A Thanksgiving Tale with New York Child Support Unit as the Spoiler

A few days ago, I received a letter from the New York State Child Support Processing Center (Albany) telling
me that as of November 18,  my arrears were: zero. It meant that I had paid in full the obscene an biased income execution order of $5,522.23 for unreimbursed medical expenses for my girls. I will be [...]

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In Bad Times, Fathers Might Fare Better in Some States than in Others

Economic times are getting chilly. Foreclosures and unemployment are up, and there are no rescue plans in sight for non-custodial fathers. Some states have revamped their child support guidelines for 2009. In Massachusetts, thanks to the father rights movement, there are clear improvements going on. The State of Massachusetts will now take into consideration the [...]

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What Do Law Guardians Do, Exactly?

Law guardians are lawyers and “officers of the court,” appointed by the court to represent the child interests without being bound by the child expressed preferences. I guess this is where the line separating efficient and inefficient law guardians lies. Good law guardians look beyond “child expressed preferences,” which might not be his or her but [...]

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In Memoriam Jordi Seriola

 
I cannot get over it. Nothing to do with father rights but a lot with fatherhood.
On Saturday, November 8, Jordi Seriola (naked on the picture with his son, Marc) gave his wife Siret a good-bye kiss at four in the morning. He is a heavy, frantic biker. He is going for a morning bike ride [...]

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One More Prejudiced Law Project to Stalk Fathers

By the end of 2008, the State of New Jersey will consider an “anti-stalking law”. When you read the blog created to promote the swift passing of this great piece of legislation, you get it immediately. As the brilliant creators of the infamous Dallas Area  Rapid Transit’s ad, the promoters of the New Jersey legislative [...]

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Therapeutic Supervised Visitations Cannot Beat Parental Alienation

In the beginning of 2004, I was on a cloud. I thought that my ordeal was over, even if the ridiculous trial of child abuse initiated by sicko ex-wife was not. In February 2004, the court had ordered therapeutic supervised visitations and Spitzer, the director of Comprehensive Family Services, was positive: after eight of these, [...]

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What about Joe the Father?

According to Elisabeth Bumiller from the New York Times, John McCain was desperately looking for Joe the Plumber in a  recent meeting in Defiance, Ohio. Unable to find him, McCain told the crowd: “Well, you’re all Joe the Plumbers.”
Sorry John, we ain’t.  You are not very sensitive to the lot of the  commoners and Joe [...]

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