WI: Judge jails mother over daughter's refusal to visit father

On November 12, Marinette County Circuit Court Judge David Miron sentenced a mother to 30 days in jail for her daughter's repeated refusal to comply with court ordered visitation with her father.  Loraine...

False Allegations are a small factor in the Family Courts

Even one of the strongest family violence critics admitted that in a majority of child abuse cases had substance in it.  DR Richard A Gardner, the man who coined the term Parent Alienation Syndrome stated, “The vast majority ("probably over 95%") of all sex abuse...

Harper's hypocrisy on families

Politicians always think they have the answers.  They heavily base their decisions on experts’ advice.  Experts that are usually bias since their source of research money comes from groups with their...

Province closing in on deadbeat parents

The following is from the Winnipeg Free Press:

Deadbeat Dads or Just Plain Old DeadBroke Dads

"Here it is, I'm being classified as a Deadbeat Dad.   It doesn't matter who I am, where I am, why I am, what I am, or when I am; what matters is, that I cannot pay child support through my current...

Toronto: Mom loses Custody for Alienating Kids from their Dad

Toronto - In a rare and perhaps significant family law decision, a Toronto judge has stripped a mother of custody of her three children after the woman spent more than a decade trying to alienate them from their...

New Orleans: Ja'Shawn's Grieving Mom Shares Memories, Regrets

"He loved to watch "The Doodlebops" and football on television. When his mother cleaned, he would follow her, trying to help with the brooms and the dustpan.  Often, Ja'Shawn - a smiling, happy child - would...

Father Admits to Killing Son over Child Support

New Orleans - The father of a missing New Orleans boy led investigators to his son's body Saturday and admitted killing the boy to avoid paying child support, police said.  Danny Platt, 22, has been charged...

FAMILY ABUSE AND CENSORED DEATHS, by Mary Neal

Family court judges who decide cases based on a misguided desire to protect parental rights often thrust families into danger.  When judges are informed of parental abuse by the other parent of minors,...

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