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ifeminists August 2, 2006 McCormick & Sacks	NOW at 40: Group's Opposition to Shared Parenting Contradicts Its Goal of Gender Equality It's time for the National Organization for Women to re-examine its misguided stand against shared parenting, and to bring its policies into line with its stated ideals.
ifeminists July 19, 2006 McCormick & Sacks	North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative Will Help Children of Divorce A misguided collection of federal and state officials, divorce attorneys and women's advocates have all united to oppose a simple proposition: children need both parents.
ifeminists February 11, 2003 Thompson & Sacks	Undermining the American Family The American Law Institute, which exercises great influence on American jurisprudence, has just released a series of family law recommendations that would exacerbate our problems by trivializing the importance of marriage, encouraging divorce and accelerating fatherlessness.
ifeminists September 15, 2004	Location, Location, Location Residents of the EU are learning what's well known in America: the three most important factors in divorce are the same as in real estate.
ifeminists September 27, 2006 McCormick & Sacks	Shared Parenting Initiative Helps Women, Too The North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative (NDSPI) grants joint custody to both parents unless one is seen as unfit. However, there are certain children's rights group that oppose this proposed law.
Reason December 2003 Cathy Young	Divorcees and Social Engineers Most people acknowledge that children are better off when they have fathers and when their fathers are actively involved in their lives. But where do we go from there? Fathers face off against the marriage movement.
ifeminists September 29, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Across U.S., Non-Custodial Parents Sue The number of non-custodial parent plaintiffs who sign on to a federal class action cannot be predicted but it could run into millions. Federal law is being asked to trump state practice in custody matters.
ifeminists July 8, 2007 Michael J. McManus	Taken Into Custody Father's Day was not joyful for millions of fathers who had a divorce forced upon them, whose children were "taken into custody" by the mother who filed for the divorce.
AskMen.com June 10, 2003 Douglas Cooney	Why Do Divorce Laws Marginalize Men? It seems that no matter who you talk to these days, someone knows of a man who came out of a divorce robbed and humiliated. And there is no end to how harrowing such stories get.
ifeminists August 25, 2004 K. C. Wilson	Child Support: Income Shares, Part I While assuming a divorce never happened as far as the children are concerned would make an excellent premise for custody arrangements, it is unsustainable for financial ones.
ifeminists August 26, 2003 Wendy McElroy	Going to Extremes The issue of fathers' rights in the U.K. may be entering a more violent phase. If so, this should act as a cautionary tale for North America.
ifeminists October 8, 2002 Sacks & Thompson	Can Abolishing Sole Custody Curb Divorce? Research from American Law and Economics Review indicates the presumption of joint physical custody may serve to keep some marriages together.
ifeminists April 14, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Parental Rights and the Pledge Does a parent's custody status determine if he or she has standing in a court of law concerning their child's education, medical care, or other related issues of well-being?
ifeminists November 3, 2007	Child Support: The Fallacy, The Fraud, And The Failure The Family Law system in the U.S. is a disease-ridden, corrupt socialist system that will ultimately destroy us.
ifeminists March 1, 2006 Carey Roberts	The Feminist Anti-Kid Crusade Despite the fact that kids with involved dads do better, regardless of all the joint custody laws, and in spite of the laughable antics of the M.O.M. brigade, mothers continue to be favored in custody decisions by a 7 to 1 margin.
ifeminists September 24, 2002 Sacks & Thompson	Shared Custody Could Prevent Abductions According to the US Department of Justice, mothers and fathers abduct their children in equal numbers. What is needed is to reform the child custody system in order to prevent the kidnappings from occurring in the first place.
ifeminists June 30, 2004 Carey Roberts	Divorced Dads' White-Hot Sense of Injustice Noncustodial dads find it incomprehensible that their basic human right to be a parent is being curtailed by a legal system that they perceive to be expensive, cloaked in secrecy, and unfair, spurring their suicide rate to 10 times that of divorced women.
ifeminists March 5, 2007 Teri Stoddard	Can't Find a Husband? Men who embrace fatherhood are shown their time and influence aren't important. Our government does this by enforcing child support orders while not enforcing visitation orders.
ifeminists May 18, 2005 Carey Roberts	VAWA Law Polarizes the Sexes, Weakens the Family The Violence Against Women Act represents a frontal assault on both fatherhood and on the integrity of the traditional family.
ifeminists July 1, 2003 Wendy McElroy	In the Best Interest of the Children... A new legal term is creating debate across North America: the "rebuttable presumption of joint custody." It means family courts should presume that divorcing parents will equally share the legal and physical custody of children unless there is compelling reason to rule otherwise.
ifeminists September 23, 2003 Glenn Sacks	Convicted Murderess Can Get Custody but Decent Fathers Can't Clara Harris, a Texas woman who was convicted of murdering her husband in March, was just granted joint custody of her twin five year-old boys. The ruling validates what fathers' and children's advocates have been saying for years -- when it comes to children, many courts believe that mothers can do no wrong.
ifeminists August 12, 2003 Wendy McElroy	The Marriage Strike In examining reasons for the current decline of marriage, one question usually receives short shrift. Why are men reluctant to marry?
ifeminists September 15, 2004 K. C. Wilson	The Subversion of Child Support Child support in the U.S. would do better to assume no greater ambition than cover normal child costs. It would serve children better, which it is what it's supposed to do, not adult needs nor other social or economic agendas.
ifeminists August 18, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Child Custody Laws Poised for Change A war to change custody laws has clearly been declared, not only in California but also across North America. Hopefully, everyone will remember that the battle is not about ideology but what is best for children.
ifeminists June 3, 2009 Wendy McElroy	End the gay marriage debate! Privatize marriage Almost half of the adults in America are unmarried and single-person households outnumber married families with children. A glut of books and articles is suddenly declaring marriage to be either obsolete or rediscovered.
ifeminists March 30, 2005 Carey Roberts	The Rise of Big Sister-ism Deadbeat Dad myths have become so ingrained in American thinking that basic Constitutional protections are being casually tossed aside.
ifeminists September 8, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Grandparents Can't Trump Parental Rights As the definition of family has changed, the role of grandparents has shifted with it. Sometimes grandparents are excluded from children's lives, as frequently occurs in contested divorces.
ifeminists May 12, 2004 Leving & Sacks	Is a Pool More Important than a Dad? Last week the California Supreme Court issued an historic opinion which clarifies current case law and reaffirms the importance of both parents in a child's life.
ifeminists February 13, 2007 Don Mathis	How VAWA Separates Children From Fathers The result of the VAWA is rampant false claims of abuse. This means that children are removed from decent, loving fathers. The Violence Against Women Act must be radically altered or else it will continue to destroy the father/child bond.
ifeminists July 1, 2003 Glenn Sacks	New Study, Case May Help California Children of Divorce Retain Bonds with Both Parents One of the greatest tragedies children of divorce in California face is the way courts allow custodial parents to move hundreds or even thousands of miles away after divorce, damaging or sometimes destroying the bonds between children and their noncustodial parents. That may change.
ifeminists December 15, 2004 Carey Roberts	Long Live the Matriarchy! Until the essential role of fathers is recognized and antiquated laws are changed, millions of American children will be deprived of the steady hand of a loving father.
ifeminists May 31, 2006 McCormick & Sacks	Louisiana's HB 315 Says One Parent is Better Than Two Shared parenting is advocated by a growing consensus of mental health and family law professionals, and current Louisiana law has led to an increase in shared custody awards. HB 315 would reverse this progress.
AskMen.com Michael Estrin	Paying Child Support 101 Though the laws vary from state to state and each case is different, it's important to know a few things about the general process so you can protect yourself.
ifeminists November 2, 2005 Leving & Sacks	PBS Declares War on Dads Breaking the Silence is a direct assault on American fathers, and the minimal, hard won gains they have made in protecting their children's right to have their fathers in their lives.
ifeminists May 6, 2007 Tony Zizza	"Because It's The Right Thing To Do" Is it really fair to a faithful dog to automatically lose the love and presence of one of their human parents just because the parents choose to divorce?
Salon.com October 4, 2000 Jennifer Foote Sweeney	Pluck and circumstance Judith Wallerstein makes a case for marriage, and on rare occasions, a healthy divorce...
ifeminists June 2, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Father's Rights Groups Must Avoid Violent Protest Appearances have a tendency to become reality and, at the first act of violence by a father's rights advocate, all fathers will suffer.
ifeminists November 16, 2005	Letter to the Editor: Feminism and Motherhood What the women's groups now want is control over the next generation of voters. They want to be able to mold the minds of today's children before they are old enough to vote.
ifeminists November 9, 2005 Wendy McElroy	PBS Film Ignites Fathers' Rights Debate The controversy is broader than one father's protest. Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories argues against what has become a cause celebre in the father's rights movement: Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS).
ifeminists May 23, 2007 Stephen Baskerville	Spotsylvania 'Deadbeat' Dads? What Virginia's children need is the love, guidance, and attention of their fathers -- the same fathers who are forcibly kept away by divorce courts and then plundered by the state's dishonest child-support machine.
Salon.com October 3, 2000 Cathy Young	Dr. Bad News After conducting a massive 25-year study, Judith Wallerstein concludes that children of divorce are hit hardest after they grow up...
Salon.com July 6, 2000 Cathy Young	Team players or tools of the patriarchy? Women often are supplying the muscle behind the fathers' rights movement.
ifeminists September 15, 2004 Leving & Sacks	Ruling in High-Profile Marks Custody Case: Painful but Correct For too long many American family courts have been kangaroo courts in which perjury and false allegations are not only tolerated but are frequently rewarded.
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien	5 Questions: Sharyn Sooho An interview with co-founder of Divorcenet.com and a family law attorney for more than 30 years about how financial planners can help divorced parents deal with the challenges of paying for college.
Psychology Today May/Jun 2007 Mark Teich	House Divided: Hate Thy Father In an era of bitter divorce battles, parents often use children as hammers to bash each other, manipulating not only the legal system but also their children's affections. Can a broken parent-child bond be restored?
ifeminists April 7, 2004 Glenn Sacks	California Senate Leader to Family Courts: Don't Consider Children's Best Interests Senate President Pro Tem John Burton (D-San Francisco) is trying to slip a bill through the legislature to make it easier for custodial parents to sever these bonds by slipping out of town.
ifeminists August 8, 2008 Teri Stoddard	Equal Custody And VAWA Regarding custody, the Violence Against Women Act is unconstitutional and full of misandry.
ifeminists March 17, 2004 Glenn Sacks	California NOW Spits on My Wife My wife is a successful career woman. She has moved up rapidly in a competitive field, and is advancing her career by attending law school at night. I work out of our home and I do most of the child care. If I decide I don't want her anymore, should I be able to move our kids 2,400 miles away from their mother?
ifeminists May 16, 2007 Leving & Sacks	Equal Rights Amendment Yes, 'Women's Equality Amendment' No Unfortunately, the bill's sponsors have changed the ERA's name to the Women's Equality Amendment. There's a major problem with that, because when considering injustices based on gender, today men and fathers can lay claim to many of them.
ifeminists November 23, 2005 Carey Roberts	Requiem for the Leftist Welfare Utopia Leftists have devised a simple yet amazingly effective formula to engender social discord: break up the family, marginalize fathers, and then blame the whole mess on men. But now people are catching on to the game plan and dads are staging a comeback.