Due Process on Adoption and Custody in Malawi and in Missouri

 
Just two weeks ago, Madonna was barred from adopting a 3 year-old girl called Chifundo “Mercy” by a Malawian court. This ruling, which was contrary to the position of the Malawian government, was founded on the fact that the orphan is not exactly one – she has family. Hence Malawi should take care of its [...]

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Madness in Massachusetts Family Courts

 
In many states, child support payments are a fix percentage of the non-custodial parent income  with no bearing whatsoever with the cost of raising a child. If you are a well-off father, you make it, if you are not, too bad. Some states, such as Massachusetts, take into account the income of both parents, custodial [...]

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Did T-Mobile Scent a Single-Dad Market?

Some companies and advertising agencies are not always that subtle when it comes to family issues. For instance, remember the dead-stupid DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)  campaign with a little boy announcing “When I grow up, I will beat my wife,” that Glenn Sacks helped denounce. For once, one recent ad made me happy: the [...]

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And Manhattan Purports to Give the Country the “Bridget’s Laws”…

 
 
If there is something which is not needed in Manhattan, this is more protection for alienating parents.  It usually just takes an accusation of child abuse -which will lead to an order of protection- and  Manhattan family court delivers: sole custody for the alienator – typically mummy- and all the pain in the world for the [...]

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In Australia at Least, Parental Alienation Is Taken Seriously

Just read Caroline Overington’s article in the Australian and I can hardly believe it. Family Court Judge Benjamin (Melbourne,  Australia) granted custody of two children to their father. The mother originally had custody of the children after the couple divorced in 2005. The children were clearly harmed by the separation of their parents and were reported [...]

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Why a Single-Payer Health Care System Would Benefit Non-Custodial Fathers and..Everybody Else

A week ago, like many other New York State employees, I received a letter from the Department of Civil Service stating that it has
 contracted BUDCO Health Service Solutions to administer the Dependent Eligibility Verification Project. Translation: there is going to be blood. BUDCO – whose clients includes Fortune 500 companies- will come up with sophisticated [...]

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