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failing to pay child support.
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- Salem,OR,USA
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THE ARTICLE OF THE DAY
A matter of equity for women
in family law
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
... policymakers, they recognize
that the fathers are the ones
who are discriminated against
and disadvantaged. In New
York state, 93 percent of
custody is awarded ...
First published: Thursday,
January 5, 2006
A matter of equity for women
in family law
Activists who claim that
women don't get a fair shake
from the criminal justice
system are taking the issue
to the public Friday with
a protest outside the state
Capitol.
The Protective Parents Association
of the Northeast will rally
between noon and 1:30 p.m.
on the issue of domestic
violence custody in New
York and whether it's a
right or a privilege for
battered women to protect
themselves and their children
in family and divorce courts.
The purpose of the demonstration
is "to expose the problems
... mothers face in our
justice system while seeking
to protect themselves and
their children from abusive
fathers," said Mary
Richmond of Schenectady,
president of the organization.
The protest is co-sponsored
by the state chapter of
the National Organization
for Women.
State President Marcia Pappas
said, "Generally, what
is happening in the courts
all over the country is
when a mother is going for
a divorce ... and she wants
full custody, there are
judges now who are turning
the tables on women who
are trying to protect their
kids and giving custody
to the abusive parent."
Fathers are usually the
ones who are abusive and
the ones with the money,
Pappas said. So, "Generally
the father wins in court.
There are a lot of mothers
out there who are fleeing,
going underground and taking
on different identities,"
she said.
Richmond said about 75 percent
of family court cases nationwide
typically involve domestic
violence issues, and statistics
show that in "two-thirds
of the cases, the kids end
up with the batterer receiving
custody. It's a backlash
to the feminist movement."
Richmond, who said she's
been involved in a custody
dispute for 7 years, said
her organization has about
75 members and is growing.
This weekend at Siena College
in Loudonville, the third
national conference entitled:
"Battered Women, Abused
Children and Child Custody:
A National Crisis"
is being held. Mo Therese
Hannah, a Siena College
psychology professor, organizes
the seminars.
Fathers' rights groups aren't
buying any of it.
"This is a bunch of
nonsense," said Randy
Dickinson of Ballston Spa,
vice president of the Coalition
of Fathers and Families/New
York.
Dickinson said his organization
feels the Protective Parents
Association of the Northeast
"is disseminating disingenuous
misrepresentations and outright
lies and misinformation."
He said the group has made
the "ridiculous statement
that 70 percent of all men
who seek custody are successful,
and intuitively we know
that is absolutely absurd.
For all of the recognition
by the media and politicians
and the legal community
and the judicial community
and the policymakers, they
recognize that the fathers
are the ones who are discriminated
against and disadvantaged.
In New York state, 93 percent
of custody is awarded to
mothers; nationwide it's
85 percent."
Contributing was Michele
Morgan Bolton.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
THE BERKSHIRE FATHERHOOD
COALITION is a group
that is now separated
and distinct from
THE FATHERHOOD COALITION.
The Berkshire
Fatherhood Coalition
is an organization
dedicated to promoting
the Father/Child relationship
and promoting gender
equality in family
law.