- The New Yorker explores the history of online dating. Personally, I'm more interested in the future.
- In case you didn't know, coupons are tacky on a date. Women think it's romantic when you throw money away.
- Definitely read this very thorough discussion of the many problems with child support calculations. Then read my analysis again.
- The majority of Canadians now support legalized prostitution. Oh sure.
- Hopefully you'll never need any of the five legal documents that can protect you in a relationship.
- Most New Zealanders favor child support overhaul.
- Good for Malaysia Airlines, banning babies First Class.
- It turns out the success of female politicians might have a lot to do with nepotism.
- Here are some good tips on how to be a better liar.
Showing posts with label child custody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child custody. Show all posts
July 9, 2011
Weekend reading
July 5, 2011
Our American legal system
If you think our legal system is fair to men, I suggest you read this horror story from the LA Times about a man who was falsely accused by his ex-girlfriend of a brutal sexual assault. In an attempt to separate this loving father from their 5 year old son, the woman staged an elaborate farce to make it look like he violently beat and raped her.
On nothing more than a woman’s word, and external physical damage that she apparently inflicted upon herself and her home, the man was arrested, stripped naked, and held in a solitary jail cell for 83 days without bail. When the case was finally dropped, he emerged to a destroyed reputation and continued harassment by the woman in the form of a restraining order application.
All told, the woman succeeded in preventing him from seeing his son for 8 months. But despite the obvious fact this woman deliberately lied, she was never charged of a crime and was able to maintain partial custody of her son.
Here are some highlights:
On nothing more than a woman’s word, and external physical damage that she apparently inflicted upon herself and her home, the man was arrested, stripped naked, and held in a solitary jail cell for 83 days without bail. When the case was finally dropped, he emerged to a destroyed reputation and continued harassment by the woman in the form of a restraining order application.
All told, the woman succeeded in preventing him from seeing his son for 8 months. But despite the obvious fact this woman deliberately lied, she was never charged of a crime and was able to maintain partial custody of her son.
Here are some highlights:
June 15, 2011
The cost of raising a child vs child support
You may have heard, it costs a lot to raise a child. A recently released report by the USDA estimates that it will cost an average of $287K to raise a child born in 2010. But as others have pointed out, the study comes up short by two measures.
First, it’s based on out of pocket expenditures, so it doesn’t include opportunity costs such as career deferral, etc. Second, it’s based on what people actually spend, not what they need to spend on raising a child.
I’d say lost income trumps the fact that some people may overindulge their children, so if anything the study's results are probably an underestimation. But let’s assume for a moment that it’s any accurate accounting of the current cost of child rearing in America. Exactly how much does it cost to raise a child these days? And what does it tell us about something else we care about... child support?
First, it’s based on out of pocket expenditures, so it doesn’t include opportunity costs such as career deferral, etc. Second, it’s based on what people actually spend, not what they need to spend on raising a child.
I’d say lost income trumps the fact that some people may overindulge their children, so if anything the study's results are probably an underestimation. But let’s assume for a moment that it’s any accurate accounting of the current cost of child rearing in America. Exactly how much does it cost to raise a child these days? And what does it tell us about something else we care about... child support?
June 14, 2011
See this film
Our family courts are heavily biased in favor of women, often assuming that all men are deadbeats or criminals. Not only does this problem rob fathers and children of cherished time together, it has wider consequences for society as a whole.
Watch the trailer below. The film “shines as a beacon of hope for those parents and children caught up in the nightmare world of family court and child support agencies.”
For tens of millions children, and their fathers, a national dialogue on the most pressing issue our society faces today can't come soon enough.That’s from the press release for a new documentary film, Guilty Until Proven Innocent which explores child custody from the perspective of normal, stand up guys who've been shafted by our legal system.
Watch the trailer below. The film “shines as a beacon of hope for those parents and children caught up in the nightmare world of family court and child support agencies.”
Your online hijinks can and will be held against you
I’ve written about the crazy stuff that happens on Facebook] before. And we all know the stories of politicians done in by indiscreet e-behavior. But most of us aren't important enough to have anyone care about one or two misguided tweets... unless we’re married.
More and more, lawyers are combing the internet for evidence to use in divorce and child custody cases. That’s right, the stuff you post online might find its way into the body of evidence in family court.
In one child custody case, a woman’s lawyers used “a YouTube video of her former spouse partying on a 60-foot yacht in the Bahamas with multiple women” to persuade the judge that he was a bad parent.
In another example...
More and more, lawyers are combing the internet for evidence to use in divorce and child custody cases. That’s right, the stuff you post online might find its way into the body of evidence in family court.
In one child custody case, a woman’s lawyers used “a YouTube video of her former spouse partying on a 60-foot yacht in the Bahamas with multiple women” to persuade the judge that he was a bad parent.
In another example...
Chicago divorce attorney Dean Dussias had a client who was concerned his wife was cheating on him with someone over the Internet. After conducting searches and finding alias names in emails, Dussias discovered she was performing sexual acts and streaming the video on the Web for money.Awesome. But if that doesn't make you cringe at the prospect of divorce proceedings, check out this even wilder story...
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