As the month of August, which was declared Child Support Enforcement Month by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, winds down, I encourage the citizens of Virginia to honor Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s recent proclamation well beyond the close of this month by supporting initiatives that work in children’s best interests after divorce or separation. Read more . . .
Category: NPO in the media
Imagine telling a 5-year-old child, “I am going to choose which of your parents will go away so that you will see the parent only occasionally.”
“You mean that Mom and I won’t be able to make cookie dough together? Or Dad and I won’t be able to ride our bikes together?” The average child would be reduced to tears.
So why do our family courts suppose that this is the best arrangement for children after parents separate or divorce? Contrary to popular belief, the family courts still award sole physical custody to one parent, usually the mother, over 80% of the time, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Read more . . .
Four-year-old Alejandro Gonzalez-Hayes was born in Christian County, to his Kentucky mother, Amanda Hayes, and Spanish diplomat father, Mario Gonzalez Pliego. As we know from this newspaper’s recent report, Alejandro was sent to Turkey with his father while his mother may rarely see him again.
A court order awarding sole custody to one parent, who promptly moved Alejandro far away, caused this tragic situation. Worse yet, this tragedy occurs every day all across Kentucky. Sole custody is not this judge’s mistake. It’s the law in Kentucky. Read more . . .
Four-year-old Alejandro Gonzalez-Hayes was born in Christian County, to his Kentucky mother, Amanda Hayes, and Spanish diplomat father, Mario Gonzalez Pliego. As we know from this newspaper’s recent report, Alejandro was sent to Turkey with his father while his mother may rarely see him again.
A court order awarding sole custody to one parent, who promptly moved Alejandro far away, caused this tragic situation. Worse yet, this tragedy occurs every day all across Kentucky. Sole custody is not this judge’s mistake. It’s the law in Kentucky. Read more . . .
Four-year-old Alejandro Gonzalez-Hayes was born in Christian County, to his Kentucky mother, Amanda Hayes, and Spanish diplomat father, Mario Gonzalez Pliego. As we know from this newspaper’s recent report, Alejandro was sent to Turkey with his father while his mother may rarely see him again.
A court order awarding sole custody to one parent, who promptly moved Alejandro far away, caused this tragic situation. Worse yet, this tragedy occurs every day all across Kentucky. Sole custody is not this judge’s mistake. It’s the law in Kentucky. Read more . . .
The Boston Globe reports on the recent hearings on shared parenting reform:
“The State House hearing room seemed an unlikely place for grown men to bare their souls.
“But as father after father took a seat in a committee room, urging lawmakers to support proposed legislation to revamp Massachusetts’ child-custody statute, they laid out the particulars of their divorces and personal lives in blunt detail. Read more…
The State House hearing room seemed an unlikely place for grown men to bare their souls.
But as father after father took a seat in a committee room, urging lawmakers to support proposed legislation to revamp Massachusetts’ child-custody statute, they laid out the particulars of their divorces and personal lives in blunt detail.
Read more…
We here in the WorkingDad corner are typically skeptical of politicians, but it seems like they’re on the right track for once. Nearly 20 state legislatures are proposing changes in law that would promote shared parenting and gender equality after divorce or separation, and they certainly have our support. Read more…