This provides yet another example of why people should read this blog, and not the mainstream press, for information on everything related to family courts, child custody, the science on child well-being, etc. The linked-to piece is by Professor … Read the rest
Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
Expert: British Government’s Family Law Proposal Doesn’t ‘Remotely Encourage Equal Time’
Friday, April 19th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Shared Parenting Issue Comes to Canadian TV
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Here’s an important alert from our good friends in the Shared Parenting movement to the north. Paulette Macdonald, et al, have been battling for equal parental rights in Canada for many years. This message lets people know about a … Read the rest
UK: More Married Men DV Victims Than Married Women
Monday, April 15th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.More married men (2.3 per cent) suffered from partner abuse last year than married women, according to the latest British Crime Survey. Yet help is still much harder to find for men.
See here (The Independent, 4/14/13)? … Read the rest
Salon.com Imagines Collective Child Care; Doesn’t Mention Who That Might Be
Sunday, April 14th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Every group has at least one thing in common with every other group. Whatever its organizing principle, every group has as its first and foremost goal its own self-perpetuation. So the ACLU organizes around the principle of constitutional rights … Read the rest
Salon.com in Running for Year’s Worst Article
Friday, April 12th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.I don’t give out awards, but maybe I should. There are some people out there doing great things, sometimes alone. There’s a guy in North Dakota who’s taken on the whole apparatus of state government and gotten passed, almost single-handedly, … Read the rest
Media Still Ignorant About Kelly Rutherford/Daniel Giersch Case
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.It’s beginning to look like the news media just can’t wrap their little minds around the idea that a mother, particularly a pretty blond one, can be an awful parent. We’ve been following the saga of marginal TV actress … Read the rest
England: False Accusation Destroy’s Dad’s Career in Childcare
Sunday, April 7th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.This is the good news (The Guardian, 4/5/13). Once you’ve read the article you might wonder what I’ve been smoking, but I’m as right-headed as I ever am. Seriously, the events described in the article, horrible as … Read the rest
Press Misses Real Story in Johnny Devone/ Brittany Finley Saga
Sunday, March 31st, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.“Cop’s Son Jailed in Custody Case,” “Bridgeport Police Sgt. Arrested in Georgia-CT Custody Battle,” “Cop on Leave After State Police Kidnap Claim.” These headlines and more fairly scream out the news. According to the articles, John Devone, 28 and … Read the rest
National Putative Father Registry: A Bad Idea Promoted by Adoption Lawyers
Friday, March 29th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Sigh. Journalists are so incurious. Why did they go into the profession of journalism if not because they value facts and the communication thereof to others? It’s hard to know, but so often articles we read in major publications … Read the rest
Huffington Post Finds a New Excuse to Oppose Equal Parenting
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.One of the eternal verities in the fight for equal parental rights in family courts is that equal parenting’s staunchest opponents are family lawyers. As far as I’ve seen, every single time there’s an equal parenting bill before a … Read the rest
