21:32:00.002-04:002008-05-06T21:37:54.187-04:00Very Intersting BlogI have been reading a new blog about a father's fight in Kentucky Supreme Court, It's a very moving and trying story. <a href="http://www.letmeseemyson.blogspot.com/">Click here to visit his Blog</a><br /><br />so What don't you stop by and read, lean support and comments and messages of hope for this father.<br /><br />On a personal note, about his case, though he might have lost his case, I would have to wonder if the mother of his child and her husband was to divorce, just who would they go after for Child Support.SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-31883551405730590122008-04-23T16:21:00.001-04:002008-04-23T16:23:55.985-04:00Gay sperm donor denied son access<p>Civil liberties groups demanded radical reform of family law after a gay man, who donated sperm to a lesbian couple, was refused rights to his biological son.</p><p>Dublin's High Court ruled that the man, who had been friends with the women, should have no guardianship or access to the child and the toddler would be better off with the couple. The landmark ruling is the latest case to expose serious gaps in family law, fathers' rights and a lack of legislation on same-sex couples.</p><p>The Unmarried and Separated Fathers of Ireland warned the decision could end up being a major setback for fathers' rights. Legal spokesman Donnacha Murphy said: "Legislation may further the issue of inequality in Irish family life. The only way to achieve ultimate equality is by an amendment to the constitution." </p><br /><hr/><br />How much would you like to bet if the those mommy need more money they will hit him up for child support and win.SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-85684154361502851712008-04-23T01:56:00.002-04:002008-04-23T02:23:45.940-04:00Daddy's Little Girl Poem<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xdvjt4CeUII&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xdvjt4CeUII&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />I found another clip, of the video Daddy i miss you, this one is call Daddy's little girl poem<br /><br />I have download it too, just in case youtube delete this one too.<br /><hr/><br /><center>Her hair was up in a ponytail, her favorite dress tied with a bow.<br />Today was Daddy's Day at school, and she couldn't wait to go.<br />But her mommy tried to tell her, that she probably should stay home.<br />Why the kids might not understand, if she went to school alone.<br />But she was not afraid; she knew just what to say.<br />What to tell her classmates of why he wasn't there today.<br />But still her mother worried, for her to face this day alone.<br />And that was why once again, she tried to keep her daughter home.<br />But the little girl went to school, eager to tell them all.<br />About a dad she never sees a dad who never calls.<br />There were daddies along the wall in back, for everyone to meet.<br />Children squirming impatiently, anxious in their seats.<br />One by one the teacher called, a student from the class.<br />To introduce their daddy, as seconds slowly passed.<br />At last the teacher called her name, every child turned to stare.<br />Each of them was searching, for a man who wasn't there.<br />"Where's her daddy at?" she heard a boy call out.<br />"She probably doesn't have one," another student dared to shout.<br />And from somewhere near the back, she heard a daddy say,<br />"Looks like another deadbeat dad, too busy to waste his day."<br />The words did not offend her, as she smiled up at her Mom.<br />And looked back at her teacher, who told her to go on.<br />And with hands behind her back, slowly she began to speak.<br />And out from the mouth of a child, came words incredibly unique.<br />"My Daddy couldn't be here, because he lives so far away.<br />But I know he wishes he could be, since this is such a special day.<br />And though you cannot meet him, I wanted you to know.<br />All about my daddy, and how much he loves me so.<br />He loved to tell me stories he taught me to ride my bike.<br />He surprised me with pink roses, and taught me to fly a kite.<br />We used to share fudge sundaes, and ice cream in a cone.<br />And though you cannot see him, I'm not standing here alone.<br />"Cause my daddy's always with me, even though we are apart<br />I know because he told me, he'll forever be in my heart"<br />With that, her little hand reached up, and lay across her chest.<br />Feeling her own heartbeat, beneath her favorite dress.<br />And from somewhere in the crowd of dads, mother stood in tears.<br />Proudly watching her daughter, who was wise beyond her years.<br />For she stood up for the love of a man not in her life.<br />Doing what was best for her, doing what was right.<br />And when she dropped her hand back down, staring straight into the crowd.<br />She finished with a voice so soft, but its message clear and loud.<br />"I love my daddy very much, he's my shining star.<br />And if he could, he'd be here, but heaven's just too far<br />You see he was a fireman and died just this past year<br />When airplanes hit the towers and taught Americans to fear.<br />But sometimes when I close my eyes, it's like he never went away."<br />And then she closed her eyes, and saw him there that day.<br />And to her mother's amazement, she witnessed with surprise.<br />A room full of daddies and children, all starting to close their eyes.<br />Who knows what they saw before them, who knows what they felt inside.<br />Perhaps for merely a second, they saw him at her side.<br />"I know you're with me Daddy," to the silence she called out.<br />And what happened next made believers, of those once filled with doubt.<br />Not one in that room could explain it, for each of their eyes had been closed.<br />But there on the desk beside her, was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose.<br />And a child was blessed, if only for a moment, by the love of her shining bright star.<br />And given the gift of believing, that heaven is never too far. </center>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-89474879868872407592008-04-21T21:24:00.002-04:002008-04-21T21:27:05.490-04:00NEW DADDY, Anti-dad video...<a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-0349416588494873 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/vJCRNXUngAM&hl=en"></a><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vJCRNXUngAM&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vJCRNXUngAM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><hr /><br /><br />AS if we don't have enough problems to wonder about as fathers, now this jackass actually sing to kids telling then how to get a new DaddySaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-4969662043446732102008-04-05T02:24:00.003-04:002008-04-21T22:19:19.969-04:00A little girls story - ilove you daddyUpdate this video has been removed by youtube, they claim right to use violation, yet there are at leat 15 others just like still on youtube. <br /><br />I like it becuase it was done as a show and tell or bring your dad to school day. Also where it was said in the video by one dad that her dad must have been a deadbeat.<br /><br /><strong><strong>Also if one downloaded it youtube could you please send me a copy. Thanks</strong></strong><br />this one might make a few cry. <br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D_mWieKRDss&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D_mWieKRDss&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767381456952460546.post-73273738736019895442008-04-05T02:14:00.001-04:002008-04-05T02:19:23.522-04:00Father's Love Letter<center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BKmdIdQg3Ks&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BKmdIdQg3Ks&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center>SaFahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211815386648009099noreply@blogger.com0