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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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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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The following letter resulted from an inquiry from a new NCFM member (by the way, if you have not joined NCFM you may as well do it now, just click on the join NCFM button to the right and help us help you make the world a better place for all of us…): NCFM...
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JOSE GASPAR: 18-year-old continues fighting for custody of son adopted to another family BY JOSE GASPAR, Californian contributing columnist jgaspar@bakersfield.com | Sunday, Jun 12 2011 03:31 PM Last Updated Sunday, Jun 12 2011 03:32 PM Next Sunday millions of families will be celebrating Father’s Day, acknowledging the man who raised, loved and cared for...
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By Richart Davis On Friday April 22, 2001 I read the Boston Globe article, 1 in 4 report bullying at Mass. Schools. That article notes: The report found that students who said they had been involved in bullying, as both a perpetrator and a victim, were five times more likely to report they...
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Fathers have historically been denied equal parenting rights with mothers. The 19th Century “tender years” doctrine, which explicitly gave mothers custody over children ages 13 and younger, was later replaced with the “best interests of the child” doctrine, but the gender bias persisted. As late as 1971, the Minnesota State Bar Association’s handbook advised lawyers and judges that “except in very...
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Not Officially Published (Cal. Rules of Court, Rules 8.1105 and 8.1110, 8.1115) 2007 WL 2391262 Only the Westlaw citation is currently available. California Rules of Court, rule 8.1115, restricts citation of unpublished opinions in California courts. Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 6, California. VENTURA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent,...
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After complaining about paying child support Gary Scott Holland was charged for killing San Francisco socialite Kate Horn. In Santa Ana William Gregory Mordick was tried (and convicted) for the cold-case homicide of his estranged wife over a $124,000 child support bill. In Santa Ana Richi Omandi was sentenced to 25 years to life...
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Millions of families are affected by child support guidelines in California. Support orders typically run 25%-50% of after-tax income. The Child Support Guideline Review (hereafter “Review”) takes place once every four years. By law (Family Code 4050 et. seq.) the courts have to conduct the review to report to the Legislature whether the Guideline results...
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Men’s reproductive rights include issues such as false paternity claims or paternity fraud, adoption rights, abortion, rights over frozen embryos, choice for men, etc. The American Association of Blood Banks reports that, out of 300,000 DNA paternity tests performed annually, 30% exclude the man as the biological dad. Over 70% of paternity judgments in...
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