Family Law Issues

By Market Watch on 04/23/2018 “… When it comes to decision-making, trial court judges are just as influenced by gender bias as laypeople are, a new study suggests — and may actually be even more biased. The research, published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, casts reasonable doubt on the idea that judges’ subject-matter and […]

By Irish Times on 11/08/2018 “… An asylum seeker who became pregnant following a relationship with a security guard at a direct provision centre has settled a High Court case over a refusal to register her son’s surname as that of his father on his birth certificate. …” Read the entire article: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/mother-settles-case-over-refusal-to-register-son-with-his-father-s-surname-1.3691255?fbclid=IwAR0_zMrGJMpDfIA7mbJzWZ6lUYOCb4Bq5CUh9mUl5NyJywAvsSQdz3a4Heg

By National Parents Organization on 11/01/2018 “… “We are delighted to have such an encouraging influx of dedicated volunteers for NPO,” said Petra Maxwell, Executive Director for NPO. “These new leaders will undoubtedly work tirelessly to challenge our outdated child custody practices and promote legislation that promotes equal, shared parenting — relationships that truly benefit the

By National Parents Organization on 11/01/2018 “… “We are delighted to have such an encouraging influx of dedicated volunteers for NPO,” said Petra Maxwell, Executive Director for NPO. “These new leaders will undoubtedly work tirelessly to challenge our outdated child custody practices and promote legislation that promotes equal, shared parenting — relationships that truly benefit the

By NBC Washington on 07/09/2018 “… Kyle Haney says if you had asked him about marriage fraud three years ago, he wouldn’t have been able to tell you a thing. He certainly wouldn’t have thought the White House would be asking. …” Read the entire article: https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/White-House-Staffers-Meet-With-Citizens-Who-Say-They-Were-Victims-of-Marriage-Fraud-487699471.html

By Telegraph on 03/14/2018 “… Speaking at an event on Tuesday evening, Sir James Munby, president of the high court’s family division, said that judges were “grotesquely overworked” and “tired” and so more likely to make errors. …” Read the entire article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/14/family-court-secrecy-judges-get-away-mistakes-senior-judge-says/

By Jane and John Q Public on 01/17/2018 “…  These folks took on the risk to cover secret courts and rouge judges, A risk Joe Sweeney took all the way to Richmond jail , where jail guards fondly referred to him as “the civil guy”.  The Editorial Boards at the East Bay Times and San Francisco Chronicle also

By Times Colonist on 01/02/2017 “… An adversarial legal system is not the best way to address the extreme problems involved in family separation. Our family is one that so far has survived the system, but at a great price to the children. …” Read the entire article: http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/adversarial-system-is-bad-for-families-1.23133551

By Philadelphia CBS Local on 08/10/2017 “… The ruling comes in the case of a divorced North Jersey couple. The mom moved with her two daughters to Utah. The father fought that, and the mom and kids returned to New Jersey. …” Read the entire article: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/08/10/new-jersey-family-court/

By A Voice For Men on 07/24/2017 “… On any given day, tens of thousands of men are fighting in family courts to remain in their children’s lives. They argue their cases before biased judges, who apply biased laws, in a system built around that idea that mothers are the more important parent, and that fathers’