krp wrote:

> "MCP"  wrote in message 
> news:sOR1e.18427$4%3.4650{at}fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
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>>http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct-xgr--capitolfocus0327mar27,0,1876532.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut
>>
>>By NOREEN GILLESPIE
>>Associated Press Writer
>>
>>March 27, 2005, 4:01 PM EST
>>
>>HARTFORD, Conn. -- Christopher Kennedy's divorce taught him an unwanted
>>lesson: When fighting for their children, divorced dads have to be their 
>>own
>>advocates in court.
>>
>>For Kennedy, that hasn't been easy.
>>Kennedy, of Ellington, lost custody of his three children last year after 
>>a
>>contentious divorce. The engineer is appealing two restraining orders
>>barring him from seeing his kids and mostly blames the court system for 
>>his
>>plight.
>>
>>"They will not enforce a father's motion, and they will do
everything they
>>can to rule in favor of mothers," he said. "You would
honestly have to sit
>>through a hearing to believe it yourself."
>>
>>Now he and other divorced dads are taking issue with the state's laws and
>>court system, claiming that they are biased toward mothers in custody
>>disputes. The fathers back a bill before the General Assembly that 
>>promotes
>>shared parenting, which encourages judges to have children of broken
>>families split roughly equal time with both parents, unless one parent is
>>deemed to be unfit.
>>
>>"The court situation really is modeled on criminal situations where 
>>there's
>>a right and a wrong, and a winner and a loser. And I think that's the 
>>exact
>>wrong way to handle it," said John M. Clapp, chairman of the Shared
>>Parenting Council of Connecticut.
>>
>>Under current state law, joint legal custody is awarded only if parents
>>agree. But arrangements for children spending time with both parents can
>>vary greatly depending on family circumstances. Backers of the bill say 
>>the
>>system doesn't encourage co-parenting because children often live with one
>>parent and visit the other.
>>
>>But as lawmakers begin to assess the state's custody laws, they enter 
>>rough
>>terrain. What works for one family will not necessarily work for another,
>>making it difficult to impose unilateral change.
>>
>>Rep. Michael Lawlor, D-East Haven, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, 
>>said
>>a group of lawmakers will study the issue more carefully.
>>
>>"The vast majority of the time, one of the two parents is going to get
>>physical custody. The vast majority of the time it is going to be the 
>>parent
>>that stays in the family home. The vast majority of the time that is going
>>to be the mother," Lawlor said. "How you change that,
what law you can do 
>>to
>>change that, I'm not exactly sure."
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> I am  sure - -- mandate EQUAL parenting!
> 
No. Mandate men only win for a century and block 
the bitches from seeing their children while 
requiring the cows to pay, pay, pay.

Just put them in the position men are in and 
they will soon squeal.

D.

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