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- From: jsw@cray.com (Jon S. Wood)
- Subject: Re: Finally, action (Re: Massachusetts gets tou
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.130601.23432@walter.cray.com>
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- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov19.063307.20184@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 13:06:00 CST
-
- Aaron Hoffmeyer,
-
- Ariticle sections deleted for brevity..
-
- At the same time (during the late 70s), this group and several other
- father's right groups around the state actively sought to have a joint
- custody law adopted by Ohio, in the same manner as the joint custody
- law that was adopted in California in 1976 or '77. However, at the
- last minute, the law was watered down a great deal. It included the
- clause that stated something like, "if either parent does not want
- joint custody, the judge shall not award joint custody." In effect,
- joint custody did not become reality. It was a whitewash. It was
- rarely, hardly ever, awarded to anyone.
-
-
- This looks just like the STUPID logic applied in the Federal Law
- covering the IRS dependents:
-
- If the CP (Momma) wishes to fill out a form and sign it, DAD could
- get the dependent credit on his taxes. I have always asked to receive
- the dependent credit for ONE of our two children under the presumption
- that 30% of my after tax income is at least 50% of the cost of
- raising the children. I think it is really around 80% in my case.
- Just another typical CP advantage.
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- From the Willian Mitchell Law Review, Mn Supreme Court Task Force on
- Gender Fairness in the Courts, Volume 15 No. 4
-
- Professor Carol Bruch of the MLK Jr. School of Law at UCAL Davis, comments
- that, "although proponents of join custody argue that joint custody enhances
- both paternal involvement and paternal financial support, reshearch results
- do not as yet support these claims." She notes the "growing consensus in
- research literature that disapproves of joint custody orders that are
- entered into over the objection of one parent."
- Bruch, And How are the Children? The Effects of Ideology and Mediation
- on Child Custody Law and Children's Well-being in the United States, 2 Int'l
- J.L. & Fam. 106, 109 (1988).
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-
- More from the Mn Law review...
-
- "Family law judges and attorneys have good reason to be concerned. The
- current scholarly literature indicates that, especially where court imposed,
- joint custody-whether joint legal, phisical, or both-may not be in the best
- interests of children, or their mothers and should be used with great caution.
-
- Martha Fineman, Professor of Law and Director of the Family Policy Program
- of the Institute for Legal Studies at the Univ. of Wisconsin, argues that
- court imposed joint custody is unfair to mothers in that it has been advocated
- by fathers' rights groups as a solution to the historic failre of non-custodial
- parents-usually fathers-to pay child support:
-
- Joint custody ... empowers fathers as a group without requiring
- any demonstration of responsibility .. in no other area does the
- law reward those who have failed in their duties as an incentive for
- them to change their behavior.
- Fineman, Dominant Discourse, Professional Language, and Legal Change
- in Child Custody Decisionmaking, 101 Harv. L. Rev. 727, 759(1988)
-
- ************************************
-
- I requisted a copy of this document from a legislature in Mn. I received
- a copy and began to puke violently after having read it. I still have
- problems reading it. In time, I'll copy it to the net.
-
- In short, fathers have a long way to go. God help me. I just can't wait
- much longer.......
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