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thwap
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posted 23 October 2004 10:01 AM

Hi all.

I tend to show up in threads about 'fathers' rights' groups, saying that the system rewards manipulative people whether male or female, and punishes decent people without resources.

By fate, my experience is more with victimized fathers, but I'd like to hear about the bad experiences of women in divorce, custody and access, and etc., situations in Family Court, to help me regain some of my balance.

These don't have to be first person accounts, but I'd prefer academic references to third-party situations, rather than "a friend of a friend of mine" stories.

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Nam
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Babbler # 3472

posted 23 October 2004 11:28 PM

Don't have the facts in front of me, but I always thought comparing income levels pre and post split-ups shows how little favouritism family courts really have, no matter how loud some men's groups are.

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Bobolink
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posted 24 October 2004 03:29 PM

My only close experience with family courts was from an employee of mine who was falsely accused by his ex of not making child support payments. She lived in New Brunswick and my employee first heard the charges when he was telephoned at work by the Ontario authorites.

The strange part of this is that he never made any direct payments to his ex. All of his payments were made to New Brunswick Family Court and they were able to inform the Ontario authorities that my employee had made all of his payments in full and on time. What his ex thought she would gain by perjuring herself about something so easy to disprove is a mystery. But as far as I know, she got away with it and was never charged with public mischief.

From: Stirling, ON | Registered: May 2004 | IP: Logged

thwap
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posted 24 October 2004 03:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Nam:
Don't have the facts in front of me, but I always thought comparing income levels pre and post split-ups shows how little favouritism family courts really have, no matter how loud some men's groups are.

Good point. This is indicative of prevailing inequalities on jobs and income across society as a whole.
Also, at certain income levels, the support payments from a low-income worker are not going to help much for a custodial parent who cannot afford to work because the work income would not cover daycare and family expenses.

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