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- From: lisa@oneb2.almanac.bc.ca
- Newsgroups: alt.dads-rights,soc.men,soc.women,misc.legal
- Subject: Re: Sexual Discrimination
- Message-ID: <qy4ZXB1w165w@oneb2.almanac.bc.ca>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:26:25 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.085757.6320@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
- Organization: Lebenty-Screech's Almanac, Nanaimo, B.C. CANADA
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- noraa@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (aaron.l.hoffmeyer) writes:
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- > In article <1993Jan26.035102.3766@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.e
- > >In article <1993Jan26.011724.27341@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> noraa@cbnewsk.cb.att.
- >
- Deletions...
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- > Ted, one question....
- >
- > Given that women are awarded either sole custody or primary custody
- > (usually something like a 75/25 split) in roughly 85% of all divorces
- > in this country in which the divorcing couple are parents of children
- > under age eighteen, despite laws in virtually every state that
- > emphatically set forth that judges should NOT be biased by gender in
- > awarding said custody of children, are the judges and referees of the
- > domestic relations courts of the United States of America guilty of
- > sexual discrimination?
- >
- > Aaron L. Hoffmeyer
-
- Just one question; Does anyone have real stats on how often men ask for
- sole or primary custody, in comparison to how often they are actually
- awarded it?
-
- For example, if men ask for some kind of custody in only 30% of all divorce
- cases, how many of *that* 30% are awarded sole or primary custody?
-
- I don't doubt that in many, or even perhaps most cases, there is a judicial
- sexual bias against men in custody battles. I'd just like to see the stats
- (comparisons) for this. If anyone has them, please cite these stats and your
- reference sources.
-
- Lisa
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- Lisa Lambeth lisa@oneb2.almanac.bc.ca
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- Founder, P.E.R.C.S. (Parents for Enforcing Regular Child Support)
- Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada // Courtesy of the old coot hisse'f!
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