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News stories on child support
Abuse & Betrayal: The Cautionary True Story of Divorce, Mistakes, Lies, and Legal Abuse. By Richard Joseph. Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. 168 pages. $14.95. Available at www.amazon.com and the book’s amazon listing can be accessed directly via www.abuseandbetrayal.com. The evidently pseudonymous Richard Joseph has written a book that stands out...
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NCFM NOTE: Anne Stevenson writes it as she sees it and she sees it clearly. Anyone interested in things to do with family court ineptness and corruption would do well to read what she writes. Connecticut Task Force hears accounts of victimization by family court By Anne Stevenson, Communities Digital News CONNECTICUT, March 1,...
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In June of 2013 Texas repealed a long-standing law preventing courts from holding people in contempt for falling behind in child support if they paid up. No more. Now, Texas judges can throw a person in the slammer when their child support payments are current, maximum sentence six months in jail plus fees. From...
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REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: A MORE COMPLETE EXAMINATION By Deborah Watkins NCFM Treasurer So often any discussion about reproductive choices as they affect both genders immediately goes straight to the abortion issue. The discussion then turns into a debate between pro-life and pro-choice ideologies, and completely bypasses the broad spectrum of issues which affect...
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Why Dads Leave: Insights & Resources for When Partners Become Parents. By Meryn G. Callander; Contributions by Jack W. Travis, M.D. Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia: Akasha Publications, 2012. www.whydadsleave.com. US $19.95. 335 pages. Review by J. Steven Svoboda. Australian social worker and wellness expert Meryn Callander has written a truly fascinating and valuable...
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Panel Sponsored by Office of Child Support Enforcement and Department of Justice Access to Justice Initiative (Also see: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/pubs/2012/csr/csr1207.pdf) “A panel of experts discusses the critical messages from Turner v. Rogers and its implications for child support. Turner v. Rogers requires states in civil contempt proceedings to provide procedures that ensure a fundamentally fair...
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NCFM NOTE: A version of this article appeared July 23, 2012, on page B1 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Lawyers Carve Out ‘Divorce for Men‘ Niche. And, let there be no doubt of the institutional bias against fathers and men in general. If none existed law firms like...
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By Katherine Faulkner Mail Onlne publishd: 20:48 EST, 12 March 2012 | UPDATED: 04:31 EST, 13 March 201 Life-changing decisions about the care of thousands of children are routinely being made on flawed evidence from poorly qualified ‘experts’ in the family courts, a damning study reveals. More than a fifth of these vital reports...
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Attorney Sam Assini provided commentary to ACFC on the Turner v. Rogers Supreme Court decision rendered earlier this year concerning the incarceration of indigent child support obligors. This is an excellent article. Mr. Assini asserts that the decision provides some safeguards for payors. Well worth the read. If you are interested in children or fathers’...
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On August 31st the Courthouse News Service announced that a California appeals court affirmed the lower court ruling that “Two and a Half Men” star Jon Cryer must keep paying ex-wife actress Sarah Trigger Cryer $8,000 a month in child support, even though the child is in Jon’s custody, Sarah also had a child...
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