This paper discusses removal of children, in a perceived emergency. The unwillingness of familycaught “judges” to admit that they have ever made a mistake or an error of judgement, results in bad decisions being difficult to impossible to reverse. It is this rigidity that makes parents extremely fearful of losing a custody hearing in familycaught, […]

I deleted my last post because I don’t know enough to comment on communism. And I was way off the mark. Oh well, these things happen, unfortunately. Gender studies is not my chosen field. But this is interesting. I see a movement like this on websites. So I wondered if others have something to say […]

Bill Ralston of the NZ Herald has written a wonderful article- “Try a new pill for old ills”. For example, take one of my pet hates, the “It’s Not OK” campaign against domestic violence in which a collection of earnest men smugly entreat other men to not give their partners and kids the bash. This […]

A 17-year-old New Zealand girl was arrested this week after falsely claiming that she was dragged off by three youths and sexually assaulted at knife point, The Rotorua Daily Post reported. (“Calls for help, not charges,” January 8, 2009.) The news report explained that this was the second alleged false sexual assault claim local police […]

In making her recent ruling, the judge referred to a 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision that said if someone acts as a parent and provides support for a child during a marriage, they are obliged to continue that financial support after separation or divorce — even if the child is not biologically theirs. “While […]

If you believe that children should have the right to family please sign this petition. If you believe that it is wrong for a mother or father to have the right stop relations between children and their loving grandparents, please sign the petition. All over the western world families are being destroyed and all over […]

‘… if we all hold hands and walk together we can move mountains.’ This is Diane Vivian’s inspiring story of how she came to create the organisation Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. It all began for me in 1997 when we had two foster grandchildren unexpectedly arrive on our doorstep. We took them in and the journey […]

Two different articles that speak volumes about how  society views Fatherhood. Helping boys turn into good men (Dompost) Every Saturday, Allan Johnson and Nathan meet up and do guy stuff: they build steps, drive go-karts, go fishing. And they talk. Who Impregnated the justice chief?  (B3 The Dominion Post, Wed, Jan, 7,2009) It’s all France wants […]

Mike Wilding has been protesting outside Mr. John Key’s house in Parnell, complaining about excessive time delays in the family court, delaying and preventing his children from seeing him, for two years now. Mike Wilding has passed his complaint on to Simon Powers Minister for Justice, who has agreed to look into time delays in […]