When I was younger and had never seen the inside of a caughtroom, I thought legislation guided judges, in rather clearly defined manner. Having seen several caught cases proceed, I eventually came to the conclusion that more often than not, Parliament and legislation is several years behind changes in judge’s behaviour. Tail wagging the dog? […]

This is Steve Taylor’s Press Release [about Judge Boshier and the latest Family Court Reforms] …… The percentages he quoted are from the Govt’s own report into the Family Court apparently.

History of Child [and Spousal] Support The best concise record of the history that I have seen, is by Barry Pearson in UK. While his website is available, it is quicker and easier to read Barry Pearson’s website. The headings of the two articles below, take you to the source website. As his website might […]

Support? System Down is a documentary film that covers the everyday issues of stress, family, struggle and suffering that families experience when put through the detrimental, winding manoeuvres of the family court systems, which are flooded with more cases than the labour force can handle or chooses not to handle. Finally, a shocking documentary that […]

Hi fathers, Since December 2008, some of you will have read about the then Deputy Chief of the NSW Fire Brigade who was searching the world for his the 3 yo son, abducted from Australia by his wife. Against all odds, he succeeded, after a cycle crusade conducted over 6500kms around Europe. After more than […]

It can be educational, to lift one well known and understood story, change the names to something else (a less well known story) and then see if the newly developed story has any ring of truth in it? This can be an unfair and abusive technique? It can also give some insight into the less […]

New appointment to Law Commission Think how much damage he can do here 🙁

With the familycaught$ heading into a period of extreme change, there may be an increase in manipulation and perjury. Entitlement leads to immunity from other people’s rules. This is a dangerous disease, so try to be careful not to catch it yourself. As Machiavelli said, time is the greatest innovator. When the invisible rules of […]

What is the world coming to? Mainstream media finally saying something sensible about the Family Court! Herald on Sunday editorial: Family Court not for revenge Groups representing fathers have long claimed, with some plausibility, that the Family Court process routinely holds fathers’ rights as less important than mothers’, for example by granting orders ex parte […]

It is not just the familycaught$ that has serious value for money problems. As the familycaught$ is now charging daily court costs, users need to be much more careful about what they are taking on, when the initiate or defend any action in familycaught$. 51 plumbing jolts leave couple battling for compo A Bay of […]

It is scary, how men and women can be warned about some hazard, for example the familycaught$, yet they will sail on into it with a high degree of trust. Sure, the Government advertises the quality and fit-for-purpose of the familycaught$, despite the steady stream of complaints that they receive and ignore about it. This […]

I recommend careful attention to two issues, when helping people dealing with familycaught$ (or CYFs). 1. Mental Health 2. Parenting Skills

Scandal of ‘unqualified’ experts who advise our family courts: Decisions about the care of thousands of children routinely flawed By KATHERINE FAULKNER PUBLISHED: 01:48 GMT, 13 March 2012 | UPDATED: 09:31 GMT, 13 March 2012 Life-changing decisions about the care of thousands of children are routinely being made on flawed evidence from poorly qualified “experts’ […]

The 7th June edition of The Court Report on TV7 featured an interview with Anthony Mahon, co-author of the Law Society’s submission on the current Family Court review, and Deborah Hart, executive director of the Arbitrators & Mediators Institute. They were discussing the recent 70% increase in costs of running the Family Court, with no […]

Severe sanctions considered for abusive parents NewstalkZB | 12:39pm Wed 06 Jun 2012 Forced sterilisation is off the table, but the Government is considering severe sanctions for people who have babies after committing serious crimes such as murder or abuse of children. Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has been forced to defend herself after last […]

The Family Court is about to introduce fees.

In Hamilton a 45 year old has been convicted of sexual conduct with a person under 16. The inebriated 45 year old undressed the protesting child and had sex with them. Although the sex was non-consensual the charge of sexual violation wasn’t laid. The offender was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment converted to 11 months […]

Can’t imagine a man being treated like this by a Judge. Find woman not guilty, jury told

Developments in behavioural research in the last 40 years should have long ago swept away the old ignorant prejudices, that substitute for valuable decision making in familycaught$. The familycaught$ is largely backward looking, in attempting to decide cases by fitting them to preceding cases, rather than deciding cases according to the facts of the case […]

A campaign ‘Kill the Family Court’ is an initiative of the Ministry of Men’s Affairs. Protests are planned outside successive Family Courts on Fridays during June and July between 11am and 2pm. The Ministry of Men’s Affairs believes that the Family Court under its empowering legislation kills numerous men, women and children by ruining family […]

Women’s and Children’s lives Saved by Domestic Violence Act: Graham Barnes visits NZ speaks about Coordination Effective Coordinated Community Responses (CCR) to Domestic Violence New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse SpeakOutLoud about psychological abuse If the Act isn’t saving any lives, then why are we carrying on with it? This analysis does not include any men’s […]

EVIDENCE Now 23, Young Woman Says She Made Up Testimony That Put Her Dad in Prison in 2002 Posted Apr 2, 2012 5:40 PM CDT By Martha Neil Cassandra Ann Kennedy was 11 years old in 2001, when, she now says, she made up a story that put her father in a Washington state prison […]

Conflict of Interest can be a touchy subject, but it is very important that we keep in mind the consequences, or potential consequences. Resignation Announced NICK SMITH: “I have made not one error of judgement but two in dealing with a conflict of interest.” Embattled MP Nick Smith has resigned all of his Cabinet portfolios. […]

Parenting training is often seen as an insult. This is unfortunate, as parenting skills are vitally important to the welfare of our children. Good parenting skills would also help negotiating skills, which alas may also be useful in making the best from being forced to separate. Parenting skills help with negotiating, which can also help […]

http://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/joanna-moss-how-financial-crisis-might.html SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012 Joanna Moss: How A Financial Crisis Might Turn Into Much Needed Reforms Labels: Family Court, family policy, Joanna Moss The financial blow-out in the Family Court could be a blessing in disguise if the crisis is put to good use in terms of understanding the wider system and bringing in […]