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GOV205: LAW, STATE AND FAMILY Marriage United States, family United States. Single mothers, Unmarried couples.Abortion law and legislation United States, Abortion United States encyclopedias. http://www.smith.edu/libraries/research/class/gov205.htm
MC Hammers: Gender-profiling In Family Law doctrine, which is no longer coded in Massachusetts family law. of the trend towardsmaking the law gender neutral provide the same care to infants as mothers. http://www.fatherhoodcoalition.org/cpf/newreadings/2001/MC_hammers_gender-profil
Extractions: Fatherhood Coalition By Mark Charalambous, February 17, 2001 As the father's rights movement gains momentum and some much-needed recognition, it's instructive to periodically articulate the fundamental problem: Gender-profiling in family law, which virtually ensures that children lose any chance of a meaningful post-divorce relationship with their fathers. Opponents of fathers rights continue to disguise their antipathy to it by hiding behind the "best interests of the child" mantra. The courts are not biased against fathers, they say, they merely follow the law, which mandates that custody decisions be made in the "best interest of the child." Moms usually get custody, they argue, because they are the primary caretaker or "nurturing parent" in the family. Ignoring for the moment that even when fathers are the primary caretakers they still somehow end up as non-custodial parents, this primary caretaker policy is a holdover from the "tender years doctrine," which is no longer coded in Massachusetts family law. Because of the trend towards making the law gender neutral, it has become necessary to replace gender-specific language with politically correct code words, like "best interests of the child," "nurturing parent," and "abusive parent"
PsycLAW Online Print Resources Family Law Fathers Have as Much Right as mothers to be support programs that protect the rightsand promote GENERAL ABA Section of family law Homepage Although primarily http://www.psyclaw.org/family.html
ITVS: When The Bough Breaks - Resources addresses various aspects of family law for imprisoned organization fights for therights of incarcerated JusticeWorks's mothers in Prison, Children in Crisis http://www.itvs.org/whentheboughbreaks/resources.html
Extractions: LSPC advocates for the civil rights and empowerment of incarcerated parents and children. The site has publications including the invaluable Incarcerated Parents Manual, which addresses various aspects of family law for imprisoned parents, including child custody, foster care, paternity and child support.
Family Support And Fatherhood/Father Involvement involved parents will benefit fathers, mothers, children, and to get advice from familylaw attorneys for child support, and visitation rights for grandparents http://www.frca.org/lcenter/showtopic.php?action=viewprog&categoryid=10
Children's Justice The State Bar Association, family law Section, addresses the need to be with theirmothers is not their birthrights, their heritage, and their civil rights. http://childrens-justice.org/fundamental.htm
Extractions: Fundamental Human Rights Here is a selection of cites from various federal and state cases on the fundmanental nature of parenting rights in the United States. We hope that after you read these you will understand the purpose of our quest in the protection of both children and parents! The rights of parents to the care, custody and nurture of their children is of such character that it cannot be denied without violating those fundamental principles of liberty and justice which lie at the base of all our civil and political institutions, and such right is a fundamental right protected by this amendment (first) and Amendments 5, 9, and 14. Doe v. Irwin 441 F Supp 1247; U.S. D.C. of Michigan, (1985) Even when blood relationships are strained, parents retain vital interest in preventing irretrievable destruction of their family life; if anything, persons faced with forced dissolution of their parental rights have more critical need for procedural protections than do those resisting state intervention into ongoing family affairs. Santosky v. Kramer, 102 S Ct 1388; 455 US 745, (1982) Parent's right to custody of child is a right encompassed within protection of this amendment (first) which may not be interfered with under guise of protecting public interest by legislative action which is arbitrary or without reasonable relation to some purpose within competency of state to effect. Reynold v. Baby Fold, Inc,, 369 NE 2d 858; 68 Ill 2d 419, appeal dismissed 98 S Ct 1598, US 963, Il, (1977)
Extractions: Alla Pyatibratova: 10/02/02 While Kyrgyz dissidents have loudly asserted their civil rights since a clash with police in March left five citizens dead, many women in South Kyrgyzstan do not know what rights they can legally defend. Persuading women to seek legal help is often slow and emotional work. "Not all women agree to write an application," says Mrs. Abdullayeva. "Most of them are afraid and address us either orally or by phone." Most complaints, Abdullayeva says, involve frustrations over efforts to find employment or housing assistance. But "the most sore subject" usually involves violence women suffer at the hands of their husbands or mothers-in-law. Women tearfully tell center staff about their husbands’ drinking, drug addiction, violence or embezzlement. Abdullayeva has also heard claims of abandonment. "Unemployment has changed the character of family attitudes," she says. "Nowadays it is not unusual when men leave their wives and children and go to rich women. Earlier such cases caused sharp negative [reactions] in society."
NEWSMAKINGNEWS parents , it is used only to assist fathers take custody away from mothers and/orto Enacting Conciliation Court law gives the family court jurisdiction http://www.newsmakingnews.com/ross,familycourtcorrupt2nd2,19,03.htm
Will Paternal Paranoia Triumph? By Trish Wilson devoted to domestic violence, rape, and family law in order to Of course, fathers'rightsgroups are still taking that the majority of divorced mothers don't http://www.echonyc.com/~onissues/w97paranoia.html
Extractions: by T rish W ilson E ven as fathers are disappearing from the lives of millions of women and children, they're turning up in newsletters, local activist groups, and cyberspace as members of an outspoken movement for "fathers' rights" whose declared purpose is to "fight back." Fight back against what? Against the power of women and children, of course. Although these groups' public pronouncements are full of high-minded sentiments a desire to help men to become better fathers, for instance and platitudes such as "Dads are more than a paycheck," members are not good fathers seeking support but rather angry men (and women who stand by them) seeking expanded male entitlement. Their private communications are diatribes against child support and in favor of controling women. Not even much lip service is paid to the father-child relationship. These days, fathers'-rights activists, like right-wing militia sympathizers, are particularly active on the Internet. Some cybergroups, like the Fathers' Manifesto, actively recruit members and spread misinformation there. The Manifesto is an umbrella organization founded by John Knight Men's Action Network (MAN), seeks to define the new male rights as "safeguards" and to devalue women's rights by referring to the "radical cultural philosophy that sees men as the enemy, regards the traditional family as a tool to oppress women and sees every male-female relationship as a power struggle."
Legal Issues ACLU Lesbian And Gay rights ProjectMothers' Day Special Bottoms; The Changing ConceptOf family From Murdoch University's Electronic Journal of law. http://www.lesbian.org/lesbian-moms/legal.html
Extractions: ACLU Lesbian And Gay Rights Project:Mothers' Day Special Materials and resources on adoption and legal issues around lesbian parenting. Amicus Brief In The Case Of Bottoms VS. Bottoms The Changing Concept Of Family From Murdoch University's Electronic Journal of Law. Custody And Conduct: How The Law Fails Lesbian and Gay Parents And Their Children Endnotes For Bottoms v. Bottoms From the American Psychological Association. Gay Law Net Is The Tide Truly Turning? - Gays, Lesbians,Adoption And Custody From Murdoch University's Electronic Journal of Law. LeGal The Lesbian And Gay Law Association Of Greater New York Lesbian/Gay Law Notes Matter Of Alison D.(Anonymous)v. Virginia M.(Anonymous) 77 N.Y.2d 651(1991) May 1995 Decision Allowing Four Ontario Lesbian Couples To Second-Parent Adopt National Journal Of Sexual Orientation Law ... Not In A Family Way: If Homosexual Marriage Isn't Legal What Kind Of Rights Does A Gay Parent Have? From the Boston Phoenix. Olivia M. Adoption Ruling July 18,1995
Boren & Boren Law : Adoption : Birth Mothers inform you about state and national law so you also happy to comply when birth motherscontact us on letters, pictures, or information to the adoptive family. http://www.borenlaw.com/adoption/birth_mothers.asp
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Child Custody For Mothers TOC Linda 09 Mar 2003 Re Do Grandparents have any rights? Lena 11 Mar 2003 SomeonePlease Help Me!!! Happy Stepmom 08 Mar 2003 Do good mothers snort coke? http://www.winchildcustody.com/mothers/
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Other Links NFPI, National family and Parenting Institute. Hague Conference on Private InternationalLaw, List of MATCH, mothers Apart From Their Children Support group for http://www.fnf.org.uk/links.htm
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The Family Strengthening families with articles and information. family room, parenting connection, food storage, Category Home family family Resources and Support as experts in human development, psychology, law religion, and of the family by strengtheningmothers in the The family is the natural and fundamental unit of http://www.thefamily.com/
Extractions: The Family Award presented to Sean Hannity star of the "Sean Hannity Show" and host on the FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S highly successful, "Hannity and Colmes." It's a Good Show - except one little part by Glen C. Griffin Becoming a Transitional Character: Changing Your Family Culture by Kristi Tanner Raising Responsible Teens by Gary Direnfeld by Victor B. Cline and Brad Wilcox " Back by popular demand, this article is once again being featured, offering practical guidance on this most troubling vice pervading our society. TheFamily.com and One Heart Foundation brings together organizations that share with us a mutual commitment to strengthening families, each thereby seeking to improve the world in which we live for generations to come.
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