Across U.S., Non-Custodial Parents Sue
At least 28 federal class action suits in 28 states have been filed in the last two weeks on behalf of non-custodial parents (NCPs). The defendants are the individual states.
Now this is truly amazing…
According to the suits, state practices appear to be “willful, reckless, and/or negligent fraud, deceit, collusion, and/or abuse of powers” with a “systematic pattern of obstructing, hindering, and/or otherwise thwarting the rightful and lawful conclusion of due process” of non-custodial parents in child custody proceedings. In particular, fathers protest the widespread practice of almost automatically granting sole custody to mothers in divorce disputes.
I do agree that the practice of automatically granting sole custody is wrong.. however there are many loser fathers and mothers out there who do absolutely shit for their children and it should not be necessary to grant sole custody unless it is proven to be in the child’s best interests.
Here is an amazing little looney idea :
For example, the “prohibition of custodial move-aways of minor children [more than 60 miles] from their original physical residences with natural parents.” Also, the “abolishment of forced/court-ordered child support in most cases.” Support of the child would be borne by each parent during their own parenting time.
Now if you abolish court-ordered child support then I am going to ASSume that they are going to enforce that the child is with each parent for the same amount of time..thereby giving each parent equal cost.
In my relatively new experience of dealing with an absentee father who is a useless waste of oxygen I can guarantee that the child or children will end up becoming a pawn whereby the useless waste of space will refuse to buy their children the things they need in an attempt to force the other parent to do what they should be doing. This would be the same useless pile of genetic droppings that would threaten to fight for joint custody so they didn’t have to spend money on child support
I am sure there are many studies out there that show making a child spend one week with one parent and the next week with the next parent is not particularly good for the child’s mental health.
Being from a “broken home” I can guarantee that shifting from one parent to another on a weekly or bi-weekly basis would have driven me nuts.. The constant packing and unpacking of your crap as your shuttled around… I grew up with friends who’s parents had that relationship and they always seemed far more unsettled that I was. My parents would trade off on weekends without attempting to use me as a pawn. Since I was a teenager many of those decisions about who to have dinner with was my choice. My bedroom was at my moms, the rest of my life was mine to live and spend time with who I wanted.
For those fathers that actually give a shit about their offspring I wish you luck with perhaps changing it so joint custody is a practical thing.. for those who would seek to back this ridiculous class action so that they don’t have to contribute towards their children I can only say one thing.. you are the reason abortion is legal and why we need a cleansing of the global gene pool.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 8:04 pm
Hey! That’s my ex you’re talking about there!
Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 6:27 pm
I couldn’t agree more and I think you channeled me for that parting shot…