A New York appellate court has ruled that child support is to be paid only by non-custodial parents regardless of any disparity in the incomes of two divorced parents. Read about it here (ThomsonReuters, 4/18/13).
Anthony Della … Read the rest
Archive for the ‘Single Fathers/Single Mothers’ Category
New York Court: Custodial Dad Doesn’t Have to Pay Child Support Despite Disparity in Incomes
Friday, April 26th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.California Court Takes Child From Fit Father Despite Child’s Best Interests
Thursday, April 25th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.A California appellate court has found a way to avoid giving custody to yet another fit, loving father. Here’s an article about the case (Bakersfield Californian, 4/20/13) and here’s the court’s ruling.
In truth, it’s not the court’s … Read the rest
Indian Adoption Case Shows Supreme Court Divide on Parent’s Rights
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Bad facts make for bad law. It’s an old saying around legal circles that’s proven itself correct far too often to not still be hanging around. Put simply, when the facts of a case are heart-wrenching, judges, being only human, sometimes … Read the rest
Economist: Single Motherhood Helps Explain Decline of Men in Education, Employment
Monday, April 1st, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.I suppose it’s an example of “defining deviancy down” to say that this article shows promise in trying to understand the decline of men and boys in education and economic outlook (New York Times, 3/20/13). The truth is … Read the rest
Laketha Moore Shows Common Side of Single Parenthood
Monday, March 25th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Let all who claim that single parenthood is “just another lifestyle choice” take note of this case (Associated Press, 3/23/13). Against all that’s right and just, against all the science on single-parent families and their kids, some … Read the rest
Salt Lake Tribune: Utah’s Adoption Law ‘Encourages Fraud’
Sunday, February 24th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Finally. It looks like the State of Utah may be moving in the general direction of sanity when it comes to fathers’ rights to their children and children’s rights to their fathers. Read about it here (Salt Lake … Read the rest
Head of Bar Standards Board: Fatherlessness a Bigger Problem Than Smoking, Drinking, Global Warming
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Marriage is as important to the future of the nation as climate change and poverty, a senior family lawyer said yesterday.
And about time, I say. Baroness Deech, who is head of the British Bar Standards Board made her … Read the rest
Detroit Dad Pays Child Support for 25 Years for Son Who’s Dead
Monday, February 18th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Lional Campbell’s son died in 1988 at the age of three of acute meningitis. Campbell’s been paying child support for the boy ever since. Read about it here (WXYZ, 2/15/13).
“How is that possible?” you ask. Well, … Read the rest
NY: Hands-On Dad Jonathan Sporn Fights for Parental Rights
Monday, February 4th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.In New York a man, Dr. Jonathan Sporn has a child. The little boy is about six months old and Dr. Sporn has cared for him from the time he was born. Indeed, his involvement in his son’s life extends … Read the rest
HuffPo: Fathers at Fault for Single Motherhood
Friday, February 1st, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.I read a lot about the family, parents, children, child rearing, family law, the social science of the family, etc. Much of what I read is in some way ill-informed, biased, shallow, etc., but sometimes I run across a … Read the rest
