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OMAHA (KPTM) - Deciding who gets primary custody of kids in a divorce is never easy. In Nebraska, it's granted to the mother about 60 percent of the time.
A group of dads say they are pushing a bill to encourage people to go for joint custody.
Jeremy Barnhill says he's been waiting for a long time for equal rights to his daughter.
"You have a right to be a parent to your kids and your kids have a right to have access to both parents," he says.
Barnhill says he now only gets see his 5-year-old daughter about 8 hours a month. He founded the group, "Kids Have Rights Too".
Barnhill says the goal is to, "level the playing field to benefit children involved in divorce and custody cases."
"Especially when both parents are deemed fit, kids should have full rights and full access to both parents," Barnhill says.
The group is pushing state lawmakers to pass LB 22. It's a bill supporters say would encourage joint custody after a divorce. - Nicole Ebat
Molly Olson is Founder of the Center for Parental Responsibility, an activist with "Leading Women For Shared Parenting," and she is part of the coalition to create a White House Council on Boys and Men.
I operate Studio Brulé on YouTube and with your support I hope to be able to attend and cover the International Conference On Men's Issues 2016 which begins on July 8 in London, UK. The material that I capture will document the burgeoning Men's movement, and the feminist resistance to this movement.
Video capture of the conference is covered by the organizers at Justice for Men And Boys, run by the inspiring and tireless Mike Buchanan, so I will not be covering any of the main conference, but my strength is really in capturing protests as I have at other events.
If there are any protests, which I expect there will be given that Milo Yiannopoulos will be speaking and he has been a lightning rod lately, I will do my best to approach the protesters and capture their perspective in their own words, which are often more damning than those of their critics. And this is perhaps my greatest offering, the capture of the protests and protesters.
I will also do as many interviews of the presenters as possible, as I did at ICMI 2014 in Detroit, where I interviewed Warren Farrell, Erin Pizzey, Senator Anne Cools, Anil Kumar, and Terence Popp. And for those supporters who donate $25 or more, I will pose your question to the presenter of your choice, provided that I am able to secure an interview with that presenter, otherwise I WILL put your question to another presenter.
Anyone contributing $125 or more will receive a free copy of Janice Fiamengo's upcoming book “Sons Of Feminism” when it is available.
If you contribute $600 or more and you are in London or can come to Kingston Ontario, I will record an episode of your own creation, up to 15 minutes in length, along the style of The Fiamengo File. Simply write the script and gather any legal inserts that you wish, indicating where in the video they are to be inserted.
In the past I have been able to capture protesters in action, and often my footage has revealed as much about those who oppose equality, justice and freedom, as do the lectures themselves. For example the footage that I captured at the recent Male Students in Peril Conference in Georgia was extremely useful in telling the story of the persecution of Sage Gerard at Kennesaw State University.
Child custody and support laws have become more onerous over the last 50 years due to fewer parents staying together and women becoming equally as capable as men at earning a living outside the home. Instead of reflecting these changes, the laws have lagged behind, continuing to favor mothers over fathers. The laws generally award primary custody to the parent who spent more time at home with the children and less time working, even if the difference was miniscule. The other parent is then ordered to pay a crushing amount of child support, sometimes on top of alimony. In a small percentage of situations, usually where the father was the primary caregiver, this situation is reversed and the laws punish the mother.
Although a few small changes have been made to the laws within the last few years, due to exposure and the efforts of advocacy organizations, there has not been significant progress. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 84 percent of custodial parents are mothers, a figure that has not changed since 1983. This is unfortunate, because Canadian economist Paul Miller analyzed data on families and found that “parental gender is not a…predictor at all of any of the child outcomes examined, that is behavioral, educational or health outcomes.” The children often end up with “Parental Alienation Syndrome,” developing a dislike for the noncustodial parent bought on by the custodial parent.
Interference by one parent in the relationship of a child and the other parent is almost never in the child's best interests. In fact, in extreme cases, actions by one parent to alienate the affections of the child from the other parent, to interfere win the other parent's visitation rights, or to remove the child to a distant state or country can often lead to liability in tort. See generally E. Borris, "Torts Arising Out of Interference with Custody and Visitation," 7 Divorce Litigation 192 (1995). Tort liability is not always an option, however, as many courts refuse to award damages based upon interference with visitation rights. E.g., Cosner v. Ridinger, 882 P.2d 1243 (Wyo.1994).
A noncustodial parent is not always left without a remedy, however, simply because courts in that parent's jurisdiction refuse to recognize tort actions arising out of interference with his or her parental rights. This article discusses a different type of liability which may result from interference with the noncustodial parent's rights: loss of custody. The article will first discuss whether a party may generally obtain a change of custody based upon such interference. The article will then examine specific acts by a custodial parent which may cause a court to change custody, including denial of visitation rights, alienation of the child's affections away from the noncustodial parent, and removal of the child to a distant jurisdiction. The section on alienation of the child's affections includes a discussion of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) and recent cases that have dealt with PAS. The article concludes with a suggestion of possible provisions that practitioners may insert in custody decrees in order to prevent future problems between custodial and noncustodial parents.
Interference Amounting to a Substantial Change in Circumstances
Most courts and experts agree that except in unusual cases it is most important for a child to have a strong relationship with both parents. Thus, courts will typically conclude that an award of custody to the parent who is most likely to foster a relationship between the child and the other parent is in the child's best interests. For this reason, if a custodial parent has demonstrated in the past a pattern of interference with the relationship between the child and the noncustodial parent, unless other facts dictate a different holding, courts will frequently conclude that a substantial change in circumstances justifying a change of custody has occurred.
Not surprisingly, there is a long-standing tradition of awarding a change of custody where the custodial parent has interfered with the parental rights of the other parent. The Court of Appeals of Maryland clearly established this point in Berlin v. Berlin, 239 Md. 52, 210 A.2d 380 (1965). In Berlin, the parties entered into a written separation agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, incorporated into the court's order, custody of the children was awarded to the mother, and the father received reasonable visitation rights. In addition, the parties also agreed that the mother would notify the father if the mother moved out of the Washington metropolitan area. Subsequently, the mother began denying the father his right to visitation. For this reason, the father requested a change in custody. The trial court granted the father's request, and the mother appealed.
Specific Acts of Interference Which May Cause a Court to Change Custody
"So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home." (Tecumseh).
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