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Today, the Sunday Star in its article “Splintered Kids” wrote “…Desperate for help, Lucy’s parents approached Jill Goldson, an Auckland Family Court counsellor who was involving children in separation counselling for a research project funded by the Families Commission … On average, children attended two counselling sessions and Goldson says in every case, the intervention eased communication and reduced conflict … The research findings are being included in a submission to the Family Matters Bill to be considered at the end of the month …”

Yeah, right. Feminism and other politically-correct ideologies promote discontent in couples, label normal conflictual behaviour as unacceptable “violence” and encourage parents to prioritize their own quest for better sex and “happiness” ahead of the continuation of their families. Many laws (e.g. marriage laws, matrimonial property laws) based on such ideologies encourage people to view their families as readily disposable. The government funds the DV industry including a Wimmin’s Refuge that arbitrarily pressures every client to break up her family, without checking on the veracity of her claims, regardless of the real circumstances that led her to approach the Refuge, and with callous disregard for the impact on children from such family trashing. The government provides a no-fault, DPB open-chequebook to encourage mothers to dispose of their husbands thereby depriving children of the security and identity of biological family units. The Family Court system, its empowering legislation and its lawyer beneficiaries operate in ways that almost always increase acrimony and reduce goodwill between separated parents. Then, while the government wields havoc on families in all these ways and more, it graciously funds a pilot programme to “ease the pain” of children whose parents separate. And of course the pilot programme is done by a female prepared to spread the requisite dishonesty that “children cope ok with separation as long as there isn’t too much acrimony between the parents”. And this same person who provides the intervention programme also evaluates that programme, and surprise, surprise, she finds the intervention programme to be very effective! Hey, great, all our children’s problems will now be solved.

Upon arrival� home from work yesterday , disturbing correspondence from Crown Law was in my in-box summarised by the following;

The Crown Counsel has had dialogue and� proposed� that� the Commissioner lodge a Case Stated Appeal to enable the progression� of the Court Orders� by Judge Rogers,� � which directe a� High Court referral creating precedence to address Family Court Jurisdiction and� � a question of Just & Equitibility paying Child Suppport when said children had been abducted.

The Commisioner has refused to do so, therefore� Crown Law albeit stumped now� advise� me, that perhaps I have to do the leg work and file in the High Court to have these questions asked.

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My following reply yesterday was to Peter Dunn-Minister of Revenue, Mark Burton-Minister of Justice & Rick Barker - Minister for Courts with strategic CC’s.� �

Dear Sirs,

Perhaps collectively you may address this situation as it falls within the portfolios that you hold within Office serving the public.

Mr Dunne as� Minister for Revenue which� I believe encompasses� Inland Revenue needs to explain the position,� why the Commissioner of Inland Revenue in not wishing to be a party to any originating application when he is the Second respondent in the original application and would further the resolution of this matter?

Mr Burton / Barker� need to address the matter of the Court Orders made by Judge Rogers on 29th� June 2007 directing the proceedings to High the Court for an opinion on two questions of Law utilizing section 30 Family Courts Act 1980 as to why this still has not eventuated?

It is rather irksome that highly paid public servants have not performed in their civic duties and this matter is still ongoing.

If I had given financial assistance to a child abductor the systemic response would have been swift and I would now be incarcerated perhaps, awaiting approval for home detention.

Expediency is now demanded.

Yours Faithfully

Paul Catton�

Mr Dunn has responded by stating he has passed it on to the Commissioner to address personally and Mr Burton has also responded by stating that Mr Barker will give a substantive� response.

I will keep you informed of the squirming, sliding, buck shoving� by the overly paid Systemic agents as this hot potatoe is thrown about.

As an aside, it appears Labour Weekend (tongue in cheek) will be the best opportunity to host the Third Anniversary of my being an MRA with an open invitation to a sumptuous feasting for all supportive� of MRA� who can manage attendance in Auckland.

The weather will direct confirmation of� the selected� venue (Western Springs and the Zoo) and the event happening.

This is being co-ordinated on the back of the East Auckland Refuge for Men and Families (09) 940 6236

Again this event will be fully catered so all you need to bring is yourself (and partner), your progeny, and your personal choice of imbibing fluid.

Any correspondence regarding the Anniversary Celebration should be directed off-line to paulcat@woosh.co.nz or phone the East Auckland Refuge for Men and Families 940 6236�

It is depressing that the All Blacks have lost to France and many New Zealanders are feeling the ‘down feelings’ today. Funny to hear Psychologists and Psychiatrists coming forward to help NZ deal with the pain and give us advice on how to cope with this loss. It is all over the radios. The best advice given is for us to watch the rest of the championship, says one specialist.

If we are not already in pain; we have once again the Women’s Refuge Advocates and counsellors spinning the crap that the refuge hotline, police and the refuges have to deal with an increase of clients because men beat their wives and children because of the loss.

Since I had a day of relaxation and was a bit bored, I thought I would look more into this. And I have to say the news and discussion picked me up.

It’s a fact. The refuges do not get an increase of women because of the game nor any major game like this. There has been a few whispers over the years since this information was fed to the public but it is false. Not only does the refuges and refuge hotline not receive extra influx of women in turmoil but the police do not deal with extra call outs either for Domestic Violence.

I am awaiting a phone call to obtain the stats for these times of the year which are available to ALL groups. So I will be able to look at the trends. I did however hear that the rugby season is an increase but then there may be other explanations for that like ‘winter’. Yet, I did hear some males get nasty when drinking with their mates after a match they lost as a player.

But on another note. It was interesting to hear the disappointment from refuges about money. There seems to be corruption at the top. The money is not going to the refuges and they are struggling and even if they are given more money from the Government it will still not go to them. There are feminists who are ripping off their own movement. And the refuges are just simply being used and abused by the feminists who are cashing in. But what a neat day to spend with feminists. I hope they enjoy my website. hehehe

Oh and on another note. The women’s refuges are supportive of men’s refuges.

A Bay of Plenty woman has been found not guilty of murder, but guilty of the manslaughter, of her violent husband.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=124&objectid=10468196

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Interesting to see how it is reported. Obviously the self defence claim was not upheld, as she was found guilty of manslaughter - but it doesn’t really come across like that…

Here’s an interesting article from someone appointed to the board of the “National Organization of Women”. Note the blatant bias and hypocrisy…

The New York Times coverage led to the Today Show. During my years speaking from the feminist perspective, I was three times a guest on the Today Show. Once I began articulating men’s perspectives, I was never invited back. I was beginning to notice a pattern!

Phil Donahue had apparently seen me on the Today Show and in The New York Times and extended an invitation. When we met, we hit it off. He immediately invited his first wife (Marjorie) to meet me and dine together. When he and Marjorie ran into conflicts, he would call me for advice. After each show, he took me to the airport himself. On the seventh show, though, something happened. I began to add men’s perspectives. Suddenly, I was not invited back for years.

When Why Men Are The Way They Are was published, I was eventually invited for an eighth show. But articulating men’s perspectives, even in balance with women’s, led to another six year hiatus. When The Myth of Male Power came out, although it was from the male perspective, it was so much up Donahue’s line of relationships and politics that three producers were vying to be the one to produce the show. I was scheduled, with a firm date. The producers convinced my agent to book me as an exclusive on Donahue. As a result, queries to all other American talk shows were dropped. Then something happened….
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Recent changes to the Child Support Tax Act gave the Tax woman the legal mechanism to initiate an administrative reviews against parents.

The Tax woman calls them Commissioner Initiated Administrative Reviews abbreviated to C.I.A.R (Pronounced Csar like the autocrat) .

First you will receive a letter like this.

Dear Mr XXXX,

COMMISSIONER INITIATED ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW - REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION

IRD NUMBER:
CIAR CASE NUMBER:
I write to advise that your case has been selected for a possible Commissioner Initiated Administrative Review (CIAR).

A recent change to the law allows us to initiate such a review if after reviewing a paying parent’s financial position, we consider the child support they have been assessed to pay,does not reflect their ability to provide financial support for their children. (more…)

I have heard 5 customers of the familycaught complain about evidence ambush in familycaught, when fresh evidence was introduced verbally at a hearing, without being previously introduced in affidavits (that were served on all parties prior to the hearing).

I have given the name “evidence ambush”, as each of the people that complained used different descriptions for this legal strategy. Having a name, allows different people’s experiences to be linked together, for what is one legal strategy.

The most important issue should be - has this family and it’s relationships been protected?
It is only through protecting integrity and honesty - to foster a supportive, constructive relationship between the parents, that the children can be given the best life by their parents.

I will not discuss “Agenda Ambush” at this time, this is an entire topic in itself and it is covered by different familycaught rules.

Some people fumed silently in anger, some protested to the judge, one lawyer protested to the judge but his objection was simply ignored by the “judge”. One other customer admitted that s/he had accidentally successfully used evidence ambush against CYFs, without realising at the time what s/he was doing. The CYFs lawyer protested vehemently, but was overruled by the “judge”.

With respect to natural justice, it would generally be fair and reasonable to either adjourn the hearing for sufficient time to allow the other party to understand the issues and obtain any relevant evidence to rebut, or to order that the hearing continue, without the ambush evidence being admitted.

A similar situation is when one party forgets to attend a hearing. usually the hearing will be adjourned, so that all affected parties can be in attendance.

Why then did the “judge” take the different course of admitting the ambush evidence from one party, after the other party had laid their cards on the table in affidavits served prior to the hearing and requiring the hearing to continue without any time adjournment at all?
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An alert reader has noticed that we should be publicising this important piece of upcoming legislation. Thanks for the heads-up Mike.

Download the proposed Family Courts Matters Bill here. [1297 Kb pdf]

Submissions to the Social Services Select Committee on this bill are due on 29th October.

The Parliamentary debate at the introduction of this bill makes it clear that there is substantial cross-party support, indicating that it will certainly pass in some form or another.

Judith Collins (National), who has practiced in the Family Court, does a pretty good job of demonstrating how intervention by lawyers - expert at manipulation of the system - works against the best interests of children - which is to have parents who co-operate. (more…)

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