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MI: HB 4778 Action Now on Equal Parenting Bill

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%283prvktaxfxrrtrnv2yyc55et%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=2011-HB-4778

Those of you who live in Michigan please go to this bill and then contact each one of the sponsors of this bill. If you know someone in Michigan please ask them to contact these sponsors. Let the sponsors know that we appreciate their support but now is the time to get movement on the bill. The sponsors need to present the bill via a legislative forum in the House and or the Senate Office Buildings. Also they need to pressure their Judiciary Committee colleagues to have a hearing or move the legislation to another committee or to the floor for a vote.

Equal Parenting Bike Trek 2010 - Pedaling 700 Miles in Michigan for Children and Parental Rights!

EXCITING NEWS! 

Summer 2010, the Equal Parenting Bike Trek cyclists will pedal over 700 miles throughout the state of Michigan. 

2007 Equal Parenting Bike Trek cyclists Robb MacKenzie and Robert Pedersen are back! 

Both will be joining former Kent County judicial candidate Bryan Down, Esq.  Attorney Bryan C. Downs has been a dedicated cyclist for the Equal Parenting Bike Trek in both 2008 and 2009.  There are three confirmed cyclists for the 2010 Equal Parenting Bike Trek, with an additional select few who will be joining Robb, Robert and Bryan during the 700 + miles cycling trek for parental rights.

The 2010 Equal Parenting Bike Trek will be departing from Lansing Michigan and will pedal through both the Lower and Upper peninsulas of Michigan in support of a child's right to be loved, guided, nurtured and educated by both fit and willing parents.

Stay tuned for more information on this incredible equal parenting event! 

Please support the Parental Rights Amendment

 

 

Parental Rights Amendment - House Joint Resolution 42. Support Now Before the U.N. Becomes the Parent to Our Children!

House Joint Resolution 42 is gaining serious momentum with 92 Congressional co-sponsors and counting!  Are you a parent?  It doesn't matter if you are a mother or a father here in the United States because all parents will lose the ability to parent their children if the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is passed in the United States.  "Convention on the Rights of the Child" sounds so innocent and something that all might be fooled to support.  In reality this will strip your ability to parent your children and all in the United States must parent to the UN's demands.

Twenty Things All Parents Should Know About the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child

Why We Need the Parental Rights Amendment

Show support for the Parental Rights Amendment immediately by signing the petition now.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is also a serious threat to our Second Amendment Rights of LEGAL gun ownership.  Read this article by Michael P. Ferris, J.D.on how the UNCRC will impact the rights of private gun ownership in America.  Gun Owners of America already is listed as a supporter of H.J. Res. 42, however sadly the NRA (National Rifle Association) is not currently listed as a supporter.  NRA members contact the NRA now and demand their support of H.J. Res. 42.

If your U.S. Representative is not on the list, please call or email them and urge them to become a sponsor of the Parental Rights Amendment (H.J. Res. 42).  Find your Representative and demand their support as a voter!

Please tell everyone you know about the Parental Rights Amendment and ask for their ACTIVE support.

Thank you Rep. Pete Hoekstra for showing leadership as lead sponsor of H.J. Res. 42.  Rep. Hoekstra is now running for Governorin the State of Michigan and should receive your support from all in the state of Michigan.

Parental Rights in DANGER

 

Rep. Pete Hoekstra on the Parental Rights Amendment

House Joint Resolution 42 - Actual document

Michigan Best Interests of the Child: Providing the child with food, clothing, and medical care.....

Part One    Part Two

Best Interests of the family courts budget?  I would now like to continue with section (c), or the third "best interests of the child" criteria as defined in Michigan law.  This reads: "the capacity and disposition of the parties involved to provide the child with food, clothing, medical care or other remedial care recognized and permitted under the laws of this state in place of medical care, and other material needs".

This basically comes down to whether a parent can provide the material things for his or her own child.....and this is the factor that is routinely handed to the custodial parent-AFTER they start receiving child support payments.  It does NOT matter to your judge if the parent is employed, employable, or even is capable of actually taking care of the child(ren).

Another point arises here-exactly WHOM should be able to claim the child(ren) as dependent(s)-and whose dependents are they-it doesn't matter to the courts or to the government who actually PAYS for the actual support-it only matters to them WHO the child stays with OVERNIGHT-hence the reason that the courts keep the amount of time the child(ren) spend with the NCP to the barest minimum they can.

This is also where Social Security's Title IV-D comes in. You can run any good internet search engine and find a wealth of information on Title IV-D, but I will give you a brief and working summary of it.

Title IV-D was originally started as a Federal program to collect support funds from parents who had WILLFULLY and DELIBERATELY abandoned his or her children, and to help establish paternity of these abandoned children when necessary.  Very noble-any parent who abandons his or her children should be tracked down, their wages garnished, and otherwise be treated as the fiend they are. This was implemented to recover the costs of placing the children/family on the old TANF program-TEMPORARY assistance. 

 HOWEVER....

Title IV-D has now been perverted, through the federal financial incentives, to include virtually ALL parents who divorce.  A change in 1996, during the Clinton Administration, changed key wording from the "absent" parent to the "non-custodial" parent.  This opened the door for the states, and their county court judges to make a parent the non-custodial, and rake in the federal grants and incentive bonuses from the feds. 

Because of this greed, MILLIONS of parents, never on welfare rolls, have been forced from the lives of their child(ren) so their county and state can make a profit from that divorce and child custody fight.

Michigan alone collects MILLIONS of dollars yearly for this.  The average yearly total for the states collectively-4.2 BILLION dollars, plus incentives worth another $428 MILLION in 2006 alone.

All of that, to reward  the judges and other bureaucrats for removing a loving, capable, and fit parent from the lives of his or her children.

Of course, the NCP chosen is normally the one who can actually PAY the support-whomever has the larger paycheck is normally chosen.  Yes, the number of mother NCP's is increasing, as the average salary of American women increases.  The larger the support amounts, the more the states get in the financial incentives. The more divorcing  parents they can indoctrinate into the system, the more they collect, and on, and on, and on.....

So, it matters not to the judges who can actually support the children after a divorce-their chosen and anointed one will be handed what (s)he needs, so factor (c) can be awarded to her (usually), just as in my personal case.

A Father Of Two.

Think Michigan Child Custody Determinations Are Fair?  Think again!

Michigan's "Best Interests of the Child"; Factors Eight & Nine.

     On to factor (h), "the home, school, and community record of the child".  The only one of the three I have experienced personally so far is concerning my daughters' schooling.

     A little over three years ago, I managed to wrangle a change in my scheduled hours of employment, and I immediately motioned for a "change of parenting time", to spend more time with my daughters.  This was AFTER my oldest was held back, and repeated kindergarten.

     The first hearing, in front of the court referee, resulted in HER REPRIMANDING ME FOR NOT BEING INVOVLED, AND MY DAUGHTER BEING HELD BACK.  Now, keep in mind that it was THEIR ORDER that I NOT have enough time with my children to be involved and active enough with them to be able to effectively help with such things as homework and their education in general.  This  FEMALE referee is absolutely convinced that fathers are worthless, except  as a source of money, and the mom alone should have complete and full control, regardless of the consequences.

     Naturally I objected to her decision, and got in front of a real judge, who again, actually listened to the TRUTH and FACTS of the situation.  I was "granted" the additional time with my daughters.

     Please read that again....I was GRANTED the time with my daughters.  A fit, able, willing, college-educated  and employed father, and I was GIVEN the time by a judge who doesn't know me, my kids, has never met them, and likely never will. 

     Exactly when did judges become God??

     My youngest is likewise having severe difficulties this year.  A repeat of what ensued three years ago is on the horizon.

     Concerning factor (i), "the reasonable preference of the child, if the court considers the child to be of sufficient age to express preference", I have no personal experience as of yet.  From what I understand on this one, the child must be at least twelve, and when interviewed by the judge NO ONE else is allowed in chambers.  I also have learned that the judge will NOT state the  child's actual preference, leaving the door wide open for the family law court system to once again twist these factors whenever and however they please to reach the predetermined conclusion; a non-custodial father who is a visitor in the life of his child and a paycheck only, and a custodial mom who is handed full control of the children, regardless of the consequences. 

A Father Of Two.

The Mental and Physical Health of the Parties Involved

     Further commenting on Michigan's "best interests of the child" factors brings us to the seventh, or factor (g), "the mental and physical health of the parties involved".  This seems to be pretty much straightforward, providing the actual evidence, or better yet, an admission from one of the parties of ill health, is admitted.

     My personal feeling on this one is that the local FOC's investigation of "the relevant facts" here is lacking even the smallest of effort.  In my personal case, my ex-wife lost this factor, due to all of her emotional and mental demons.  The judge actually believed the admitted factual testimony here, but no thanks to the Friend of the Court investigator, who completely (and deliberately) failed to look at the "relevant facts" beforehand.

     All one has to do is to check ANY reputable source-the American Medical Association comes to mind-and look at the real numbers concerning the likelihood of how many moms verses how many dads suffer from emotional, mental, and physical ills.  The National Organization of Women (NOW) will love me for this, but look at the facts.  Just one special notation-women are several times more likely to suffer from depression than men are.  If you have ever lived with a spouse who refuses to deal with her depression issues, you are living in Hell itself.  Take my word for it.

     Women are simply NOT as healthy, mentally, or emotionally,  as men are.  Those are the facts, plain and simple. 

     Straightforward, but yet another of the "factors" that any FOC investigator and any judge will twist to their liking if given the opportunity. 

A Father of Two

The Moral Fitness Of The Parties Involved.

     Factor (f) of the 13 "best interests of the child" criteria as defined in Michigan law says a lot-"the moral fitness of the parties involved".  The problem is, as was true with my personal case, that the judges in many cases do NOT make a decision or ruling on this factor.  Many state they "are not qualified" to decide on this factor.

     Well, at least the judges seem to have gotten one thing right in all of this-how can someone who willingly and very frequently forgets and ignores THEIR OWN OATH OF OFFICE, swearing to uphold and abide by the Constitution of the United States and that of Michigan as well, be fit to decide on the moral fitness of a litigant appearing before him or her?  

     EVERY single time a Michigan family law judge makes a ruling other than joint physical custody, he/she is breaking and violating his/her personal oath of office. 

     Our Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution GUARANTEES parents the right to raise and provide for their children WITHOUT government intereference.

     So much for the judges being of moral or ethical correctness themselves!

     And, what would the ruling on the "moral fitness" of a parent who runs away on false pretenses, armed with only fabricated allegations and false accusations be, if one was actually made?  Why, mom would lose yet another of the "best interests" criteria, if the truth and the facts would be believed.

Father of Two.

The Permanence....of the exisiting or proposed custodial home or homes.

     Factor (e) of the "best interests of the child" criteria under Michigan law reads: "the permanence, as a family unit, of the existing or proposed custodial homes or homes."

     This factor is one in which dads routinely are given the shaft.  In my personal case, this one was figured equally, as I had managed to hang on the marital home, seeing as how the soon-to-be-ex had no claim to it, at all.  She hid in a shelter for about six weeks, and then found a subsidised (and filthy) apartment to rent.  Yet, that place was deemed a "custodial home".  After all, mom can't lose too many of the factors, or she loses the custody battle, and the county and the State of Michigan won't profit from this custody fight.....

     Here, though, if a dad has been tossed from the home, what is he to do for a "custodial home".  Depending on where he has been able to find a bed or a couch even, the biased judges will hold that against him in a flash. 

     We also need to look at the wording "as a family unit".  This is a no-brainer for the system-remove the dad, one way or another, and the "family unit" is mom and the kids, regardless of how loving, dedicated, and active the father was in the lives of his children.

     Heck, even if mom if moving the kids from shelter to apartment to grandma's and then to yet another apartment, that is still a good enough "custodial home" for a Michigan family law judge.

A Father of Two.

Michigan Best Interests of the Child: The love, affection, and other emotional ties existing between the parties involved and the child.....

Sounds nice, doesn't it? That sentence is from the MCL's-Michigan Compiled Law 722.23, which defines the "best Interests of the child" criteria, and is factor "a".  The twelve factors are what Michigan judges currently use, in a child custody case, to decide which parent will be the custodial and which will be the non-custodial.

Why am I writing about this? 

This was one of two factors I "lost" to my ex-wife in our child custody fight five years ago, when our county circuit court judge annointed her to be the best, and fit, parent to raise our only two children.  More on that yet to come.

A few days ago, my daughters participated in their elementary school's spring musical-the first for my first-grader, complete with butterflies and all.  My third-grader, now a veteran at these, took it all in stride.

About 500 folks were in the audience-proud parents, adoring grandparents, siblings, and others.  Quite a task for the youngsters to go out in front of, and sing for. First, the first and second graders took the stage, and following their twenty minute performance, the third, fourth and fifth graders had the stage for their 25 minutes.    After the performance, I went to the school's gymnasium to collect my two girls, where I gave both of them a big hug, a kiss on the cheek, and told them how proud I was of them.

We then went outside, where their mom was waiting for them.  The musical occurred on one of my "parenting time" evenings, the time of which ended during the performance.  Not only did she make no effort to go to the gymnasium and collect them, her only comment to them was, "I guess you did all right".  No hug.  No kiss.  No statement to our daughters of how proud she was of them.  Their maternal grandmother, who always tags along for everything, said and did absolutely nothing.

My point here is this.  Re-read the title to this post-factor "a" of the Michigan law concerning the "best interests of the child" factor.  You try to figure out why ANY impartial and non-biased judge would award that factor to a mom who acts this way towards her children.  No loving and fit parent tells her children "I guess you did all right" after a school performance, do they?

We''ll get much deeper into the facts of how this all works.  FOR THE COURTS, and AGAINST THE FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN.

A Father of Two.

Think Michigan Child Custody Determinations Are Fair?  Think again!

Robert Pedersen Interviewed on KLT 98.9FM Regarding Michigan's Child Custody Laws

Robert Pedersen was interviewed last week on the Omlette and Finster Show on KLT 98.9 FM regarding the current state of child custody and child support laws in Michigan.   Title IV-D federal incentives were discussed in great detail. 

The website for A Child's Right received a huge traffic spike after the interview concluded.  Equal Parenting advocates should always seek media opportunities to get our message out in public.

Special thanks to Omlette and Finster for this opportunity!

Mothers Who Kill Their Children

Why Mothers Kill - A Forensic Psychologist's Casebook

61% of all child abuse is committed by biological mothers.
25% of all child abuse is committed by biological fathers.

(Statistical Source: Current DHHS report on nationwide Child Abuse)

Mother Kills Newborn by Microwaving

Mother Attempts to Flush Newborn Down the Tiolet

Mother Stabs, Posions and Drowns Her Three Children

Mother drinks St. Ides beers and watches television - as her son slowly bled to death in the lesbian couple’s bed

Police Find Remains of Three Newborns - Mother Set Free

Mother Kills Three Children by Dousing With Gasoline and Sets on Fire

Mother Kills 7 Week Old Son in 1999 and Later Kills 9 Week Old Son in 2002

Mother Burns and Dismembers Newborn Son

Mother States Trouble Breast-Feeding and Places Twins Underwater

Mother Leaves Newborn in Trunk of Car to Suffocate

Mother Chokes Newborn to Death

Mother Kills Daughter Over Homework

Mother Kills Two Children and Places in Freezer

Mother Kills Newborn with Heroin and Methadone Tainted Breast Milk

Mother Suffocates Newborn to "Save Her Marriage"

Newborn's Death Was Third Murdered in Three Years by Mother

Mother Drowns Newborn to Hide Pregnancy From Husband

Mother Kills One Month Old Daughter

Police Say Mother Killed Newborn - Grandmother urged mother to dump newborn in trash

Mother Drowns 4 Month Old in Bathtub

Mother Kills Newborn and Only Receives Six Years Prison

Mother Kills Newborn with Plastic Garbage Bag

Mother Kills Newborn in Bathroom Stall - Only has to serve three years prison time

Mother Kills Newborn and Places in Trash

Mother Gives Birth in Woods and Leaves on Trail to Die

Mother Crushed Two Sons Skulls With Rocks on Mother's Day Weekend

Mother Charged with First-Degree Murder of 12 Year Old Daughter

Mother Kills Newborn by Leaving in a Box Near Trash Dumpster

Mother Kills Newborn With Her Thong Underwear

Mother Kills 4 Year Old Autistic Daughter

Hit Squad Hired to Kill 6 Month Old Son

Mother Tosses Son From Highway Overpass

Mother Drowned Her Newborn to Hide Pregnancy From Husband

Mother Planned and Killed Her Two Children

Mother Charged With Killing Son and Attempting to Kill His Twin

Mother Left Son in Car Trunk to Suffocate

Mother Places Son in Trash

Mother Strangles Son to Death - Serves Only Three Years

Mother Places Son at Bottom of Quarry

Mother Kills Daughter and Places in Local Landfill

Mother Runs 11 Year Old Son Over With SUV

Mother Slits Neck of Her Six Year Old Son

Mother Systematically Kills Her Five Children

Mother Shoots and Kills Her Three Sons

Mother Kills Child and Heads to Bar

Mother Kills Autistic Daughter

Consequences Of "The System" - Family Court

Many people have a system for something-they can have one at work, or at home.  It likely helps them accomplish some sort of task.

However, bureaucracy also has its systems.  Government bureaucracy, and even other bureaucratic types have their systems. Some are merely annoying. Some can be debilitating, some can be dangerous, while others can be devastating.

Allow me to offer a comparison of how two "systems" can cause harm.

I am a University of Michigan Wolverine football fan. This year, their new coach, Rich Rodriquez, has the Wolverines running what is called a "spread offense", which differs from that the team is used to running, and what the athletes were recruited to run.

This year, the Wolverines have a 3-8 record, with one game remaining.  The Michigan Wolverines have the best record in the history of NCAA football, but their program is in chaos because of Rodriguez' "system".   This season, they have the worst record in their history, and their record streak of 32 straight years with a bowl game birth has been snapped. He could, and should have been coaching a "traditional" offense, so the athletes could have been successful.  Not this coach.  It was his "system" or nothing-the record does not matter to him.  His athletes are demoralized, and play like it.  To this type of bureaucrat, the end result means nothing, as long as he is in charge, and everyone is doing things the way he wants, regardless of the consequences.

Of course, until this coach is fired, which will likely come soon, I hope!!

Michigan's bureaucrats have another "system", the family law court system. 

What can be more devastating to the state of Michigan than destroying its families and tearing children from their parents?  On top of that, Michigan is PAID to do it, by the federal government.

The result here-federal incentives under Social Security Title IV-D, totalling BILLIONS of dollars are paid to each state, to forcibly remove a child from the life of one of his or her parents simply because the parents divorce.

After all, the bureaucrats only care about the system, and those it benefits.

They don't care about the system's victims.

All of the bureaucrats responsible for the continuance of Michigan's family law court system cannot be fired.  Sure, you can vote many, or even most of them out of office, but their replacements will do the same things, resulting in the same devastation of our families and the lives of our children.

Changing the laws, and prohibiting the bureaucrats from continuing this is the only way to stop it.

EVERY DAY in Michigan, more children are forcibly removed from one of their parent's lives, and your elected officials only care about the federal dollars that roll in as their reward, and that the system continues to operate as it is.....

A FATHER OF TWO

Have you joined the Campaign for Liberty?

Obama Fund Fatherhood Now

Now that the Democrats are running DC and most of Lansing we need
to begin to communicate the need for DHS/CAPTA/VAWA/Title IV legislative
change. Looking at what has been proposed during the election we must
strike quickly to get our reform message in their ears. Obama's message of the
need for fathers and families needs to be directed towards legislative
changes that actually encourage the states to keep families intact and both
parents significantly involved with their children.
 

Here is Obama's site let him know what you think:

 

http://www.change.gov/page/s/yourvision/

 

 There is funding available and a drive by President Elect Obama to influence fatherhood so let's get busy.

 

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1626/text

 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 

Congress makes the following findings:

 

(1) The most important factor in a child's upbringing is whether the
child is brought up in a loving, healthy, supportive environment.

 

(2) Children who grow up with two parents are, on average, more likely
than their peers in single-parent homes to finish high school and be
economically self-sufficient.

 

(3) Father-child interaction, like mother-child interaction, has been
shown to promote the positive physical, social, emotional, and mental
development of children.

 

SEC. 107. STATE ASSESSMENTS OF BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL
SUPPORT OF CHILDREN.

 

(a) State Assessments and Reports- As a condition of the continued
approval of a State plan under part D of title IV of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), each State with an approved such plan,
acting through the appropriate State agencies, shall assess the State
policies with respect to the issues described in subsection (b) and
submit a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the
results of such assessment not later than March 15, 2008.

 

(b) (5) Identification of any other barriers to healthy family formation
or sustainable economic opportunity for custodial and noncustodial
parents that are created or exacerbated by Federal or State laws,
policies, or procedures, including an examination of the rules of
Federal and State means-tested programs, the operation of the State
workforce system, the availability of financial education services, and
the availability of domestic violence services and child support
procedures to help victims of domestic violence stay safe and obtain the
child support they are owed.

 

(c) Grants to States for Commissions on State Law Improvements in the
Best Interest of Children and Families- The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall award grants to States to establish or support
commissions to review the State assessment conducted in accordance with
subsection (a) and to make recommendations on ways to improve State law
in the best interest of children and families.

 

Make sure that the Obama administration puts the money where their mouths are.

 

"The federal government spends $99.8 billion dollars every year on
programs - such as child support enforcement and anti-poverty efforts -
that support father-absent homes"

 

https://www.fatherhood.org/research.asp

 

Darrick Scott-Farnsworth

Executive Director A Child's Right

www.achildsright.org

2692097144

Non-Custodial Father Meets With Daughter's First-Grade Teacher

I had the pleasure of meeting with my first-grade daughter's teacher for about an hour earlier today.

The purpose of this early parent-teacher conference was to discuss some difficulties my first-grade daughter is having in class so far this year.  The school's principle was also in attendance.  Both of my daughters also listened in to the constructive ideas and informative sharing that took place.

Everyone essential to forming a constructive plan to assist my daughter in improvement early this school year, before the situation continues or worsens, was in attendance, EXCEPT my ex-wife-the mother of both my daughters.

I had addressed the situation with her last week, and she had "agreed" with me that we need to address our concerns jointly, as is our responsibility as parents, even as divorced ones.  However, she afterwards to the teacher and principle expressed "her need" for a separate meeting. 

Instead of choosing to be an active participant, with both parents and concerned parties in attendance, HER needs came first.

She has not had such a meeting, with anyone at the school.  She does not have one scheduled.  Her first answer to me, when I expressed my concern with our daughter, and the difficulties this school year to date was "so?"  When I expressed my desire for a joint conference to discuss and address our concerns, she agreed with me that this was something we both needed to address, and together.

But, in the end, she did not care to attend this essential conference.

Whenever she does choose to meet with anyone at the school, it will be for a "bash dad" session, as she has done before.  She has withheld important information from me concerning our youngest-in whose best interests is this?

As a loving, caring, and ACTIVE father in the lives of my daughters, I find this to be yet another intolerable and unacceptable lack of concern on her part.  Yet, SHE was "proclaimed" the custodial parent-the one BEST able to care for our daughters.....Title IV-D dollars-look what you have done for my first-grader.....

She has failed to do a single thing for either of our daughters to warrant receiving a judge's blessing to raise them-in reality, she has done much to show her incapacities, and complete inability to do so properly.

The words "fit, willing, and able" are not just words to me.  They show the very clear difference between parents who want to raise their children the best they can, as every child deserves, and those who use their children as a "meal ticket", living off of the child support, and every other government handout they can possibly get from the children they have "custody" of.

Even more astounding-just watch the family law court system "protect" the mother, and sit there, clueless, about what is in "the best interests of the child".

Once again, Michigan legislature, WHY do you REFUSE to pass The Equal Parenting Bill, House Bill 4564, and House Joint Resolution NN, the proposed "Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment", so loving, caring, and fit parents can raise their children?  WHY????

My daughters NEED these changes to our state laws-they NEED their father to be allowed to raise them.  I am being DENIED the right to do so.

"In the best interests of the child", is how they summarize their decisions.  I DON"T THINK SO!!!!

I see, even more now than before, the necessity of telling this to the American public.  I cannot help but wonder, how many other kids have a parent like the mother of my children, and how many other non-custodial parents fight for the best education for their kids, WITHOUT the interest, concern, and participation of the other parent????

A Father Of Two, A Non-Custodial Parent.

Join the Parental and Civil Rights Alliance

Shared Parenting By Default

Excellent article by Dr. Malcom Hatfield, M.D. on the deadly Racine County Family Court in Wisconsin.  A very appropriate recommendation of Alec Baldwin's A Promise to Ourselves.

Wife Kills Husband and Feeds Him to Children

A woman jailed for life for stabbing her de facto husband 37 times, skinning him and cooking his body parts as a meal for his children has lost an appeal against the severity of her sentence.

Knight stabbed 44-year-old Mr Price 37 times with a butcher's knife before skinning him and hanging his hide from a meat hook in their lounge room on February 29, 2000.

She then decapitated him and put his head in a pot on the stove, baked flesh from his buttocks and cooked vegetables and gravy as side dishes to serve to Mr Price's children.

Husband Cooker Full Story

When things as horrible as this happen in real life, how can women find a book like the one noted below as being funny?  If the genders were switched would everyone find it to be so amusing?

How to Kill Your Husband:  A Killer Cookbook

Why is kicking a man in the privates portrayed as being funny on TV?  Why do men get slapped on TV shows and most people think nothing of it?

Higher IQ by Spending Time With Father

The findings, published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour, show that those children whose fathers spent more time with them had a higher IQ and were more socially mobile than those who had received little attention.

Angelo Lobo, Producer/Director of Support? System Down, on the radio show Liberal Arts with Marc Sutton

Angelo Lobo was recently on the radio show Liberal Arts with Mark Sutton discussing his documentary film Support? System Down.  Following is the radio interview:

Watch the four trailers to this incredible film documenting the family court system in America.

Fathers4Justice visit Ohio Governor requesting an investigation into family court corruption and gender bias.

Members of Fathers4Justice in Ohio visit their statehouse requesting an investigation into family court corruption and gender bias. This is something that needs to occur nationwide!

Joint custody awarded to same-sex partner

"To discriminate further against Ms. Kulstad because of her sexual preference in this day and age is no different than telling a person to go to the back of the bus because of her skin color," Judge Ed McLean wrote.

Why are fathers still being told to get in the back of the bus when it comes to child custody determinations?  According to Dr. Stephen Baskerville, Ph.D., author of Taken Into Custody, roughly 80% of sole custody awards are given to mothers nationwide.  When will the gender bias in America's family courts end?

More on this story can be found at Jeanne M. Hannah's excellent blog titled, "Updates in Michigan Family Law"

More on Joint custody awarded to same-sex partner

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Be sure to review "Shared Parenting:  Facts and Fiction" by Dr. Linda Nielsen - Professor of Women's Studies Wake Forest University.

Tell others about the documentary on America's family court systems, "Support?  System Down" is making waves all across the U.S.

Thanks for reading DaddyBlogger.com

Angela

Non-custodial Parents - How YOU Can Become Involved?

Every blog post, guest opinion and letter to the editor written by parental advocates bring the same request: "HELP ME." The request that should be asked is: "I want to become involved in this fight.  My family and my children and I have been wronged by Michigan's family law court system.  I want this abuse to stop, and I want to help."

EVERYONE is either personally affected by this judicial abuse, or has a relative, friend, neighbor, or co-worker who is. If you do not, you are in a very small minority.

What can you do to become involved in this struggle?

Become ACTIVE and INVOLVED.  How?

FIRST- TELL TWO PEOPLE, EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU, YOUR CHILDREN, AND YOUR FAMILY. Tell this to your family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers.

SECOND-WRITE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.  Start with your state representative, state senator, and the governor.  Do NOT just email or call them.  WRITE them an actual letter, and KEEP WRITING them, even after you have received any reply.  You can then move on to your county commissioner.  Do NOT give up after one or two letters.  Be PERSISTANT, and DEMAND answers as to why the abuses continue.

THIRD-WRITE YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER, TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.  Tell them the abuses inflicted upon your family, your children, and yourself by our family law court system.  Ask them to investigate and report the abuse.  Again, BE PERSISTANT!!

FOURTH-WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR of your local newspaper.  Make public the abuses inflicted upon your family and yourself.  Once you have a letter printed, use it as a building block, and continue writing them.

WHAT SHOULD YOU TELL AND WRITE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ABOUT?

1. Michigan's family law court system is inflicting child abuse daily by removing a loving, fit, able, and willing parent from the lives of his or her children.

2.  Under the financial rewards and incentives of Social Security Title IV-D, every state receives MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to strip parents from the life of their children. These taxpayer dollars come from the pockets of EVERY taxpayer in the U.S.

3.  Your local Friend of the Court is the first step in the cycle of abuse.  A FOC Conciliator will recommend which parent is to be custodial, and which will be non-custodial.  The facts of the individual case do not matter, and the FOC will choose what, if anything, they truly investigate.

4.  False allegations of domestic violence are commonly used by one party to try to gain an advantage in a custody situation.  The system encourages this, and often rewards a custodial parent for making such fradulent claims, without any proof or evidence.

5.  PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME  is real.  It is NOT a fable. Children ARE being alienated and torn from a parent by the other, to reap the rewards of child custody, child support, desiring to harm the other parent regardless of the consequences to their child(ren), and an insane need to completely control their child's life, regardless of the other parent's necessary and essential input.

These are just some of the issues you can speak with others and write about.  Educate yourself on these topics if you are not already fully informed on them. The truth and the facts are publicly available.

Do NOT continue to sit there, cry, and complain.  Do NOT just try to get some relief from your personal case and then stop your activities-the system will continue, and any relief will be short-lived.

Only with CONSISTANT and PERSISTANT action and involvement will the abuses ever be corrected.

YOU must choose-will you continue to sit idly by, and continue to be part of the problem, or will you become an active and involved paticipant in this fight, and strive to be a part of the solution?

The suggestions I listed above are just a part of what you can do and should be doing.  I have done all of these, and much beyond.

IF I CAN DO ALL OF THE ABOVE, SO CAN YOU. 

A Father Of Two. 

Dave Taylor of the Oakland County FOCAC

Dave Taylor of Oakland County Speaks of the corruption  at the Friend of the Court. He let us know that the Friend of the Court has championed new laws in Michigan that will help create a greater intrusion into the family and larger money stream for them.  Learn about Title IV-D incentives Learn about the benefits of shared parenting.

If you think child custody determinations are fair in Michigan you MUST watch this video with Carol Rhodes speaking on the Michigan Friend of the Court.

Hey Dad, BACK TO COURT!!

With recent events forcing several of my friends, all fathers and fellow advocates for parental rights, back to court to again attempt to right the wrongs dealt to us by Michigan's family law court system, I am reminded of the last time I was forced there.....

A little over two years ago, my oldest daughter had to repeat Kindergarten.  I managed to change my hours at my employer, and filed a motion to increase my time with my daughters.

The initial hearing was in front of the Court Referee, where I was blamed for my daughter failing Kindergarten, because I was "not involved enough".

Try being involved enough while only seeing your children every-other weekend and four hours one day a week.

A Michigan family law court referee actually admonished a loving, caring, fit, and able father for a child failing a grade BECAUSE OF THEIR COURT ORDER limiting my time with my children.

The referee did not grant my motion, so I objected, and got in front of the judge, a COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER.

Yes, I did manage to have the motion granted, despite the furious protests from my ex-wife and her attorney.

Still, I ask, WHY is this necessary?

The Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution PREVENTS and PROHIBITS any state from doing this  to any American citizen.

Still, here they are, and they are still doing it.  They will do it again TODAY.  They will do it again TOMORROW.  They will do it again THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, and THE DAY AFTER THAT.

Still, American media continues to cry out against "deadbeat dads", and "angry fathers".  They continue to ignore the pleas of thousands of parents, showing our judiciary and  bureaucrats the truth and the facts of Michigan's family law court system.

And, again, tomorrow, it will be BACK TO COURT again for another loving, caring, fit and able father, to attempt to right another wrong inflicted upon a family by our family law court system.

Again, people ask WHY?

The bureaucrats and judges just stare back, and dream of all the millions of dollars of federal incentives they will continue to claim under Title IV-D.  Our constitutional and fundamental rights?  They don't matter! 

The Friend of the Court Conciliators will again, TOMORROW, declare more parents as "non-custodial" so they can start the funds rolling in from THAT case too, and it goes on, and on, and on.....

And again, TOMORROW, another father will have to pay out hundreds of dollars for motions, attorneys, court costs, and be admonished by a referee or a judge for not being involved enough.....

And, TODAY, Michigan's bureaucrats still choose to ignore and stall legislation that will again spell out the rights that we parents SHOULD be allowed to enjoy.

The Equal Parenting Bill, House Bill 4564, and House Joint Resolution NN, the "Parental Rights" Constitutional Amendment both sit in limbo......

Our bureaucrats have NO intention of passing these issues.

But, they will happily blame any non-custodial parent for "not being involved enough" with their children.

A Father Of Two.

The Circus Was In Town-I Wonder If Friend Of The Court Employees Took Their Kids....

The Barnum & Bailey-Ringling Bothers Circus was at Grand Rapids' VanAndel Arena from Thursday, September 18 to Sunday, September 21.

My daughters and I did not go.  I could not afford to take them, even with a discount offer on tickets I received in August.

I did manage to scrimp and save enough to take them to a performance last year, but could not this time.  Everything else costs more now, and we have not received a cost of living allowance.

I do wonder if  Michigan Friend of the Court employees, judicial employees and judges took the time to take their own children to a performance. Nah-they were probably too busy tearing other kids away from their fit and able parents, and gloating over the millions of federal dollars they get via the Title IV-D incentives for doing so.

It is such a travesty and a waste-a system that no one asked for(except those who profit from it), no one wants (except the members of the system), and one that commits this level of abuse, and not only gets away with it, they get REWARDED for it!!

If EQUAL PARENTING were the norm, as it should be, many more parents would have the cash available to take their kids to such an event as a circus. Fit, willing, and able parents would be taking care and providing for their own children when their kids are home with them, instead of providing the same standard of living for all of these attorneys, custody evaluators, psychiatrists, social workers, and others. 

I do believe some of them took their children to the circus, and WE paid the bill!! After all, Michigan state employees got THEIR cost of living increases, at OUR expense.

Michigan's family law court system-its actions are in its own best interests,  NOT in those of children of a divorced or otherwise broken home. Yet, they are still here, still  decimating our families, and raking in millions of taxpayer dollars that we could use to make a house payment, put food on the table, or take our children to a special event, like a circus.

Hey, other divorced, non-custodial fathers-did you take your kids to a circus this year?  Could not afford to?  Thank the Michigan legislature for NOT passing EQUAL PARENTING, House Bill 4564.

Thank our family law judges and all the lawyers too.  You keep their standard of living intact, so they can take their kids to  special events, and can bond closer with them.  YOUR children will just have to do without, and the system does not care if you bond with them or not.

A FATHER OF TWO.

Michigan Equal Parents Week Rally Sept 23 2008

PLEASE ATTEND

Preserve and Protect Our Parent-Child Relationships

Equal Parents Week Rally
Tuesday September 23rd, 2008
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
East Side Capitol Lansing, Michigan

Contact: Darrick Lynn Scott-Farnsworth (269) 209-7144 [email protected]

Dads and Moms of Michigan, the Family Rights Coalition, A Child’s Right, Children Need Both Parents, Fathers for Equal Rights, Fathers-4-Justice and Children’s Rights Council invite you to join us in defense of the traditional American family at this historic rally at our State Capitol during Equal Parents Week.

Over 40% of Michigan’s population is being micro-managed by the family court system with disastrous consequences to our children, families and the state economy. Help transform Michigan from a wasteland of broken families into a promised land of healthy families and community renewal.
House Bill 4564, a bill to ensure equal parental responsibility, will result in a presumption of joint custody for fit parents and equal access for children to both their mother and father. Another hearing on this bill is expected this fall if enough public desire is expressed. 2008-House Joint Resolution NN Fundamental Parental Rights constitutional amendment has been supported by 80 representatives but has not had a hearing. It too will be supported and discussed at the rally and needs your attention. Your attendance at this rally will send a strong message in support of HB 4564 and HJR-NN will serve as a demonstration of our will to be equal and have parental rights to our children.

The Equal Parents Week Rally has been organized to bring to the attention of our legislature, our executive branch, our judiciary and the general public that Equal Parental rights are a civil rights issue whose time has come. America’s success was built on strong family bonds and the recognition that both a mother and a father are essential to raising healthy, moral and well adjusted children.
Rally speakers will include nationally-known family advocates, legislators, VIPs, community leaders and parents.

• Contact your legislator to show your support for HB4564 and HJR-NN.
Primary signs and literature will be provided by the rally organizers.
• Print a map, car pool and plan to arrive before 11:00 am for assembly or 10:00 am for setup if you are bring.
• Bring change for meter parking or consult the maps for the location of a public parking structure.
• Dress for the weather with walking shoes and bring a water bottle.
• Bring personal signs, pictures, and regalia.

Need people to use the Lansing area white and yellow pages and invite people to show up. Also let us know if you know any band who would like to perform some tunes for free. Need you to print out or have printed some parental rights and equal parenting handouts to give out. Does anyone have tables they want to setup for material?

Time Slot Speaker

11 AM State Rep Jones

11:15 State Rep Dean

11:25 State Rep De Roche

11:40 State Rep Kim Meltzer

11:50 State Rep Stahl

12:00 PM State Rep Hoogendyk

12:10 State Rep Candidate David Irons

12:20 Chrissy Chrzanowski Split-n-Two

12:40 Drew Thompson of Dads and Moms of MI

12:50 State Rep Polidori

1:00 David Taylor Oakland County FOCAC

1:15 State Rep Candidate Scott Hudson

1:30 Ingham County Comm Candidate Kerr

1:45 Get Off the Bench Lary Holland

The Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution.

The Fourteenth Amendment is actually quite lengthy, comprising several sections, and addressing  separate topics.

However, the second sentence in Section 1 is of relevance to this post:  "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws".

Please read that sentence again.

The Fourteenth Amendment was drafted and ratified a long time ago, and was done for very specific reasons.

Michigan's family law judges obviously cannot read.

Michigan's Friend of the Court conciliators and custody evaluators obviously cannot read, either.

Maybe all of these judicial bureaucrats, elected and otherwise, have forgotten the Oath of Office that they all swore to uphold.  At least, all of them were SUPPOSED to sign and swear to an oath supporting the Constitution of The United States, and that of the state in which they are taking office or appointment.

Why, then, are the 14th Amendment rights of EVERY parent and EVERY child in nearly EVERY child custody hearing in Michigan violated and ignored?

Even the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Troxel  vs. Granville (2000), has upheld the liberty interests of parents.  Justice O'Connor stated, in The Court's opinion, "the liberty interest at issue...the interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental interests recognized by this Court", and "it cannot now be doubted that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects the fundamental right of parents to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children." 

Family law judges have sworn to uphold the Constitution of this country.

THEY HAVE FAILED.

Citizens of The United States of America, are you going to allow this to continue, or are YOU going to take action, NOW?

A Father Of Two.

Dr. Stephen Baskerville, author of Taken Into Custody, coming to Okemos Michigan Oct 4 2008

A must attend event in Okemos, Michigan on October 4 2008 10-11:45am.  Dr. Stephen Baskerville, PhD., author of Taken Into Custody, will be at the Okemos Holiday Inn Express to discuss family courts in America. 

There will be a lengthy Q and A session and also a book signing.  Dr. Stephen Baskerville's book, Taken Into Custody, is a MUST READ and a very shocking review of child custody determinations and the family court system.

Angry Fathers?!! Angry Over Child Abuse - Indeed!

Hey, non-custodial dad, have you ever been called an "ANGRY FATHER"?

Do such exist?

They sure do.

HOWEVER, according to Michigan's family law court system and American media, "Angry Fathers" are those who never bothered taking care of their children when they were married, don't care about their kids now, don't pay their child support, don't deserve to have custody of their kids now, and are those who contest the system for taking away their kids.

Well, they got the last one right, anyway.

Yes.  Absolutely.  ANGRY FATHERS do indeed exist.

In fact, I am one of them.

I am angry with the Michigan family law court system, and its entourage of others who presume to think they know what is best for my two daughters, and those who make their living off of destroying our families.

I have been termed an ANGRY FATHER, because:

1:  I know that I am a loving, capable, and fit parent, who wants to raise my children in the proper manner, as they deserve. I demand to do so, and be left alone by our government so I can.

2:  I contest, and fight, the family law court system because they have committed child abuse-on my daughters, and thousands of other sons and daughters in Michigan.

3:  The system has violated our guaranteed, fundamental rights, under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.  The 14th. PROHIBITS a state from doing what they do hundreds of times every day-remove a child from the life and home of a loving, caring, and fit parent. I personally resent this.

4:  My personal income, the very source I need to support my children as well as myself is forcibly taken from me on a weekly basis.  This paid ransom brings in federal dollars, from Title IV-D, to reward Michigan for removing my daughters from the only safe, stable and secure home they will know as children. These federal dollars are taken from EVERYONE'S paycheck, as social security withholdings.  YES-including YOURS!!!

5:  I have been reduced to a "visitor" in the lives of my daughters.

6:  EVERYONE seems to have a vested interest in deciding when I see my children, how long I see them, if I even see them at all, and even used to determine how I saw them. My daughters and I had to endure "supervised parenting time" for six weeks after the custody fight, in which I had to PAY to see my daughters for a one-hour period.

7:  We have a government that routinely turns its head away from us, closes its ears, refuses to listen, refuses to see what is happening, and gives us occasional "lip service" in an attempt to pacify us, withhout any real desire or intent to change the system.

And let's not forget the ones that REALLY PISS OFF THE SYSTEM:

8:  I write letters to newspapers, educating the people of Michigan as to the realities of the Michigan family law court system.

9:  I take part in rallies, meets, and other events.  Some are demonstrations.  Some are protests.  Others are educational in nature.

10:   I write my county commissioners, state elected officials, and federal elected officials, in complaint of what is happening.

11:  Finally, I take whatever further action that I, solo, or in agreement with others, determine will be of benefit to the Equal Parenting cause/movement.

But, let's not forget the biggest reasons why some of us are called ANGRY FATHERS.  It is because we refuse to roll over, refuse to accept what the FOC and judges do, fight handing our income over to bureaucrats as ransom and extortion money, and we actually and actively stand up for ourselves, our rights as parents, and for our children.

The system does NOT like this.

For those of you who are truly an ANGRY FATHER, in the fight such as myself, I applaud you.

In my humble opinion, if everything that has happened to you and your children since the begginning of your divorce/custody case does NOT make you angry, there is something seriously wrong with you.

The next step is to properly earn the title of ANGRY FATHER.

Stand up, become actively involved, stay actively involved, and tell our government bureaucrats NO MORE!

Tell EVERYONE that a child has the right to the love, care, guidance, education and nurturing of both of their fit, able, and willing parents.  To deny a child this is CHILD ABUSE!!

A Father Of Two.

Parents-Divorced, Divorcing, Or Unmarried-An Open Letter To You

Divorced, divorcing, unmarried, or separated parents, YOU have an important choice to make!

You can choose to believe the anti-family and anti-father biased rhetoric from Michigan's Friend of the Court and the rest of the family law court system with its judges, attorneys, custody evaluators, psychologists and social workers...

OR...

You can choose to educate yourself as to the truth, facts, and realities of HOW and WHY there MUST be a "non-custodial" parent chosen by the FOC and courts, AND why a child's time  with a non-custodial is  limited, normally to every-other weekend and a couple of hours one night a week.

Ever heard of Social Security's Title IV-D?

Do you know that Michigan, and every other state too, is REWARDED for removing a FIT, WILLING and ABLE parent from the lives of his or her children?

Perhaps you thought your social security taxes went only to retirement and disability funds....

Perhaps you thought that the mother gets physical custody in about 85% of divorce/custody matters in Michigan because of gender bias, or perhaps you really believe what "the system" and todays media says about American fathers.

Perhaps you can get some answers from your attorney, but usually all he or she does is take thousands of your dollars, and you and your children still lose.

You can, and should, contact the parental and family rights organizations listed below.  Neither can provide attorneys, or legal advice.

What they can provide, though, is essential information, for YOU to become enlightened and educated as to the truth, facts, and realities of what has, and is, happening to you and your children, and WHY!

A Child's Right, PO Box 119, 30 E. Columbia, Ste F1, Battle Creek, MI  49015, www.achildsright.org, (269)-704-5937

Dads And Moms Of Michigan, 6632 Telegraph Rd., Ste. 110, Bloomfield Hills, MI  48301, www.dadsofmichigan.org, (248)-559-DADS (3237).

You have NOTHING to lose, and A LOT to gain, by contacting these folks, visiting their websites, and VOLUNTEERING your time and efforts to help.

This is not just YOUR fight.  Alone, the system will devastate you. Become a part of the TEAM EFFORT to stop the destruction wrought on our families by the Michigan Family Law Court System.

YOU can choose to make a difference, or you can choose to sit there, and cry.  Which is it going to be?

A Father Of Two

Benefits of Equal Parenting

Who is best for fathers? Barack Obama or John McCain?

Governor Sarah Palin revived John McCain's campaign from the dead.  This will without a doubt make the race very competitive in November.  Governor Palin has a positive track record in reducing government intrusion into familes.  The National Organization for Women (NOW) ironically does not support Gov Palin.  No surprise there!  General common sense would lead you to think that if NOW doesn't like her then she must be great for us dads!

Placing the brilliant VP pick by McCain aside.  Who is best for fathers?  McCain or Obama?

In our opinion neither are ideal and both seem to be clueless as to the plight of today's fathers.  However, Obama may talk alot about fathers but he has to be the worst candidate of the two.  Obama's Responsible Fatherhood Act fails to recognize that fit and willing fathers are removed from their children's lives for the states to maximize Title IV-D funds.

“The federal incentives drive the system. The more divorces, and the higher the child-support guidelines are set and enforced (no matter how unreasonable), the more money the state bureaucracy collects from the feds. Follow the money. The less time that non-custodial parents (usually fathers) are permitted to be with their children, the more child support they must pay into the state fund, and the higher the federal bonus to the states for collecting the money. " - Phyllis Schlafly

Obama's Responsible Fatherhood Act mentions child support 65 times and fails to mention parenting time, custody, visitation time or access denial. Not only is this hostile to fathers but it also fails children by ignoring the numerous benefits of shared parenting for children.  Dads are more than paychecks!  Obama's Responsible Fatherhood Act is not only bad for fathers and children, but it will also significantly increase the size of government and the intrusion into our families. 

Phyllis Schlafly did an excellent article on this very point.  This article also mentions equal parenting advocate Robert Pedersen.  Another excellent article on Obama'a Responsible Fatherhood Act was written by Glenn Sacks and Mike McCormick.

We hope that John McCain and Barack Obama will address the issues noted in this incredible Youtube video on Men's Issues.

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Michigan Judicial Candidate Brian Downs, Esq. Explains Why Michigan Needs Equal Parenting

With a sense of sarcasm Brian Downs, a Michigan Judicial Candidate, does an excellent job explaining to an audience why Michigan needs Equal Parenting.  You will be amazed when you see how dramatically child custody determinations vary by county.  Michigan children deserve better!   Benefits of equal parenting for children.

If you support equal parenting please make a donation to his campaign at http://www.downs4judge.com/

Youtube video of Minister Ronald Smith. MUST SEE. How states profit by making a non-custodial parent.

One of the most moving videos we have seen in the Equal Parenting/Family Preservation movement.  Spread the word.  Minister Ronald Smith of Children Need Both Parents, Inc.

Law of the Jungle - Michigan Family Courts

In my teen years, I attended a few concerts. Heavy metal was once my preferred genre of music. The Who was a favored band. Armed with concert tickets- general admission, scheduled for December 1979 at the Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI with up to 100,000 people expected to attend, we were unexpectedly jolted with the “Cincinnati Tragedy” as that mass of people riotously entered the arena crushing to death eleven other concert goers.

This event still ranks as the number one tragedy of its kind. It also signifies our thesis today- The Law of the Jungle! The Law of the Jungle is a colloquialism defining a belief system “to kill or to be killed” or some sub-form thereof, “every man for himself,” “no rules apply,” etc.

The inferences of the Jungle are plain to see. No law, no life, no security, great danger, severe consequences and a systemic destruction from within. No Jungle society could ever prosper or maintain itself operating under this lawless premise. Both swift and immediate its end would be!

Juxtaposed against the Law of the Jungle is The Rule of Law. The Rule of Law is the arbiter of a free society, safe from the unfettered license of the Jungle, which allows for the harm of one’s neighbor. Rather, governed both from within and from an external force, the Rule of Law remains objective and thus immune from the potential of any one entity’s Jungle actions or beliefs. As Thomas Payne in Common Sense rightly opined,

“Where . . . is the King of America? I’ll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havock (sic) of mankind like the Royal [Brute] of Britain. . . . Let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the charter; let it be brought forth and placed on the divine law, the word of God; let a crown be placed thereon, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries, the law ought to be King . . . But . . . let the crown at the conclusion of the ceremony be demolished, and scattered among the people whose right it is.”

The foundation of our Independence from England started and ended with this one question who is the sovereign? Shall it be the KIng? Or, shall it be the Rule of Law? Payne rightly synthesized implicitly, that it is both. But note, the King be not of England. Rather, the King is God and His Rule of Law is Scripture. The Rule of Law has and always shall remain permeated throughout creation. Our Country’s laws merely pattern themselves after Scripture.

That Jungle forces presently prevail today, most especially in Family Court, most prominently in Oakland County, is merely symptomatic of the blight on the bench. Not, a chink in the impenetrable amour of the Law. The Law and its King are both immutable. Thus, we need only believe as such! Operate as such! And, Jungle Rule shall desist!

Most apropos is the recent removal of Lady Justia’s Scales of Justice from the Oakland County Courthouse! Re-establishing the Rule of Law, accomplishing both in actuality and symbolically the return of the Scales of Justice shall be easily accomplished this November at the ballot box! Until such time, shall we continue to believe that Jungle Rule applies?

Big Daddy

The Equal Parenting Bike Trek Cyclists Take On Goliath

Those of us who grew up in the 60’s and 70’s remember Jim McKay’s famous lead in to ABC’s Wide World of Sports- “The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat,” as we watched the skier crashing over the top of the ramp landing awkwardly and surely breaking his leg. Less known, but of no less courage, Bill Knoellner had his own moment of agony this past week.

Bill is one of four men traveling by bike 768 miles from Lansing, MI to Washington DC. While the skier likely went to the hospital and was certainly out of the competition, Bill, undaunted, made his mandatory visit to the emergency room, but was back on the road before day’s end! What seeming insanity provoked this man to such levels of achievement? Children! Children? Yes, children!
Bill, along with Brian Downs, Rob MacKenzie and Bill Foster endured 768 miles of dangerous and mountainous terrain by bike to draw attention to one of the greatest travesties known to modern mankind. The tragedy is the state run divorce industry, also known as child kidnapping.

Children, at an alarming rate, nearly 100%, are “legally kidnapped” from one of their parents. This is due to the states’ pecuniary interest in Title IV-D Block Grant Funds. Children sold at auction for the Family Divorce Court’s filthy lucre, while the states kidnap these children, they then place the defrocked parent, which is usually dad, into involuntary servitude!

Dads across America have aligned to take on the states in a toe-to-toe battle, too daunting a task to evenly compare to the Biblical narrative of David v. Goliath. David, at least, had a weapon, albeit, a slingshot. Dads have not the legal training, have no money and are often times found fighting from a jail cell. Undaunted, they continue to flail away at the enemy- The State Courts!

As we descend on Washington DC August 15 and 16, be sure to thank Bill and the others for their heroism and do support our efforts to re-claim our children, who are our greatest love, for which we know no limits of bravery!

Big Daddy

Visit Cycling4Children.com for more updates on the Equal Parenting Bike Trek.

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Michigan's Friend Of The Court-How Petty!!!

Anyone who has ever been involved with Michigan's Friend of the Court knows that they are nothing more than a money-collection office.

Divorced parents, moms and dads included, have spoken out as to the ways they have been treated by the FOC conciliators and staff.  Parents have been told to "shut up", silenced with a "that's very annoying", ignored, and their words completely disregarded during conciliations and mediations.

Whenever I have the unfortunate and very frustrating necessity of having to deal with my local FOC office staff, I have always taken written correspondence directly to them, instead of mailing it.  They had always been courteous enough to "date stamp" and then make a copy for me of all that correspondence.  If more than a page, I had always made a copy for them, so both could be date stamped; one for them, and one for me. This involved no expense for them, only a few minutes of time.

A few weeks ago, that changed.  They had a notice up that copies would now cost 25 cents.  Now, the first time, as I had but one page and no copy, I paid them the quarter, and fine with that.

The next couple of times, I took a copy, and they still date stamped both-one for them and one for me.  It is a mandatory  precaution to make absolutely sure that they date stamp and "accept" your correspondence into their office, and that you have a copy for your records.   That way, you know for sure that nothing will "come up missing" at a later time, or is disregarded.

Now, the last two times, with the regular receptionist at the front window, I have taken my two copies, but they refuse to date stamp the one I keep for my records.  I firmly stood on the principle of the matter-I already have paid them for this service.

They refuse to do so, because I refuse to pay them the quarter for a copy, instead of using the copy I have brought, at my own expense.

Their receptionist told me, when I requested that she simply take my one-page, three-paragraph letter and hold both copies together, and hold them up to a window or a light to verify that both were the same, "NO.  I WON'T DO IT."

She was mortified and concerned that the copies were not the same.  I assured her that if I were going to write more grievances against them, I had more than enough facts to do so, without stooping to the level of trickery and fraud she indicated.

Now, if I had taken a multiple-page document in there, I could understand why she could say that she did not have the time to proof-read it, and accept it into the office. But a ONE-PAGE, THREE-PARAGRAPH letter?

They just want more money out of the pockets of their forcibly recruited "clients"!!

As former FOC enforcement officer Carol Rhodes has written and spoken about, only the money counts with the FOC.

Since the taxpayers of Michigan pay their salary, and the non-custodial parents pay several times more than that in fees and all else, is their time not at our disposal?  After all, we are their "clients", albeit forcibly inducted into the system.

Her attitude left a lot to be desired-very rude, and extremely confrontational.  Employees in private-sector customer-service positions get fired for less than that.  But, she won't.  I requested she speak with the head of the local FOC office on this matter, which she did, with a very nasty attitude.  She returned, and said, quite haughtily,  that she was right for "not accepting and date stamping the copy I had brought". 

They did not care about the necessary written correspondence I had for them-they just wanted more of my money.  The content of the letter was of no concern to the receptionist, or apparently to the FOC administrator.

It's no wonder that our Family Law Court System wants nothing to do with Equal Parenting.  Passage of House Bill 4564, The Equal Parenting Bill would eliminate a lot of the cushy FOC jobs, and reduce the caseload for the courts. A lot of them would lose their current standard of living, and have to find a new job.  They do care about that.  They DON'T care when a non-custodial parent becomes unemployed or gets downsized!

I'm sure that many, many more of you have a FOC "horror story" to tell.  Please do-to your local newspaper, your friends, neighbors, co-workers, and anyone else who will listen to you.

A Father Of Two.

Friend of the court enemy of the family: Surviving the child support system and divorce racket

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Men's Issues - A Must See Video by True Equality - If This Doesn't Wake You Up Nothing Will!

Will men ever wake up?  Think things are great for men and it is "a man's world"?  If you do perhaps you crawled out of a cabin in the early 1900's.  True Equality created this incredible video and let me tell you it is a MUST SEE!  I learned alot from it and wanted to share it with our readers.  Please tell others about this post and send them the link.

Men and Boys Deserve Better - an informational booklet

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Michigan's Friend Of The Court; Involvement With "Child Support Awareness Month"

One of the first actions by a family law court once divorce papers for a couple with children have been filed is to schedule a conciliation conference with your local FOC.

Your local FOC staff will be only too kind to make you well aware of child support!!

In this meeting, the FOC conciliator/investigator is required, under Michigan law (MCL 552.505(g)) to "investigate all relevant facts...regarding child custody or parenting time, or both..."

Do they?

Absolutely not.

What the FOC WILL investigate is whatever they wish to.  They will listen to whomever they wish to (usually the mother), and ignore and silence whomever they wish to (usually the father). They will happily take the word of others who benefit and profit from this abusive system, including psychologists, social workers, and others who do not know you or your children, and who all claim to know "what is best" for your children.

Your local FOC is also required, under MCL 552.505(b), to "inform each party to the domestic relations matter that, unless one of the parties is required to participate in the Title IV-D child support program, they may direct the office of the friend of the court to close the (FOC) case".

Do they?

Nope. 

Your FOC conciliator has to choose one parent to be the custodial, the other (about 85% of the time the father) will be the non-custodial. 

Why?

If this is not done, no Title IV-D money will be forthcoming to that county and the state from that divorce/custody action.  Obviously, if the couple knows about the FOC "opt-out", they may choose that option, leaving the FOC staff with no profit from that custody action.

In my personal case, the conciliator told me "that's very annoying"  when I tried to inject facts and the truth into the conversation.  She also added, several times, "that doesn't matter".  The conciliator in the case did NOT investigate all of the relevant facts.  In fact, she investigated NONE of the facts or the issues I brought up.

I have personally spoken with other, amicably divorcing couples with children, who entered their conciliation with an agreed upon parenting plan and details, including support, only to have the plans ignored and tossed out by the FOC with the words "someone HAS to pay child support". In two of these cases, the parents had agreed that there would be NO child support exchanged between them. When they walked out, both fathers had been made a non-custodial and told to pay up.

Is this gender bias against the father?

Sure it is. 

You can file a grievance against your FOC staff for "gender bias", and they will simply say it was not.  That is the end of that issue, as far as the FOC is concerned.

Michigan family law court judges routinely "rubber stamp" their FOC recommendations.

Their bottom line?

Michigan's family law court system cares not about any child suffering from a divorce situation. They do care about how much profit they can rake in from that case.  They do care about forcing one parent from the life of that child, because that brings in money!!  They do care about limiting the time the child has with one of his or her parents, because that increases the Title IV-D funds coming in.

Therefore, if an essentially needed and common sense piece of legislation such as House Bill 4564, The Equal Parenting Bill was passed, this would seriously curtail the federal funds coming in from custody cases.

Michigan's family court judges, FOC staff members, plus all the family law attorneys and others who profit from the destruction of our families can't  have that now, can they?  They would all rather increase the anger and the tension between divorcing couples with children, increase the litigation time, and maximise the litigation and federal incentive fund dollars flowing to all those involved.

Your local FOC staff has no interest in dealing with matters of "denial of parenting time". Again, the more time a child is with the non-custodial parent, the fewer the dollars that come in to the system.

Your local FOC will make a fit, willing, and able parent into a mere visitor in the lives of his children, and may even be so kind as to back-date the order for you, so you will owe hundreds or even thousands of dollars when you leave your conciliation.  You may even be a felon already!!

Divorced non-custodials, you will be made very well "aware" of child support!!

A Father Of Two.

Friend of the court enemy of the family: Surviving the child support system and divorce racket

"It's billions of dollars.  It's far beyond what the mafia ever did."

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AUGUST IS CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH

**From a NEW author writing for DaddyBlogger.com!!**  "A Father of Two"  Be sure to tell us what you think and comment below - requires NO account.  

August has been proclaimed as "Child Support Awareness Month" in Michigan and throughout the United  States.

Michigan's Family Law Court System would have you continue to support the outdated, biased, and stereotyped notion that a divorced, non-custodial parent (about 85% of the time the father), is good for nothing other than paying child support dollars into the system.

This is done to maximise the federal incentive dollars awarded to the states under Title IV-D of the Social Security System, which rewards every state for forcibly removing a fit, willing, and able parent from the life of his or her children.

"Supporting" your child does not come down to a divorced parent having a large part of their paycheck taken into this system to justify financial rewards.

Reasons to Support Shared Parenting

As a father of two, the following is my take on what "child support" really is, from A to Z.  I hope you take the following to heart.  These are just some of what I do, as a divorced, non-custodial father, to "support" my children.

A.  Show AFFECTION for your children.  Give them an ALLOWANCE for doing their chores.

B. Give them a proper BREAKFAST to start the day with.  Make BATH time a fun, and clean experience.

C. CHALLENGE your children to rise to new heights.  Increase their CONFIDENCE.

D.  Appropriately and timely DISCIPLINE  your children.

E.  Set the proper EXAMPLE for them to learn by.  Take them on ERRANDS with you.

F.  Have FUN with your children.

G.  GIGGLE and laugh with your kids.  "GOOD JOB"-Praise them for good effort.

H.  HUG your youngsters.  Provide them a proper and safe HOME.

I.  Embrace their INDEPENDENCE as they grow, but always be ready to wrap them in your arms.

J.  JOKE with your children.  Enjoy the lighter side of things.

K.  KIDS will be KIDS.  Let them be the wonderful youngsters they are.

L.  LOVE your children.  Tell them "I love you", often, and mean it!!  Give them a nutritious LUNCH.

M.  Teach them the proper MANNERS-to be courteous and respectful.

N.  Learn how to say "NO" when necessary.  Take them to enjoy the NEON signs of a fair or circus.

O.  Take the unique OPPORTUNITY to shape the lives of your youngsters.

P.  PROTECT them from harm.  PROPERLY PARENT them.

Q.  Give them a good QUALITY of life.

R.  The "THREE R'S"-Reading, writing, arithmatic.  Help them with and supervise their homework.

S.  SUPPER, together, every night, as a family.

T.  Give them your TIME.  TEACH them right from wrong.

U.  UNDER the covers-safely tucked into bed every night.

V.  Take them with you when you VOTE.  Take your children on VACATION with you.

W.  WATCH television with your kids.  Don't use it as a baby sitter.

X.  Take them for X-RAYS, if they, heaven forbid, fall out of their favorite tree.

Y.  Teach them how to use a YO-YO. Simple things are often the most rewarding.

Z.  Take your children on a fun day trip to a ZOO.  Fun for the whole family!!

Of course, there are hundreds of ways to truly "support your children".  The system just wants to garnish the non-custodial parent's paycheck.

Help us say NO to Michigan's Family Law Court System.  Denying a child the love, care, guidance, and nurturing of a fit, willing, and able parent is child abuse!

As A Father Of Two, I am the new guy on the block here.  I will enjoy posting to you all from time to time.

A FATHER OF TWO.

2009 Equal Parenting Bike Trek - New Professionally Designed Logo

Exciting news for those who follow the Equal Parenting Bike Trek!  It is official - a professionaly designed logo for the Equal Parenting Bike Trek is already in the process and near completion.  The new logo will be revealed early September 2008!

Please attend the Parental and Civil Rights event of the year - DC Festival 2008

Equal Parenting Wins in Florida. Victory for Children!

"Mothers and fathers will have 50-50 rights to their children in a divorce beginning Oct. 1."  You can review more information about this in an article written by Jenny Andreasson of The Voice.  Ms. Andreasson should have titled the article "Victory for Children" because that is who really wins in all of this.

Benefits of Equal Parenting if both parents are fit and willing.

Who is holding Equal Parenting up in the state of Michigan?  Michigan Democrats such as State Senator Mark Schauer, Representative Andy Dillon, Representative Mark Meadows and Representative Andy Coulouris.  These Michigan Democrats and several others are holding up the benefits of Equal Parenting in Michigan.  They are not serving their constituents - poll after poll shows Michigan voters support Equal Parenting.  They support the Michigan Bar Family Law Section which opposses Equal Parenting legislation such as Michigan House Bill 4564. 

We are told during election time that Michigan Democrats serve the needs of the common person, however in this case it appears they ignore their constituents while submitting the the demands of the Family Law Section of the Michigan Bar.  So - rich attorneys and Michigan Democrats are delaying the benefits Equal Parenting brings to children, parents and society.  CONSIDER THIS WHEN YOU VOTE IN NOVEMBER!

Pecuniary Interest

Yet again!  Excellent article by Big Daddy.

Pecuniary Interest

pe•cu•ni•ar•y / piˈkyoōnēˌerē/ • adj. formal of, relating to, or consisting of money: he admitted obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.

As a boy growing up in the 70’s, my father taught me a valuable lesson towards understanding, often times, the seemingly peculiar chain of events of an incident. He said,
“Just follow the money trail. Then you’ll know both why and what has and will happen.”
Sage words of wisdom from the “Ole man!” These words were not any more truthful then, than they are now!

As I progressed thru my divorce proceedings, ultimately believing the judicial system would soon discover the truth about myself- contrary to how my Ex portrayed me; the truth of my ability to raise my kids- contrary to how my Ex portrayed me; and, the truth of the need for my four young children to have both parents equally involved in their lives, I became disillusioned, contrary to my formerly held belief, over the continuous Orders rendered by the Court! First in its sole custody award to my Ex. Then, its outrageous child and spousal support awards- triple the state’s mandated formula. Finally, as a death knell, an order of visitation, with my kids, for only four days per month! There were no summer vacations, only six half days of holidays and not any time on their birthdays. I was devastated. I couldn’t believe it! I fought back, only to lose again, and again.

After my third stint in the county jail, for allegedly being in Contempt for support arrearages; I guess over 80% garnishment of my check was not enough; I began to research this obvious injustice from my father’s old adage- “follow the money trail.” I soon discovered my Court’s pecuniary interest in: Making me a non-custodial parent; Ordering support triple the state’s formula; Refusing to reduce my support despite proof of my wage; Illegally editing the Official Court Record; Repeatedly incarcerating me for alleged contempt; Refusing to provide me with a Court appointed attorney as an indigent; And, Worst of all, taking my kids away from me by suspending my parenting time!

The Court had developed a racket, a term commonly applied to syndicated crime families. The law had become the mob! Back in 1995, the Federal Legislature re-worded its laws for Welfare, Food Stamps, etc. The old wording was “a mother with child(ren) who has an absent father,” to the new wording, “non-custodial parent.” The seemingly innocuous re-wording was intended to defray the huge expenses the Feds were paying out to states in Food Stamps, Welfare, etc by incentivizing states to begin collecting child support from the absent father, now called the non-custodial parent. These, seemingly were the proper things to do. Why should children be allocated tax dollars for their care instead of parents paying to care for their own children? Ah, but we missed that third variable didn’t we? “The Federal Government wanted to incentivize the states.”

The states’ incentive is called Federal Title IV Block Grant Funding. The states receive funding from the Federal Government at a 2:1 match. (There are actually additional incentives for states beyond this figure tied to their performances) These block grants go straight to the County Court. Ah ha! My father was right! “Follow the money trail.” Now the injustices made sense. Now the kidnapping of my children made sense! Now the senseless incarcerations made sense. Now the erasing of Court documents made sense. Now the falsely claimed, irrationally applied, “Best Interest of the Children” made sense! Now the state’s hypocrisy made sense!

The next time you wander into a Family Court in MI and you hear a non-custodial parent attacking the court for its pecuniary interest, remember what my “ole man” said, “follow the money trail!” Sage advice for those of us who have children!

Big Daddy

Legal Positivism and Non-custodial Parents

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-We are very thankful for the insight and writings of "Big Daddy"-

Legal Positivism and NCP’s

[W]hy then do parents who have NOT abandoned their child(ren) accept being classified as “non-custodial”???  Doesn’t accepting the label of “non-custodial” further the idea that legal positivism will be tolerated rather than attacked ferociously as well?

I agree with your implications. Legal Positivism is the denial of morality in law. While it might be argued not every law has moral implications (although I would present a different thesis), the legal positivist would assert no law has any moral implication. The law and morality are separately defined circles that never overlap. Our defense against legal positivism is founded in our basic assumptions. Or, as I am want of saying, our belief system!

That we the people, ever claim to have any rights must necessarily be derivative from an Authority. That we insist, that we have unalienable rights inherent within our beings, necessarily requires that those rights come both from said Authority and are also embodied within that said Authority, not the law. Otherwise, we begin down the slippery slope of relativism- non-absolutes. Thus, emerging with the reigning power self-granting its own authority- by law, according to its own agenda- sovereign’s will, to the degradation of the masses' once assumed unalienable rights, now absent Authority. The telos- The ultimate result, leads to totalitarianism!

One cannot insist he/ she has unalienable rights without granting that said unalienable rights are both embodied within and derivative from God! Once, we allowed the government to convince us that God was not allowed in the schools, thirty plus years ago, we began down the slippery road of relativism; Utilizing the replacement theology of existentialism; interpreting with the hermeneutic of modernism (and now post-modernism) resulting in the employed methodology of legal positivism to not only law, but also life. Absent of God, we have become absent of morality.

While woman for several decades have been moving their collective agendas through the legislatures and the courts, we men, more broadly IV-D and IV-E non-custodial victims, have nobody but ourselves to blame! We stood passive far too long ago, discharging our duty in the belief that- unalienable rights have no requisite in corresponding duties! Simple contract law asserts that "no right exists without a corresponding duty!" While assigning our duty to our elected officials we also, ignorantly, discharged our right to control government.

It is no wonder, within our ranks, that we see the evidences of our discharged duty. On the one hand, we have tyranny, ranging from ranting to, in some cases, full fledge gun assaults. On the other hand, we have tyranny's logical antithesis- apathy! Such has gathered us to this day!

“The fatuous path of the amoral person is the silent anesthesia of doom!”

Big Daddy

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DC Festival 2008 Continues Under the Leadership of Lary Holland and Numerous Organizations

We are proud of the efforts of Lary Holland and numerous other organizations sending a message to the ACFC that this event will continue!  We applaud this courageous effort to make sure that the voices of those concerned over the right to parent and excessive government intrusion will not go unheard.

If you are an individual or organization we ask that you send a letter of support to Lary Holland and the DC Festival 2008 Team at [email protected].  A growing number of organizations have already signed on in support of this important effort!  Make your support known now by sending your letter of support. 

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Why should you support this effort, attend it and encourage others to attend as well?

Listen in Tonight! Robert Pedersen on the Talkshow "Get Off The Bench" with Host Lary Holland

Please join us tonight at 8PM EST on the popular talkshow "Get Off The Bench".  What is this talkshow about?  Listen to this:

Call in or listen on your computer tonight as host Lary Holland interviews Equal Parenting Bike Trek Cyclist Robert Pedersen.

Call into the talkshow today at 8PM : 724-444-7444 TALKCAST ID: 43507

Or listen on your computer by getting a talkshoe account.

Be sure to also check out Lary Holland's Family Court Reports.

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Equal Parenting Cyclist Robert Pedersen - Front Page Detroit News, Mitch Albom Show, and the Dave Jaconette Show

Beyond Incredible!  Equal Parenting Cyclist, Co-founder of A Child's Right, DaddyBlogger and Detroit News featured fatherhood blogger Robert Pedersen made the FRONT PAGE of the Detroit News. This front page story with color photo was done by reporter Kim Kozlowski of the Detroit News.  This is Michigan's largest newspaper in the state of Michigan with overlapping coverage in Indiana and Ohio.  Circulation total is well over 300,000!

The article online also reached such popular demand that Detroit News placed in on their homepage and added additional online resources to the story.  They also linked to Robert Pedersen's blog with the Detroit News - he is one of their featured fatherhood bloggers.

The article by reporter Kim Kozlowski is still, after 24 hours in their most popular section on the homepage of the Detroit News.  With this success of this article Detroit News also conducted an online survey which is overwhelmingly in favor of shared parenting.

Be sure to comment on the article and vote in their online poll.  Also be sure to visit Robert Pedersen's blog with the Detroit News and comment on his four articles with many more to come.

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Today Robert Pedersen was also on the Mitch Albom Show which is nationally syndicated and has a massive audience in the state of Michigan.  Not only does Mitch have a popular radio show, but he is also author of many books such as Tuesdays with Morrie and is a frequent guest on shows like Oprah and more.

 

Prior to the Mitch Albom show Robert interviewed on the Dave Jaconette Show out of Kalamazoo.  Robert seemed very impressed with Jaconette's interviewing style.  We are hoping to get recordings of the interviews.

Shocking Documentary on Family Courts in America

Support?  System Down is making its premiere this evening in California.  The intention of the filmmaker is to bring this film to other states including Michigan.  A Child's Right and Cycling4Children are both official sponsors of this documentary.

This documentary is truly shocking and will put you through an emotional rollercoaster.  According to the film’s website, “Support? explores the fundamental flaws in America’s Family Courts regarding the Divorce and Child Support System. The film explores the problems through over 38 interviews with both custodial and non-custodial parents and the attorneys, judges and county employees on both sides of the paradigm.”

View all four shocking trailers:

Corruption

It’s About The Kids

Divorce is Ugly Business

Military Soldiers Caught in the Crossfire of the Family Court Systems

The four trailers will show you the high quality of this film. We will most certainly keep our readers informed of the upcoming release in Michigan as soon as I receive a date. If you live near the showing in California be sure to purchase tickets now!

Associated Press (AP) Photographer Takes Pictures of Equal Parenting Bike Trek Cyclist Robert Pedersen

A very interesting process.  An Associated Press (AP) Photographer took a couple hundred pictures of Robert Pedersen training for the 758 mile Equal Parenting Bike Trek from Lansing MI to Washington D.C.  This happened very early in the morning today.  We were told that other newspapers and media organizations can buy these photos from AP to utilize in their stories.  We did confirm that some of these pictures will be used by THE largest newspaper in the state of Michigan - their total circulation is over 300,000!!!  We will let you know when this will be published.  Stay tuned!

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Robert Pedersen - Featured Blogger for Detroit News

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Michigan House Bill 4564 - Michigan Shared Parenting

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Children have a fundamental right to be loved, guided, educated and nurtured equally by both fit and willing parents.  To deny this is wrong.  To deny this is child abuse.

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