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"The Best Interests of the Child"
• Diversity as a proxy for racial discrimination • Electorate to Dem. Party: It's the morality, stupid • Harvard U. junk-science domestic violence research • Father's rights before gay rights • Domestic violence lies and the lying liars who tell them - Part 1 • Part 2 - Harvard researcher hides study data behind university lawyers • Part 4 - Domestic violence distortions conceal culture of male hatred • Rape shield law and Wendy Murphy • Supreme Court's U. Michigan decision • Fatherhood: A primordial force of nature • U. Michigan and racial preferences • Best interests of the child – Reflections on Clayton
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CPF / The Fatherhood
Coalition advocates for the institution of fatherhood, encompassing the full range of
human behaviors and endeavors that flow from the father-child relationship. We work to
promote shared parenting and to end the discrimination and persecution faced by divorced
and unwed fathers.
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Among the study’s findings:
When compared with other attributes of the litigants, sex was by far the greatest predictor of whether or not a restraining order would be issued and of the severity of the restrictions imposed on the defendant.
At ex parte hearings, where only the victim is present and the defendant is unaware of the proceedings, men were 240% more likely than women to be denied the immediate protection of an emergency restraining order.
Women were 38% more likely than men to be granted an emergency protection order at an ex parte hearing.
At follow-up 10-day hearings, when victims seek an extended or new restraining order, men were 383% more likely to be denied protection.
Women were 32% more likely than men to be granted a new restraining order when protection was pursued at the follow-up10-day hearing.
Overall, with and without children in common, men were 29% more likely to be evicted than women and 110% more likely to be evicted if they shared a common child.
CLICK HERE FOR INDEX OF ALL GARDNER 209A STUDY-RELATED STORIES
Study Wars: The Fathers Strike Back
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BOSTON, May 17 – Fathers Rights advocates from across the state will converge on the State House today to give testimony to the Judiciary Committee on shared parenting and 209A reform (MGL 209A abuse protection “restraining order”).
The hearings are scheduled for 1 pm today in Room B2.
Several shared parenting bills are on the docket. The Fatherhood Coalition supports Senate bill 855, brought forward by senators Scott Brown, Richard Tesei and Richard Ross.
According to Fatherhood Coalition co-Chairman Michael P. O’Neil, “
[I]n Massachusetts today, over 90% of the time, a judge will rule that it is in ‘the best interest of the child’ to have his access to one of his parents—usually the child’s father—severely restricted…studies and statistics show the exponential increase in teen pregnancy, suicide, drug usage and school failures that follow these unconscionable court edicts.”Coalition members will also be speaking to the critical need to reform the state’s notorious abuse protection law, MGL 209A, from which thousands of “restraining orders” restricting the civil and human rights are yearly issued, mainly to men. Coalition Spokesman Mark Charalambous and others will be testifying in support of House bill 833, the “209A Reform bill.”
According to Charalambous,
“Legal protections routinely afforded hardened criminals are denied
fathers who are often merely accused of making their estranged wives or
girlfriends afraid, with no accusation of any actual violence at all.”
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Mark Charalambous' shared parenting testimony
Michael O'Neil's shared parenting testimony
Mark Charalambous' 209A reform testimony
Michael O'Neil's 209A reform testimony
CPF News Wire: Index of past CPF press releases
Shared parenting ballot initiative wins overwhelmingly across Massachusetts!
Yes: 85%, No: 15%
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530,716 |
97,211 |
627,927 |
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84.5 % |
15.5% |
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Fathers' groups
hold vigil
They maintain murder, shootings could have been avoided if
courts had been more supportive of dads
Stephen Petersen, Sun Chronicle, Sept. 7, 2007
Children's
Right Initiative Joins Forces with Locals
Sarah Kirchner, The Hometown News, Sept. 13-19, 2007
Cann
tragedy spurs visit from parents' rights group
Cathy Gilbertie Knipper, Norton Mirror, Sept. 13, 2007
Children involved in divorce best served by shared parenting Mark Charalambous, Telegram & Gazette, AS I SEE IT, Dec. 3, 2004
Shared parenting ballot initiative statewide results chart
Valley voters send
legislators message on diverse collection of
ballot questions
John Snyder and Kimberly Ashton, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Nov. 3,
2004
Equal
Access to Children After Divorce
Cathy Young, Boston Globe, Oct 16, 2004
Ballot question
asks voters whether divorced parents should share custody
Adam Gorlick, AP [Boston Globe, Herald, ...] Aug. 25, 2004
Fathers-4-Justice
blaze trail for father's rights
Mark Charalambous, Massachusetts News, July 9, 2004
GOP blueprints
Beacon Hill grab
Michael McAuliffe, The Republican, Mar,. 28, 2004
A
need to right judicial abuses
Letter: Mike Franco, Daily Collegian, Mar. 24, 2004
Holyoke Sun, Apr.1-7; MetroWest Daily News, Apr. 3;
Sunday Telegram, Apr. 4
A case of overreaction
Letter: Steve Basile, Boston Herald, Feb. 25, 2004
'10 most wanted' poster includes 3 from WMass Dan Ring, (Springfield, MA) The Republican, Feb. 24, 2004
Fathers coalition wants Bay State to consider marriage more sacred
Dr.
Warren Farrell's new DVD:
Cindy J. Roth, Metropoint, Feb. 10, 2004
CPF In the News: Pre-1999 Index
Second phase of Fatherhood Coalition's Steve Basile's study of 209A restraining orders in Garner District Court published
The second phase of the study has been published by the Journal of Family Violence, June 2005. The study is available online to subscribers of the Journal, but it is also available for individual purchase.
Issue: Volume 20, Number 3, June 2005
By Steve Basile, Fatherhood Coalition, Milford, Massachusetts
Abstract
Are male victims of domestic violence
provided the same protections as female victims? With increasing
entanglement of custody and domestic violence law, the answer to this
question is critical for fathers embroiled in disputes where allegations are
sometimes made to secure custody of children. All non-impounded requests for
Abuse Prevention Orders initiated in Massachusetts
Gardner District Court, in the year 1997, involving opposite gender
litigants were analyzed to determine if court response to the associated
allegations is affected by the gender of those litigants. These orders were
previously examined and male and female defendants were found similarly
abusive. By studying the characteristics of each case, and overall court
response at court hearings, a determination is made concerning any evident
gender trends in the aggregate court response to requests for protection.
Despite gender-neutral language of abuse prevention law (M.G.L. c. 209A),
application of that law favors female plaintiffs.
Phase 1: The Basile Gardner District Court restraining order study
The first part of the study has been published by the Journal of Family Violence, Issue 1, February 2004. The study is available online to subscribers of the Journal, but is also available for individual purchase.
CLICK HERE FOR INDEX OF ALL GARDNER 209A STUDY-RELATED STORIES
By Steve Basile, Fatherhood Coalition, Milford, Massachusetts
Abstract
Domestic violence is commonly portrayed as something male batterers do to their female victims. Much research excludes study of female-perpetrated violence. This study develops a two-gender measure of abuse as documented by requests for protection. All nonimpounded Abuse Prevention Orders (M.G.L. c. 209A) issued in Massachusetts' Gardner District Court in the year 1997 were analyzed by gender to examine the level and types of violence alleged by plaintiffs. The level and types of violence were categorized and measured by examining Abuse Claimed Checkboxes found on each Complaint for Protection and by applying quantitative scales to affidavits, or plaintiff statements, filed as part of each request for protection. Despite widespread misconceptions that tend to minimize female abuse, examination of these court documents shows that male and female defendants, who were the subject of a complaint in domestic relation cases, while sometimes exhibiting different aggressive tendencies, measured almost equally abusive in terms of the overall level of psychological and physical aggression.
Journal of Family Violence, 19 (1): 59-68, February 2004
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FROM THE READING ROOM
Michael O'Neil's shared parenting testimony, May 17, 05
Mark Charalambous' 209A reform testimony, May 17, 05
Michael O'Neil's 209A reform testimony, May 17, 05
Joint
custody is best for kids
Ned Holstein / Guest Columnist,
Metro West Daily News, Oct. 30, 2004
Feminist
Dogma on Partner Abuse
Cathy Young, Boston Globe, Oct 11, 2004
Has
the impotent father’s rights movement finally found its Viagra in F4J?
Fathers-4-Justice blaze trail
for father’s rights
Mark Charalambous, June 28, 2004
Harvard
researcher hides study data behind university lawyers
Steve Basile challenges latest domestic violence junk-science ‘study’
Mark Charalambous, June 28, 2004
Is
there really a crisis in Fatherhood?
Stephen Baskerville, The Independent
Review, spring, 2004
Massachusetts Chief Justice Marshall's Basis for 'Gay Marriage' a Lie
Zed McLarnon, Mens News Daily,
Mar. 12, 2004
Letter
to the editor:
Judicial
support of same-sex unions a slap in the face to father's rights
Mark Charalambous, Sentinel & Enterprise,
Mar. 6, 2004
Father's
rights
before gay rights
Mark Charalambous, Feb. 27, 2004
Media Bias: Liberal or
conservative?
Mark Charalambous, Family Operations,
Feb. 17, 2004
Shared parenting is best for children of divorce
209A Reform bill (S965 & H833)
209A Reform bill (S965 & H833) showing all updated text
The RECORD
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November 2003
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July 2002 (The Bulletin)
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NOW IT CAN BE TOLD!
Inside a
Battered Women's Support Group
Read Nev Moore's riveting first-person account of how she was forced to accept the role of "domestic violence victim" by going to meetings at "Independence House," a battered womens support group -- because her children were being held hostage by DSS!
Inside a 'Batterers Program' for 'Abused' Women
Women Violating Women
Nev Moore, July 29, 2003
Lundy Bancroft's:
"Battered Mothers, Human Rights & Family Courts"
public forum held June 19, 2003 in Northampton, MA
Fed up with biased, anti-father GALs?
PROTEST GAL Domestic Violence Training
Protest Central
Questions & Answers
How to Write a GAL Report
An Open Letter to GALs
Support Mike Franco's struggle for justice
Read the Mike Franco case file Table of Contents for a complete list of online documents relating to his case.
New Mass. Child Support Guideline
Effective Feb. 15, 2002
Comparison of Child Support Orders under old and new Guidelines
ANALYSIS - NEW MASS CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES
David Weden, III, CFA
(pdf format, requires Adobe Acrobat)
Massachusetts POLICE-STATE domestic violence polices revalidated
"... uncorroborated statements by a victim can constitute probable cause that the crime occuurred."
"...a victim who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or who suffers from mental illness, is not an inherently unreliable witness."
"...it is not unusual for an abuser to display a calm demeanor following a violent assault."
"Dual arrests, like the issuance of mutual restraining orders, are strongly discouraged because they trivialize the seriousness of domestic abuse and increase danger to victims"
Revised October 2001
Domestic Violence Law Enforcement Guidelines
(PDF format, Adobe Acrobat required)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Public Safety
Mass. Child Support Guideline 4-Year Review
- CPF Recommendations
- Recommendation Summary
- Recommendation New Worksheet
-CPF statement on Guideline -- [recommended for talking points]
Jacques Committee GAL Investigation Travesty
Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight
March 2001
Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines:
A Benchmark Analysis
By David B. Weden III, Sept. 2000
Full report
Charts Appendix
(pdf format, requires Adobe Acrobat)
Chronicle
(WCVB TV)
"Out of Order"
Transcript of Feb.17 show
and how to get a copy
Click the flag to learn about CPF's first federal lawsuit against the state's judges...
Complete text of Federal judge's dismissal
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