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What is in a name?  The Court of Appeals ruled that a father is neither entitled to have the child named after him once paternity is established, and that the judge was wrong by trying to come to a compromise situation using a hyphenated name.

 

 

Allomore v. Allomore is a case that sheds a great deal of light on removal (i.e., moving away with the child) WITHIN Massachusetts, the difference between removal when there is SOLE custody versus removal when there is JOINT custody, and the role of "new lease on life" when a custodial parent seeks to remove the child from a non-custodial parent.

 

We asked the candidates for Berkshire 2nd District to answer questions regarding shared parenting. Here are the responses from Noreen Suriner, Democratic candidate.

 

 

 

An Essay by Rinaldo Del Gallo.  Why did the National Organization of Women lie about not being protected by the Equal Protection Clause?

Here is a press release sent to media.

 

The Springfield Republican on Richard Rodriguez.

 

- More than two years after his then-5-year-old son disappeared from his home, a Pittsfield man is hoping to be reunited with the boy today -- in Kansas.

 

Links to television news stories. First story has a video link.

 

We will provide you information as it comes.

 

 

By Rinaldo Del Gallo. A column that appeared in the Pittsfield Gazette about the libel law concerning Sheriff Massimiano.  No opinion on the merits of the case is expressed.

 

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III.  This an essay that argues that the psychotherapist privilege affords far too little protection in Massachusetts, especially in family law cases.

 

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III.  As appeared in the Berkshire Eagle May 15, 2010.  "Few know the story of how the Preakness was named."

 

 

By Rinaldo Del Gallo. Published in the Berkshire Eagle.  Del Gallo writes about the business method exception to patent eligible subject matter in patent law.

 

Local lawyer sues the Department of Children and Familes--involves Berkshire County DCF, and local law enforcement.

 

Del Gallo essay in North Adams Transcript on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a case involving political speech and corporations.  This column also appeared in the February 8, 2010 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.

 

In this January 15, 2009 letter to the Berkshire Eagle, the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition endorsed Scott Brown.

 

The Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition explains why they supported Scott Brown.

 

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III. This article went as "A better bet than cultural amenities" in the Berkshire Eagle, and as "Arts and tourism: A recipe for failure" in the North Adams Transcript. There were slight differences in the two columns as they were edited for space. Both columns ran on Wednesday, October 14, 2009.

 

 

It was our 9th appearance in the parade and Fathers4Justice joined us. It was great!

Column by Del Gallo in September 24, 2009  Pittsfield Gazette.  "In a free market, the only thing that affects price is the ratio of supply to demand. (Demand being defined as willingness to consume coupled with purchasing power.) Less supply necessarily means higher prices, which means less affordable housing. And less supply is what was being advocated. " 

 

 Column by Del Gallo in September 23, 2009 Berkshire Eagle concerning the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority (PEDA). PEDA is in charge of taking the former General Electric brownfield site and turning it into an industrial/research park.

 

 

BERKSHIRE EAGLE: A Dalton husband and wife are suing the town and the state Department of Children and Families, claiming they were victims of a "witchhunt" that resulted in his arrest and her having to flee the country with their three children.

 

A RADAR action alert.  Just about everyone knows men can be victims of domestic violence:

 

This is a Berkshire Eagle Story about the kidnapping of Richard Rodriquez Jr. by his mother. 

Crespo vs. Crespo – the case that gave new hope to anyone who was ever hit with an unwarranted domestic violence restraining order - was back in the spotlight as the New Jersey Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision that vacated a final restraining order (FRO) against defendant Anibal Crespo.

 

A Berkshire Eagle essay by Rinaldo Del Gallo on the need for the Wind Energy Siting Reform Act.  Quite literally, local regulation and NIMBY groups such as "Green" Berkshires and the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound are making it nearly impossible to find suitable locations for wind turbines.

 

An essay by Rinaldo Del Gallo.  It appeared in the North Adams Transcript as "Father's Day Pop Quiz," and in the Berkshire Eagle as "Father's Day Quiz." It ran Father's Day 2009.

 

This is a column about a lesson I learned from my father.  It happened in 1978 when I attended the Travers (a famous horse race) at Saratoga.  The column ran in the Saratogian (the daily newspaper of Saratoga) on Father’s Day 2009 (June 29, 2009).  It also ran in the Life section of the Albany Times the week  before the Travers 2009 edition (the 140^th running of the race)(as “1978 Travers lesson last a lifetime for young fan”), and ran the day of the Travers in the Berkshire Eagle as “A life lesson at the Travers”.

 

This essay by Rinaldo Del Gallo ran as "No defense for this trial" in the Thursday, June 11, 2009 Berkshire Eagle and "Failing miserably on an ethical obligation " also on June 11th in the North Adams Transcript. It concerns Berkshire County (Massachusetts) District Attorney Capeless' decision to contest the motion for a new trial by Bernard Baran.

 

Column by Rinaldo Del Gallo, III. Pittsfield Gazette, May 28, 2009.

An essay by Rinaldo Del Gallo, III, about the recent Arizona v. Grant decision, which limits what is admissible regarding police searches of automobiles and no longer gives them free reign to ignore the 4th Amendment.  Published in the Berkshire Eagle April 29, 2009.

Letter to Editor of Berkshire Eagle on recently passed ordinance on animal rights.

Del Gallo in the Pittsfield Gazette.

Berkshire Eagle Story regarding the Del Gallo's lost First Amendment case against 1rst Circuit. It was a front-page story, A-Section, top of the page.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III. Berkshire Eagle.  "Recently, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue issued its '10 Most Wanted' for fathers delinquent in child support arrears who cannot be found. How can a man end up in such a situation?" This essay discusses the issues men face in child support cases."

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III.    This is an essay that began when Rinaldo Del Gallo wanted to determine why VAWA was in the stimulus package. "These are desperate times with an economy on the brink of collapse. The stimulus package ought to have been spent only on projects that will lead to 'new jobs, new industries and a renewed ability to compete,' not 'little porky amendments.'"

Seattle Times.

An essay by Rinaldo Del Gallo. I will warn you that this is a longer piece than I usually write and is not suitable in length for newspaper columns. It may take you fifteen or twenty minutes to read it, rather than the usual three. But I offer this for your investment of time: you will learn many things about our economy and the plans for its recovery that you might not know and may be surprised to learn, if not in some instances be outright shocked.

 

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An essay by Rinaldo Del Gallo III in The North Adams Transcript. "As deviance has been defined downward, recent films have glorified adultery as romantic and living life to its fullest -- well, at least when women do it."

A column by Rinaldo Del Gallo, III published in the Berkshire Eagle. Del Gallo writes about the lawsuit instituted by Fathers and Families regarding the recent child support guidelines.

Smith College graduate student looking for divorced or separated dads whose kid(s) live part of the time with him for study.

Brooklyn College author and professor, Tanni Haas, is looking for fathers of all ages and backgrounds to share their favorite "Daddy Moments" - situations where they learned something significant about what one should or should not do as a dad.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III.  In January 8, 2009 Pittsfield Gazette.

An essay by Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, III published in the Worchester Telegram and Gazette. "The act triggering a restraining order is supposed to be something close to an assault by one party against the other, not generalized tension between the parties."

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III. Pittsfield Gazette. The text of Rinaldo Del Gallo's animal rights ordinance is included, as well as the city council votes.

Attorney Del Gallo explains when can the custodial parent remove the child from Massachusetts against the wishes of the non-custodial father?

A Pickerington couple and their son are fighting for custody of a baby born to a Lancaster woman charged with having unlawful sex with the boy, who was 15 at the time of conception.

All domestic violence is characterized by secrecy. Because it takes place in the home, it is difficult to study through the usual research methods - especially since it is a source of shame and denial for the people involved. For this reason, perhaps abuse against men is even more effectively hidden than violence against women.

Father's Rights Activist Terri Stoddard misrepresented by shared parenting opponents.

North Dakota shared parenting petition not submitted due to lack of signatures.

Interview with Matt O'Connor, founder of Fathers4Justice:

Some persons find it incomprehensible that a woman would maim or murder her husband or boyfriend.  That thought may have crossed the minds of the persons who watched in horror as Debi Olson repeatedly stabbed her ex-husband, Mauricio Droguett at a Des Moines, Iowa shopping mall.

He managed to bring thousands of cars to a screaming halt while dangling in mid-air yesterday (in Britain). But it's unlikely that this Batman will be thanked for his efforts.

Britain: A FATHER-of-three, who dressed as Batman and scaled a judge's house to mark the one year anniversary of being separated from his children, said he has achieved his objective.

Shared parenting in New Zealand.

The 44-year-old divorced Middletown father recently joined five separated Michigan fathers in a 758-mile bike ride across several states for the 2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek. Their goal is to promote the fight for shared parenting between two fit parents.

The formula [in Australia] by which child support payments are calculated has been changed - leading to a small net gain to those parents who must pay.

Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition spokesperson Rinaldo Del Gallo is quoted in this Berkshire Eagle story about Governor Deval Patrick’s Town Meeting in Great Barrington.

Governor Deval Patrick Answers Questions from Fathers at Great Barrington Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, August 5, 2007, at gazebo behind Town Hall.   Photos are included.

By Carey Roberts.

"The number of judges permanently assigned to the Family Court has been frozen at 47 since 1991. This year, Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye asked the Legislature to create 39 new Family Court judgeships, but the bill died."

By Carey Roberts. It's bad enough for the ABA to traffic in a series of pusillanimous lies. But to then claim your lies are actually debunking someone else's lies - that's a propaganda technique of the highest order.

"One must ask if the Family Court of Australia, which repeatedly proclaims that it acts only in 'the best interests of the child' cannot get it right with regards to its "experts", to effective child protection and the psychiatry of child abuse and neglect, what is really happening in this country to our children behind closed doors, courtesy of the secrecy of section 121 of the Family Law Act."

by Mike McCormick and Glenn Sacks.

imes of India - India. (In 2005, the Times of India newspaper reported that [with a circulation of over 2.4 million] it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations as the world's largest selling English broadsheet newspaper.

Much has been said recently on the domestic violence ruling in the Crespo v. Crespo case, where the New Jersey domestic violence laws were found unconstitutional. Hudson County Superior Court Judge Francis B. Schultz should be considered an American hero.

Today on RCP, Heather Wilhelm reviews Kathleen Parker's new book, "Save the Males." Wilhelm also conducted a brief Q&A with Parker, which follows:

Book Review of Kathleen Parker's Save the Males

Book Review of Kathleen Parker's Save the Males

Independent - London,England,UK.  "Men will soon be given the right to ask for more leave to look after their children. About time too, says Virginia Ironside"

Deval Patrick has nominated Associate Justice Angela M. Ordonez to the Norfolk Probate and Family Court to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge David H. Kopelman.

Deval Patrick has nominated Associate Justice Angela M. Ordonez to the Norfolk Probate and Family Court to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge David H. Kopelman.

Deval Patrick has nominated Associate Justice Angela M. Ordonez to the Norfolk Probate and Family Court to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge David H. Kopelman.

Bromley Times - London,England,UK

By Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, III. "Would there ever be a problem that affects women 85% of the time that would not be cast in terms of a gender specific problem?"  This article appeared in the North Adams Transcript and Berkshire Eagle.

By MIKE MCCORMICK and GLENN SACKS • For the Courier-Post • July 19, 2008 (Reaction to New Jersey case)

Interview with Kathleen Parker, Washington Post Writer, about her book, “Save the Males.”  

By Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, III

 

By Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, III

By Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, III

By Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, III

Minor, Adoption, Custody, Visitation rights. Adoption, Dispensing with parent's consent, Visitation rights. Parent and Child, Dispensing with parent's consent to adoption. Evidence, Child custody proceeding. Practice, Civil, Findings by judge.

By Carey Roberts. "At the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the Ladies of the Left penned a manifesto called 'Reproductive Health Services and Intimate Partner Violence.' This document sheds crocodile tears over the fact that 'violence and reproductive health often remain distinct, despite the framing of both issues as essential components of women's human rights.'

This e-mail went out to 100,00 people. First passed in 1994, the "Violence Against Women Act" has failed to live up to expectations.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III.

"Need a song for a special dad?  For a dad’s birthday? For Father’s Day?  For the daughter-dad dance at a wedding? Consider this list of the top 36 songs about fathers."

A Letter to the Editor of the Berkshire Eagle by Timothy Decker. "The overwhelming majority of fathers that lose custody in family court do not have "problems" other than a court that will not let them share in the parenting."

Sunday News - Zimbabwe. "So ladies, 'let the children come unto their fathers, for to fathers, do the children (also) belong'"

Whales: Like one in six men, Patrick Jones was beaten by his female partner. While most men stay silent, he has written a play on the subject. He tells Abbie Wightwick why there's no need to suffer in silence

Revelations by men of physical abuse by their wives or girlfriends are big ego deflators. Add paroxysms of laughter by close friends to the mix and the entire macho man image is busted.

NAIROBI, Oct 30 (IPS) - For the first time, Kenyan men are admitting that they are at the receiving end of domestic violence.

"The total 'wake up call' is the promotion of father-less-ness in our great land and the effects it is having on society and the never ending cycle of young girls having babies and raising them without dads, as probably the children of Gloucester will be."

Newsweek online blast Parental Alienation Syndrome. Its posted as news.  We posted it as commentary.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III in Gloucester Daily Times.

Attorney Vernoica Fenton replies with a letter to the editor for Rinaldo Del Gallo's column.

By Christina Hoff Sommers

Boston Globe Letter to the Editor: IT WAS heartening to hear Senator Barack Obama make a speech that discussed the need for fathers to be in the lives of their children ("Obama exhorts fathers to play an active role," Page A8, June 16). Unfortunately, he did not go far enough.

By Phyllis Schlafly. Feminist Fatherphobia in Family Courts, Feminist Fatherphobia & Domestic Violence  

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III. Column in Berkshire Eagle.  While addressing the teen pregnancies in Gloucester, this column focuses on an important study on teen pregnancy that the public should be aware.

Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-Mountain View, is circulating a letter asking the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) for an audit of California's family court system and the way it handles child custody disputes.

West Virginia: A Wood County children's advocacy group is wondering if a family law judge isn't following the law, why is he even in office?

Massachusetts Court of Appeals. KEYWORDS Divorce and Separation, Alimony, Child support. Parent and Child, Child support.

Kathleen Parker: THE WORDS "domestic violence" typically invite images of bruised women and children -- and male perpetrators. But the real picture of domestic violence isn't so clear-cut. And the solution to family violence is far more complex than our current criminal justice approach can handle.

Great interveiw of Kathleen Parker.

Kathleen Parker. Teens making a pact to get pregnant enjoyed several news cycles not because it was so unbelievable, but because it was, alas, so believable.

PITTSFIELD — Claiming that inadequate staff numbers are placing abused and neglected children at further risk of harm, Department of Social Services workers held noon protests across the state yesterday.

Jeffery M. Leving and Glenn Sacks

Here is a link to an article on the Ellis study on teen pregnancy.

A variety of stories are provided.

By Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, III

By Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, III

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By Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, III

Kathleen Parker. Trying to figure out how to balance careers and family is a daunting endeavor. Couples are indeed hassled by modern stresses and those working outside the home have to be part magician to keep all the moveable parts in place. But somehow couples do work these things out without the aid of manifestos and PowerPoint presentations.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo. "How could a major presidential candidate that stands a very good chance of winning make a speech on the absence of father’s on Father’s Day and not a single father’s rights group be contacted?"

Boston Globe's opinion on Barack Obama's Father's Day speech.

Kathleen Parker: "On Mother's Day, we didn't hear much about women initiating domestic violence, including child abuse, though some studies show that they do more often than men. That's not a popular statistic for the good reason that women more often than men suffer grave injury and are killed in physical disputes." Another piece on Obama's Father's Day Speech. Ran in several newspapers.

Michael Lautar was devastated when he learned his first wife was cheating on him, and then crushed to discover the then 5-year-old girl who called him "Daddy" wasn't really his daughter.
Next came the sucker punch.

Kathleen Parker's piece on Obama's Speech in the Baltimore Sun. "What Mr. Obama fails to mention is that the problem of absent fathers, especially in the black community, is tied in part to well-intentioned social programs such as those the presumptive Democratic nominee intends to expand - domestic violence prevention and child support collections."

Barack Obama's misandrist "Fathers' Day Speech of 2008″, in which he transparently pandered to female voters by solely blaming men for the epidemic of fatherless homes, was a watershed moment in US history: he officially released girls and women from all reproductive responsibility.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo. "Barack Obama had the tastelessness to make Father's Day anything but a celebration of fatherhood, but rather a barrage on the irresponsibility of black fathers."

A letter in favor of Judge Monks from Women's Bar Association.

Attorney Del Gallo explains the basics of a child support order--the information you need to know, and how it is calculated. It also explains how to fill out the forms needed for court.

From Mass Lawyers Weekly. "[T]his particular council has come dangerously close to suffocating the judicial careers of two fine candidates for the bench, Supreme Judicial Court Justice Margot G. Botsford and soon-to-be Probate & Family Court Judge Maureen H. Monks."

Rinaldo Del Gallo discusses federal limits on the amount that may be taken out of child support under the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.

"I welcomed Obama's Father's Day speech chastising the legions of black absentee fathers, a number, he points out, that has doubled in a generation." "The other side to this story, however, the one that is rarely reported, is the demonization of far too many dads after a family splits."

Massachusetts Case.   It was held that not only does child support survive death (previously held), but that an initial order of child support could be instituted against an individual after their death.

Letter to Editor of Chicago Tribune about Obama's speech.

The Wall Street Journal is the second largest newspaper in the United States, with a circulation of 2,047,000.

Obama's Speech on Fathers Day 2008 in video format.

By Glenn Sacks: "As most of you know, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama decided to mark Father's Day by bashing fathers, particularly black fathers."

Apostolic Church of God, Sunday, June 15th, 2009, Chicago, IL

This was an article on the father's rights movement published in the Washington Post.

The domestic violence industry is reeling from a recent series of high-profile scandals, leaving abuse workers to wonder how things could have possibly gone so wrong.

Special to The Washington Post

Apostolic Church of God, Sunday, June 15th, 2009, Chicago, IL

Watch these great videos on You Tube about the latest antics of Fathers 4 Justice.

Not many fathers have a fluorescent-blue Superman T-shirt lurking in their wardrobe. But Matt O'Connor is not like many fathers.

Del Gallo column in Springfield Republican on the centennial of Father's Day. "It is a great irony that the First Father's Day was born of the father's role of provider and the risk he takes as a laborer throughout the country, being a primary wage earner is the most common reason why father's lose custody of their children in family courts."

Del Gallo column in the North Adams Transcript. This article focuses on the detrimental images of fatherhood by "responsible fatherhood groups." The North Adams Transcript is a great local newspaper and I am proud to have been published there.

Del Gallo essay in Lowell Sun regarding the failure of shared parenting to pass into law this legislative cycle.

Glenn Sacks and Mike McCormick. Millions of divorced or separated men are not permitted any meaningful role in their children's lives. Many get to spend only a few days a month with their kids, and once mom finds a new man, they're often pushed out entirely. Yet when we talk about fatherless homes, it's only in the context of "paternal abandonment."

"I see nothing but devastation in the future for families of Middlesex County," Governor's Councilor Mary-Ellen Manning, who voted against Monks, told the Gazette. "I hope I'm wrong. I hope I'm dead wrong."

Included here are various news stories and essays on the hiring of Maureen Monks as a Probate and Family Court Judge.

A column by Rinaldo Del Gallo, III published in the Washington Times. (This ran as "Honorable Men Getting Cheated in the Charlestown Gazette")

This is a big essay that was in the Boston Globe. "The laws are gender neutral, but the facts are not: 96 percent of alimony payers are men, who often must give 30 to 40 percent of gross earnings to educated and sometimes employed women." Responsive letters to the editor are also included.

Greg Hession, Massachusetts family rights advocate writes about the Texas debacle.  A great article to read.

.R.6088/S.1515 would create a network of 100,000 lawyers willing to do volunteer work on behalf of alleged victims of domestic violence and, for those who devote the majority of their time representing alleged domestic violence victims, the bill would set up a fund to pay back their student loans.

Fathers4Justice Strikes again: A protester was in police custody on Monday after he camped out all night on the roof of Labor Party Deputy Leader Harriet Harman's south London home, forcing her to move out.

A fathers' rights campaigner is maintaining his rooftop protest at the London home of Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman.

This is a story about immigration and custody.  Couple seems to have joint custody (article is not clear) and father was deported and allowed to take the child.

Del Gallo's opinion piece that appeared in the Charlestown Gazette for the 100th Celebration of Father's Day.

This is a piece in the Charlestown Gazette by Rinaldo Del Gallo on the 100th Anniversary of Father's Day. It discusses the history of Father's Day and the irony that while the first Father's Day was established to celebrate the role of fathers as laborers, that today is the primary reason they lose custody. 

In March, comedian Robin Williams and his estranged wife, Marcia Garces Williams, filed for divorce after 19 years of marriage. But tabloids hoping for a juicy celebrity battle may be disappointed. In court papers filed last month, the couple announced they would conduct a collaborative divorce, pledging to be "honest, cooperative and respectful" and to put their children's interests first.

Continuing an administration-wide commitment to combating domestic violence, Governor Deval Patrick today directed the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) to issue a Public Health Advisory on domestic violence. In addition, he highlighted two public safety initiatives underway to help address domestic violence: strengthening training around domestic violence and sex crime for police officers at all levels and reviewing data from domestic violence homicides in the last three years to assemble a trend analysis.

Two B. C. sociologists scrutinized more than 2,500 cards on display at stores in the province's Lower Mainland to see how gender and family work was portrayed in what the researchers describe as a valuable source for giving "a good indication of what people in our society currently recognize and value as important aspects of mothers' and fathers' roles."

Men are getting "stage fright" and turning away from fatherhood because many cannot afford the required "props," such as a house, which many believe are necessary to being a good father, according to research presented yesterday at a massive conference of Canadian academics

Respecting Accuracy In Domestic Abuse Reporting, or RADAR, has released a searing report titled "Myths of the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence," revealing the American Bar Association's methods and practices applied in cases of domestic violence nationally.

Canadian National Post does story on dads.  Based in Toronto, it is a large paper of without about 214,000 readers. ""The egalitarian ideals of shared parenting - and sharing other forms of family work - are not being given as much attention in popular culture today," conclude the researchers, Alison Thomas of Douglas College and Elizabeth Dennis, of University College of the Fraser Valley."

A man is responsible for child support even though a paternity test proved he is not the father of a child born during his marriage, Maryland's second-highest court has ruled.

This is a letter to the Editor of the Boston Herald from Peter Hill, Father's Rights activist.  It regarded an appointment of a family law judge.

[Michigan] Santa Clara County Superior Court officials have asked the state to take over the job of hiring and overseeing lawyers who represent parents and children in juvenile dependency court, even as an audit continues of the controversial firm that has been doing much of the job for the past 12 years.

By Erin Pizzey, founder of the modern women's shelter movement. This is a classic essay, and was not published on the date indicated.

An Essay by Kathleen Parker. "By trumpeting advances of both sexes while ignoring problems characteristic of boys, the AAUW [American Association of University Women] authors' purpose seems clear -- to divert attention from the "boy problem" lest any more attention be siphoned from programs built around the alleged girl crisis."

Peter Hill, father's rights activist, in the South End News. (A Boston publication)

What follows below is a letter I hand-delivered to Governor Deval Patrick on Friday, May 16th.  It was at an economic forum on Pittsfield.  After that, I attended the swearing-in of family court Judge Simmons.

I am pleased to announce that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has agreed to take the appeal of Del Gallo v. Post Office to the United State Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 

The crusade to stop intimate partner violence began in 1972 when activist Erin Pizzey established the first woman's abuse shelter in London. Pizzey quickly discovered that many of the women in her shelter were just as violent as their partners.

A parental rights group says it is mounting a lawsuit against the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department for listing 'dead beat parents' on its website. The "Ohio Council for Fathers Rights" says it wants to sue for libel and character defamation. Local 12's Angela Ingram spoke with the group that says some parents are unfairly targeted.

Mike McManus, the founder of Marriage Savers, says two proposals designed to change the outcomes in both marriage and legal custody procedures after divorce are for the benefit of 40 million children in the U.S. who have been victims of it in their families and spouses who did not want to agree to the action in 80 percent of the divorce cases.

KEYWORDS Adoption, Dispensing with parent's consent. Parent and Child, Adoption, Dispensing with parent's consent to adoption. Minor, Adoption.

This is an article on child support.

This is about shared parenting, North Dakota, the ballot, and the legislature.

Attorney Del Gallo's letter to the editor of the Berkshire Eagle about what to do when DSS or the police come to your home to investigate or take your children.

Mother's Day 2008 Letter to the Editor of the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition

Is this a sick way to celebrate mother's day: The Baltimore Sheriff's Office has apprehended dozens of child-support scofflaws in raids this week that were scheduled to coincide with Mother's Day.

An essay by Rinaldo Del Gallo in the Albany Times regarding the Chief Justice's demand for judicial pay hikes.

This is an English story on whether you should be able to have cameras in divorce courts.

Letter to Editor of Nashua Telegraph

National Columnist Kathleen Parker writes about Bad Dads.

"As a general rule of thumb, we believe it's important that both parents are involved in a child's life," she said, pledging to support shared parenting opportunities, if the facts of any given case warrant the possibility."  Candidate for West Virginia Family Court.

The London Times. "A senior judge spoke out against child access law yesterday, saying that the courts were powerless to help decent fathers to see their children if vengeful mothers stood in the way." Read about the parental alienation case the judge said he could do nothing about.

A David Usher essay on Bad Dads. Mr. Usher is a long-time father's rights activist and frequently published author.

The Berkshire Fatherhood joins the protest of FOX'S new "Bad Dads!" that crack down on dead beat dads. Click on this article to submit a letter to FOX news executives.  At the end are stories about the show.

Rinaldo Del Gallo in Baltimore Sun--Thoughts on reaction to Castillo tragedy.

After embracing the dark side of reality television with its marriage-busting hit "The Moment of Truth," Fox's newest project taps the power of its unscripted division for the forces of good. The network has ordered a pilot from 3Ball Prods. in which an avenger of penniless single mothers hunts down deadbeat dads and forces them to pay child support.

It's long been known that family break-up inflicts massive social costs on communities and children. But what about the burden it imposes on the American taxpayer?

Here Australia Family Court discusses its findings on Parental Alienation Syndrome.

The father of the 11-year-old boy who pleaded no contest in connection to a sex assault on a Howell school bus last May is upset that a Livingston County judge gave custody of his son to his ex-wife.

Read the obituary and Rinaldo Del Gallo's comments.

Christian Post. An additional 20 percent reduction in divorce rates could be achieved if Joint Custody or Shared Parenting became the norm and replaced Sole Custody practices. (Also against no fault divorce.)

A bill in the California Assembly would criminalize spanking a child, and that worries the California Family Council (CFC).

Methuen City Councilor Stephen Zanni said he's staying put and not planning to run for the state's Governor's Council.

ALBANY - Stymied for a fourth straight fiscal year in securing a pay raise for state court judges, Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye sued the Legislature and Governor David A. Paterson yesterday to force the first judicial salary increase in New York since 1999. (There are TWO different news stories included here, and an opinion that there should be a pay raise by the editor of the Albany Times.)

An essay on free speech and his case regarding the gathering of signatures for ballot access at the Pittsfield Post Office.

News from Australia: CHILD custody determinations in scores of Family Court decisions could be challenged following a ruling debunking parental alienation syndrome, a controversial diagnosis of the effects on a child when one parent denigrates the other.

This is an essay calling for the reform of Arizona Protective Services.

"Today, a bitter ideological fight divides the field and its scientific research between the feminist perspective -- which argues that men seeking to control their wives or girlfriends cause the vast majority of violence -- and the "family-conflict" perspective -- which says that many cases of lesser violence emerge from routine family disagreements and should not be handled through the criminal-justice system." This is a study of studies.

This is a case of whether a father should have been given visitation.

Zed McLarnon just posted his latest interview from Deconstructing America - a forensic documentary in production - that exposes the corruption of the Abuse & Divorce Industries.  It is hosted You Tube and listed as  Soviet Refugee - American Refugee and can be viewed on Youtube.

This is a you-tube video about Mitt Romney's response to a restraining order question.

Held: Stalking is a lesser included offense of violation of a restraining order. Therefore, pursuing a charge of stalking when there has already been a charge of violating a restraining order is double jeopardy. KEYWORDS Abuse Prevention. Stalking. Practice, Criminal, Lesser included offense. Constitutional Law, Double jeopardy.

A federal judge has ruled that Pittsfield Postmaster Robert Parent was within his rights to bar an office-seeker from collecting nomination signatures on the Fenn Street post office walkway.

This part 2, make sure you read part 1 first.

This is Judge Ponsor's Opinion, Springfield District Court Opinion.  It is 49 Pages long in its original format. It was ruled that signature gathering for political office can be banned at the Pittsfield Post Office.

"Get off the Bench" with Attorney Del Gallo. Discusses shared parenting legislation.

Spanish parents are resorting to desperate measures to get their children into the best schools.

Utah's highest court has ruled that a once-absent father can't assert custody over a child raised by another man who later divorced the mother.

Fathers and children rights custody groups in Israel protesting gender bias discrimination in court custody cases have intensified their public demonstrations.

It's no secret that our nation's crusade to stop domestic violence has been a magnificent flop. Researchers have been saying that for years.

Opinion from New Zealand.

Officer of the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition shows how the courts will go to great lengths to convenience mother at expense of fathers when determining issues of jurisdiction in child support cases and restraining orders.

Even when Kareem James was in prison, his first priority was showing his kids a better way

The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Mass.: Mar 13, 2008.    Dalton man charged with kidnapping his children after failing to surrender them to the state Department of Social Services has been released on bail.

This was published March 11, 2003 in the Boston Globe. It received prominent play, with a nice illustration by Randy Mack Bishop.

Rinaldo Del Gallo's Essay in the Boston Globe.

A state bill that would set guidelines for child custody cases has highlighted a nearly 20-year-old dispute over a theory used by psychological evaluators. The bill, AB 612, which failed to pass into law in 2007, targeted the controversial theory, called Parental Alienation Syndrome.

Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition letter to Berkshire Eagle about unfair child support jurisdiction case.

KEYWORDS Massachusetts Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act. Jurisdiction, Custody of child. Parent and Child, Custody. Practice, Civil, Assistance of counsel.

Why did a father who suffered loss of child receive far less money than mother--Glenn Sacks ask.

Organization for Women (NOW) says, "The fathers' rights movement is both dishonest and dangerous."

Letters to the Editor respond to Globe editorial.

In an effort not to offend local area Catholics, the Berkshire Eagle and Pittsfield Gazette has completely been silent on the issue of how the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals involving children may have been a contributing, if not the main factor in the closing of six of the ten local Catholic churches here in Pittsfield. This despite the fact that there have been several large articles on the subject.

Boston Globe: Advocates for children in the custody of the Department of Youth Services say recent incidents of alleged staff misconduct highlight the need for an ombudsman to provide better oversight of the system charged with caring for some of the state's most troubled youth.

Attorney arrested for false allegation of domestic violence.

There are a number of family bills coming up March 4 at the state house.  We are neutral, but here is what the Coalition for Marriage and the Family (conservative group) and Bay Windows (gay newspaper) say to expect Tuesday.

Today at 4 p.m. at the court, the Hampshire County Bar Association will honor Dunphy's three decades at the court with the ceremonial unveiling of his portrait by artist Randall Deihl. The last 10 years were spent as chief justice of the Probate and Family Court Department for the entire state, making Dunphy the first Western Massachusetts judge to preside over any statewide court.

KEYWORDS Divorce and Separation, Alimony, Division of property. Probate Court, Divorce. Evidence, Judicial notice. Debt. Wife quits good paying job, refuses to meet with GAL to assess her mental condition, but receives alimony based on diminished work capacity.

These are two news videos on Tennessee bill mandatory DNA paternity testing for children born out-of-wedlock.

U.S. troops already stressed by long and dangerous deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan now face a new threat - losing custody of their children if a judge should rule that their prolonged absence makes them an "unstable parent."

Springfield Republican. This is a story about attorney's who volunteer for a day in Springfield Courts.

Shared Parenting legislation.

This is an extensive story on Darren Mack.

Earlier this month, Mack was sentenced to life in prison -- with parole possible after 36 years -- for stabbing his wife to death and shooting the judge handling their divorce. Now one of Mack's attorneys says a prosecutor in the case committed misconduct during sentencing by saying Mack almost sliced off his wife's head.

RENO, Nev. – Washoe County Family Court Judge Chuck Weller has sued a former Reno pawn shop owner who shot and injured him while he stood in his chambers in 2006.

West Virginia's Parenting and Family Law could be in for a major overhaul. Whether that's good or bad news depends on who you talk to.

To date, he is unemployed, has $2 in his checking account, is facing foreclosure and is months behind on child support payments.

Federal entitlement programs are decimating the lives of children and trampling on the rights of fathers to the care and companionship of their kids. We must dismantle the Federal-State entitlement nexus that deprives men of their civil liberties.

For the new year, 2008 A.D., the Maryland Father's Rights League has a full agenda.

The Boston Globe does an editorial piece on shared parenting.

This is a colorful tale of corruption in the Massachusetts Courts.  The Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition simply presents what has been written, and expresses no opinion as to its truth or accuracy, of which we could not possibly know.

A Berkshire woman has four children by four different fathers.  She accuses all four of serious acts of domestic violence and seeks restraining orders against three. Attorney Del Gallo contemplates the actual odds of all four stories being truthful. What follows are actual quotes from actual documents filed in the Berkshire Court system.  The mother had been using a number of aliases, changing last names with every new father.

Here is an Eagle Story and Editorial on Massachusetts Judges and the terms of their office.

But there is some evidence that this never happened.

Facts:  Massachusetts couple marries, have kids and live in Massachusetts for ten years. In  1990 family lives in New Mexico and then in 1993 they move to Oregon.  In 1997, couple divorces in Oregon, wife gets kids, and dad is ordered to pay child support.  Wife moves to Massachusetts with kids. Father moves to Idaho.   It 2004, fourteen years after the couple left Oregon, wife seeks to modify the Oregon decree not in Oregon, not in the father’s state of Idaho, but on the other side of the country in Massachusetts, where the father has not lived for fourteen years. Father objects that Massachusetts no longer has jurisdiction, but loses. In fact, under Massachusetts law, mother does not have jurisdiction. How does she get jurisdiction?  Read this case to find out why.

"We hope the three judges will support Judge Fecteau's wise ruling. If that is the case, we hope Mr. Capeless will decline to pursue a new trial that will benefit no one, including the five now adult children who were allegedly abused, three of whom have long since recanted their testimony against Mr. Baran. The district attorney's office has far more pressing duties to pursue. Mr. Baran has suffered enough."

Attorney Del Gallo engages in major case law analysis of Commonwealth v. Blache, which is a case that changes rape law so that the rape complainant needed only be very drunk, and need not be unconscious or near unconscious so at to be totally incapable of giving consent. This is a major change in the law of rape in Massachusetts, and is a case every boy and man that dates should know about.

In June 2006, Darren Mack a wealthy Nevada father who was involved in a divorce, stabbed his estranged wife to death and then executed a well-planned murder attempt on a Nevada judge. Mack shot and wounded the judge but failed to kill him.

This is a major case on the law of rape and intoxication.

Being a father, wed or unwed, is not a crime, except in the Family Court system.

By Mike McCormick and Glenn Sacks.

Ohio, Herald Dipatch: "I was divorced and allowed my son's father to spend as much time as he wanted with his son, and he turned out to be a wonderful young man."

This is a review of a book written by the Founder of Fathers4Justice, Matt O’Connor.

The Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition comments on the upcoming Presidential candidates for Super Tuesday.

Glenn Sacks writes about Hugh Hefner's choice to have a child at age 81.

This is a letter to the editor regarding David Capeless the Berkshire Eagle would not run.  Was Del Gallo a target of vindictive prosecutor who had engaged in malicious prosecution?  You decide.

Press release by the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition regarding Caplan v. Donovon, and outrageous case decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holding that restraining cases may be brought in Massachusetts even if the defendant does not live here, and even if the events giving rise to the restraining order did not occur in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules "that a court may issue such an order of prevention and protection even without personal jurisdiction over the defendant."  In other words, a restraining order might issue even though the Defendant never stepped foot in Massachusetts! (This is the actual published opinion.)

BOSTON GLOBE: Paula M. Carey, the new chief justice of Massachusetts Probate and Family Court, said she is determined to address the lack of medical documentation and other flaws in the court's handling of guardianship cases.

This is the second Eagle article after I was announced innocent.  The main purpose of the press conference was to further discuss the case.  It was not to announce a lawsuit, but I did say I was considering it.

Berkshire Eagle Story on Del Gallo found innocent.

Rinaldo Del Gallo responds to a Seattle Times editorial agreeing with the majority of the Supreme Judicial Court that those in custody battles are not entitled to children.

Many people ask what is the role of their spouses (or their ex's new spouses) income.

An officer of the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition's letter to the editor shows that under common law, fathers did not actually had to pay for child support, or at most, only duty to provide necessaries of life.  Also, at common law, the non-custodial parent did not have to pay child support.

Warren Farrell on the Boy Crisis.

Here is a copy of the John Stossell interview with Warren Farrell (on 20/20 "Give me a Break")

See some of the latest Fathers4Justice videos on YouTube.

Here is a YouTube video from Fathers-4-Justice in Canada.

Marc H. Rudov writes a great essay on getting the candidates involved in Men's Issues.

Fathers-4-Justice threaten to strike again.

POLICE were last night investigating alleged plans by the campaign group Fathers 4 Justice to target the Prime Minister's favourite football team.

"In the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell.  This article by Stephen Baskerville compares the current United States Family Court system with Communist Russia and Nazi Germany.

By Roy Baumeister, Eppes Eminent Professor of Psychology & Head of Social Psychology Area, Florida State University, Tallahassee,

David Usher strikes again with another column: The New York Daily News reports that Hillary’s youngest brother, Anthony Rodham, is a deadbeat to the tune of $158,000 in child support, alimony, and interest

The time for alimony as we know it may have passed, writes Dr. Helen Smith. "No man or woman should be held to being a slave to an ex-spouse after a marriage ends."

Boston Globe now joins the Boston Herald in exaggerating the increase in the amount of domestic violence.  

Can you be guilty of kidnapping your own kids?  A New Jersey Court says no--you can only be guilty of custodial interference.

Attorney Del Gallo explains how domestic violence affects a custody case.

But from a very young age I was also aware that December was the month that told the world what a family ought to look like. As the only child of a single parent who had never known her father, growing up in a religiously conservative and quietly judgmental part of Scotland, I was the only person in my primary class whose parents were divorced.

Vancouver Sun: Spider-Man and Batman escaped criminal charges but the B.C. Court of Appeal has denied Robin's pleas and upheld his conviction for mischief. Still, don't worry, he won't be caged.

RADAR ACTION ALERT: Call the Boston Herald.

Attorney Del Gallo discusses Paternity Fraud in a letter to the editor of the Berkshire Eagle.

New research is challenging the notion that parents who divorce necessarily exhibit a diminished capacity to parent in the period following divorce.

Mass Crt. of Appeals. A case is made a criminal contempt case when mother refuses to allow examination of children with GAL.

A key element of the government [of England]'s family justice policy is failing the children it was intended to help, a two-year study funded by the Ministry of Justice has concluded.

With tears in her eyes, a woman looked through the projector’s screen at a room full of parents Saturday and said something that made every person around the table at Princeton Public Library’s annex nod in agreement

No other topics I write about so consistently provoke passionate personal response as those dealing with systemic discrimination against men.

By MIKE McCORMICK & GLENN SACKS: WHEN IT COMES to domestic-violence legislation, the road to hell is paved with good intentions - and Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., owns an asphalt company.

From the Guardian (United Kingdom Newspaper): There are numerous valid alternatives to the conventional family unit. But we are forgetting the value of male influence

This is a very important 2001 Massachusetts case dealing with paternity fraud.

Attorney Del Gallo explains the law regarding paternity fraud.

Attorney Del Gallo explains the role of parent alienation and/or interference with parenting time on the award of custody.

A Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition letter to the editor about Andrews essay.

Attorney Del Gallo explains why one might want to seek sole custody before joint custody.

Attorney Del Gallo explains the need for a shared parenting plan if one wants either joint physical or legal custody.

Attorney Del Gallo explains how courts determine joint custody.

Responses to a Hartford Courant Columnist regarding her advice to stop fighting for the kids.

Responses to a Hartford Courant Columnist regarding her advice to stop fighting for the kids.

All people are innocent until proven guilty. But this is an odd case wherein the father is said to be perpetrating the paternity fraud.

An essay by Rinaldo Del Gallo, Esq. regarding fathers and the loss of our most basic freedoms.

This article--aimed at those in the advertising industry--indicates it is a good idea to have father-friendly advertising.

This is an essay by Professor Stephen Baskerville, author of the latest book, "Taken into Custody: The War Against Fathers, Marriage, and the Family."

Attorney Del Gallo used to joke about this type of stuff. . .

Babysitters seek custody.

Glenn Sacks describes how men will be denied bail when they violate domestic relations orders.

This essay by local Berkshire author, Brett Russell Andrews, “A Letter to a Father From a Fatherless Child,” poignantly depicts the anguish one suffers—and continues to experience even as an adult—when one’s father is missing from their life.

This is a letter to the editor of the Albany Times by Mr. Jim Hayes if Fathers and Families of New York (unrelated to Fathers and Families headquartered in Boston.) regarding fatherlessness. Also, a few more letters the editor are included.

A rabbi answers the question, "What is the Jewish perspective on child custody and the community’s role in raising kids?"

Fathers raising children full-time may seem like a rare breed, but there are enough of them to fill a convention hall. Brian Reid explains why an annual At-Home Dads Convention may sound absurd, but in fact, makes perfect sense.

In this story, the University of Mass. has a class where Warren Farrell, one of the giants in the Father's Rights movement, many not be cited as authority.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit filed on behalf of a man who said he shouldn't have to pay child support for his ex-girlfriend's daughter.

"Roe v. Wade for Men" appeal was lost. Plaintiffs were stuck with attorney fees at lower court level, but not on appeal.

Boston Globe: Massachusetts Department of Social Services takes child when mother is accused of making up illness.

By Father John Flynn, LC

This Boston University Article denied the existence of Parental Alienation Syndrome.

This story made the front page of the Berkshire Eagle.

A letter writer thanks Peter White, Churchill Cotton, and George Desnoyer for attending School Committee debates.

Texas voters will decide on November 6 whether to approve Proposition 13, a dangerous measure which will harm innocent men by greatly eroding the rights of those accused of domestic violence. The measure grants judges the ability to hold without bail those accused of nonviolent, trivial, or accidental violations of temporary restraining orders.

David Usher skewers a judge that was on the wrong side of a paternity fraud case.

Courthouse officials said yesterday they will investigate the apparent widespread leak of a sealed financial statement that was part of City Council candidate Michael J. Germain’s divorce settlement last year.

A 16-year-old high school junior from San Diego has been a tireless advocate for shared parenting and children's rights which supports the mission of the Children's Rights Council which says: "the best parent is both parents."

This article presents an interesting contrasting view of the current prime minister and the opposition party in Australia.

Rebuffed last session, a Democratic lawmaker said he's ready to reintroduce a reworked version of a bill intended to help women leave polygamist husbands.

This is an advice column in the Hartford Courant to a father who thinks the mother is alienating the children.

This is an article on how to identify parental alienation syndrome.

Truth-telling Missouri child support auditor Susan Montee is under fire from the child support industry after revealing her finding that 27% of the state's 240,000 child support cases have incorrect balances. 

Globe Story by Cathy Young. Equal opportunity, most of us agree, should be the law. But what does combating discrimination mean when definitions of bias are expanded to include the "stereotype" that success in science requires single-minded devotion? And what if some gender disparities in scientific careers are indeed related to innate differences in ability and personality? Will institutions be penalized for failing to meet impossible goals?

The book is a survival guide for men (and women) on how to protect themselves against a (Roy is at pains to stress) small group of vindictive, violent or self-serving women who use and abuse partners, colleagues and even children.

The system makes Darryl Gay pay child support. But it’s more than he can afford and his daughter doesn’t get the money. Is this how it’s supposed to work?

The Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition will be hosting a debate for the 2007 candidates for Pittsfield School Committee.

NEWSDAY: The tabloid and entertainment media have given an incredible amount of coverage to the Britney Spears-Kevin Federline custody battle for their two young children.

According to one judge in Southeast Texas, fathers prevail in about 30 percent of child custody cases. Joe Atkins, shown at home in Lumberton with his daughter, Hollie, 9, is among that 30 percent.

A 16-year-old high school junior from San Diego has been a tireless advocate for shared parenting and children's rights which supports the mission of the Children's Rights Council which says: "the best parent is both parents."

The Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition issues an advisory regarding corporal punishment, horseplay with children, and moving children who do not wish to be moved.  

Please contact the Governor's Council and the Governor regarding your experiences before Judge Geoffion.

TWO Fathers4Justice activists handcuffed government minister Margaret Hodge at a conference to gain publicity for their campaign, a court heard today.

This is a Boston Globe Article by Patricia Wen

An Essay by Carey Roberts. Every year thousands of Americans are victimized by a swindle known as the “immigrant abuse scam.” What’s amazing is this shake-down is paid for by the U.S. taxpayer under the guise of stopping domestic violence.

A statewide commission that has been examining barriers to access to justice in Massachusetts has recommended that trained non-lawyers be allowed to speak in court on behalf of low-income parties embroiled in certain civil matters — a recommendation that has ignited renewed debate over the use of lay advocates.

A Crystal Lake mother embroiled in a custody dispute over her 7-year-old daughter likely suffocated the girl Tuesday afternoon soon before stepping in front of a train to take her own life, officials said Wednesday afternoon.

Mark Demming's Letter to the Editor of Eagle how CBS female news anchor got away with violence at the workplace.

Research shows that about half of all rape claims are false. That means that each year, 47,000 American men, disproportionately Black men, are wrongfully accused of this heinous crime:

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III. This is the third part of a series of stories I am writing on how current child support laws violate basic biblical principles. Today we examine the biblical principle that states one must be fair to the poor.

As society acknowledges that men can be great parents, the number of single fathers is on the rise. So what is life like for men juggling career, family, and home? A lot like life for single moms.

UK son protest father being put in jail for not paying child support.

Violence against men is not just an American problem.

Why did the Berkshire Eagle do a story a man on a bike riding across the state to promote awareness of HIV, but not about a boy riding across the country to promote awareness of fatherlessness and discrimination in family courts?

By David Usher.

"The Responsible Fatherhood Act is explicitly a carrot and stick approach, the carrot is too small and the stick is already too big."

New York Times story on divorce judge that was bribed.

By Carey Roberts.  Will these people apologize?

Fathers often find they have no say when it comes to the life of their unborn child.

Dad gets mistaken for mom.

By Timothy Decker, Officer Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition. While the right to gay marriage as a civil right is highly debated, the right to parenthood is not.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo. Del Gallo answers whether video game addiction or “parental alienation syndrome" exists.

To half the population of Massachusetts, the gay marriage vote represented a loss and not a victory. But tomorrow's victory for fathers and children will have an immediate impact on a far greater percentage of the population, and will receive nearly universal approval. Together we can.

 

Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement data shows that two-thirds of those behind on child support nationwide earn poverty-level wages; less than four percent of the national child support debt is owed by those earning $40,000 or more a year.

This Del Gallo letter to the Editor was published in the Brooklyn Eagle.

Courts that decide the fate of broken families must be held in secret, the Lord Chancellor has ruled.

A man who made child support payments based on a paternity judgment later proven erroneous was not entitled to reimbursement, this district’s Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.

In part because of the Alec Baldwin-Kim Basinger custody battle, the controversial concept of Parental Alienation is now being debated extensively in the media.

Tuscaloosa resident Steve Kneussle holds a sign outside the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse on Friday to protest Alabama’s family law system.

 

By Carey Roberts. An outrageous story of parental alienation has good ending.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo.  Here is a history of the women that founded Father's Day, and who thought they were equally as important as mothers.

Police arrested a man in a Spider-Man suit Friday morning after he scaled a pedestrian overpass in Port Coquitlam, closing the Mary Hill bypass for three hours during the morning rush hour.

By Kathleen Parker. A week before Father’s Day, cartoonist Berkeley Breathed did a very cartoonist thing and caused a controversy to be stirred over a comic strip that seemed to slight fathers while celebrating lesbian moms.

A divorced woman may move to Japan with her daughter over the wishes of the child's father, even though he fears Japanese law won't allow him to enforce visitation orders, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday.

Let's begin to turn the tables back to honoring our fathers just as much as we honor our mothers.

I became a father's rights advocate in 1995, shortly after my first encounter with a Kafkaesque court system. If someone had told me our justice system was like that I would have assumed they were making it up. (This is an article about injecting God into the father's rights movement.)

We need you this 4th of July to have fun and promote awareness of the importance of fathers.

 

By Kathleen Parker. The pink crusade took off in part because, let's face it, women are formidable organizers. They also have successfully convinced the nation that medical research is sexist and biased toward men. Though this myth has been largely debunked, it persists as a public perception.

Fred, Dave and Jim say they've been treated like criminals simply for wanting to see their children and grandchildren.

By Lloyd Selberg . Like Plato, modern-day utopian thinkers have always looked upon the parent-child relationship with suspicion at best, and more often as the crucial obstacle to ultimate state power over the individual. Respect for the autonomy of the family is as central to the democratic ideal as popular sovereignty.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo. "This week, I aim to write about another unbiblical practice, taking away one’s ability to earn a living and put on food on the table." 

This is an article in the Concord Monitor about modern fathers written by a psychologist.

The Violence Against Women Act pays $65 million a year for the legal fees of women who claim to be victims of abuse, but not a red cent for those who are falsely accused.

The Daily News cheers the prison sentences for former Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Clarence Norman and bribe taking judge Gerald Garson.

A former matrimonial court judge from Brooklyn was sentenced to between three and 10 years in jail yesterday for accepting bribes of cigars and cash from a lawyer.

An ex-judge who accepted expensive gifts in exchange for helping fix divorce cases and a former state lawmaker convicted in a scheme to shake down a judicial candidate were sentenced to prison Tuesday.

Father's rights news from Bulgaria.

New York Daily News Editorial on Supreme Court Judge who heard divorce cases. Garson was a lawyer whom Norman transformed into a state Supreme Court justice in 1997.  (Both went to jail.)

This is an interesting interview with Stephen Baskerville, a frequent writer on fathers issues.

Children of divorced parents are nearly twice as likely as other children to be prescribed Ritalin, says a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Ritalin is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

This is story from Psychology Today about the biology of fatherhood. It says that levels of estrogen in MEN go up and testosterone in MEN goes down when the wife is having a baby. (This is a big story in the father's rights movement.)

From the Israel New Agency. "Here is the first hard evidence that men are biologically prepared for fatherhood," says Psychology Today. "In fact, this is the first evidence that to nurture is part of man's nature."

By Rinaldo Del Gallo. It may not generally be known that current child support and family laws violate basic biblical principles.

 Why, I wondered, does no one take up for one of the only groups of people it’s politically correct to insult -- males?

 Well one extensive statewide study was done and found that 92% of the funding against "shared parenting" (or fathers having custody rights) came from the bar association. They are in essence paying an insurance fee to their lobbyists to keep the dollars rolling in at the expense of fathers, businesses and taxpayers.

Assembly Bill 5424, recently introduced by Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, is a draconian measure that will victimize many innocent New York men and fathers. The bill requires “any person against whom an order of protection is issued — to wear an electronic monitoring device.”

As an Executive-board officer of an early men's rights organization, I learned one thing: there are a lot of powerless and very hurt men in this movement. Their biggest problem is that they want to get some power back. They want it now. Their goal is to be president of the group -- or to be in full command of something -- and they will viciously attack anybody who gets in their way.

By Elder George. Dissatisfied people support change, but some support it a lot more than others.

By Carey Roberts. Have you noticed how often politicos are playing the gender card these days?

This is a great essay by Glenn Sacks. For too many conservative Christian leaders, "family values" means little more than fighting and/or bashing gays and gay marriage, and it certainly does not extend to defending fathers and fatherhood in any meaningful way.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo.  Because the Democrats are a grassroots party and not a top-down party, it is time to make shared parenting part of the Massachusetts Democrat Party State Platform.

This report is a must-read, no-holds-barred critique of our nation's domestic violence trainings.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo. The Lord “defends the cause of the fatherless.” Deuteronomy 10:18

When the dad asks for joint physical custody of the children, mom is given sole physical custody by the courts about 85 percent of the time, even when there is no evidence the dad did anything wrong. Our courts seem to be producing forced fatherlessness.

Policy consultant Michael Robinson of the California Alliance for Families and Children reports that AB 164, a bill which would have denied thousands of California noncustodial parents the right to receive their children's school records, has been pulled off the floor of the California Assembly.

Rinaldo Del Gallo asks whether a guy could write about a guy performing such violence against a woman in a country song and get away with it?

A recent North Dakota case shows why a  pro-se father should not sue judges.

Several years ago in Ontario an Ontario Superior Court Judge fined a woman $10,000.00 for “poisoning” the minds of her children against their loving father. . . What I find most troubling is the similarity between this Ontario case and the fact that Basinger is apparently facing trial on twelve charges of criminal contempt relating to alleged breaches of access orders between Baldwin and his daughter.

As a new book reveals the nightmare of marrying a man with a bitter ex-wife, three women describe the hell of joining The Second Wives Club.

We at the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition want to thank all the mothers out there who have decided to make shared parenting a part of their and their children's lives.

In this essay Carey Roberts shows that studies indicating that women that work more than men were statistically flawed, did not show that women retire earlier than men, and did not compare the type of toil involved in the labor.

Despite the common notion that America remains plagued by a divorce epidemic, the national per capita divorce rate has declined steadily since its peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest level since 1970.

The entire topic of how our law should be is subsumed by the question of who is on our bench . If your editorial is correct that most members of the public cannot identify anyone on the Governor's Council, that might be because the Globe does not find the aforementioned questions interesting enough to write about them.

Attorney Del Gallo explores some of the lessons not learned by the Duke Lacrosse false allegation of rape case.

[Custodial mother] sends her daughter to live with the father while she’s away and then ships out. A year and a half later she shows up to pick up her daughter again only to find out that she’s no longer the custodial parent.

This is a preliminary legal opinion on the legality of raising the age of compulsory education locally.

There are lessons to be learned with all the publicity regarding the immigrant's rights movement.

Today, though, a parent could no more call their child stupid than swat them on the behind. But are we doing our children any good by taking away a parent's right to call their children the appropriate word for what they're doing? Are we raising children who can't handle a world where words far more harsh than our parents' will be flung against us?

Just thought this was funny--not at all father related, but explains why we don't make the news more often.

This is a reminder that the annual Children's and Family Rights Lobbying, Education, and Awareness Day (L.E.A.D) in New York is Tuesday May 29, 2007.

Time was when you could call your kid a lazy shit or a stupid jerk and get away with it. Remember those days? You know, back before the immensely powerful toddler lobby took over society and people became enlightened and informed and started treating their filthy little rug rats like foreign dignitaries.

"Anyone who works in the field of forensic psychology in the context of divorce will say, yes, it's possible for a child to be turned away from a loving parent," says Michael Bone, a noted custody consultant in cases where PAS is involved. "Everybody knows that happens."

From World Fathers Union: There's an important and disturbing anti-defamation case being tried in Canada at the moment. In British Columbia, Kenneth Wiebe, a father and a spokesman for a group called B.C. Fathers, has taken the federal government and three researchers at the University of Laval in Quebec, to court.

In addition, victim advocates point out that GPS monitoring can't protect women from the damage abusers can do long-distance—like ruining their credit rating.

Attorney Del Gallo provides 5 tips for winning paternity fraud cases.

BY RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, ESQ. I have little doubt that what the BBC said is accurate.  But how can the attempted murder of dozens of people in a subway be compared to funny antics of Fathers-4-Justice? 

Dr. Mark Klein, a Republican conservative, father's and children's rights activist, stated that he entered the presidential contest because he was disconcerted with the collapse of traditional families values, the abortion rate and the unaffordable living situations that exist for many Americans.

A doctor whose wife cheated on him and then became pregnant with a son for whom he now pays child support is entitled to a paternity test, a state appeals court has ruled. (The full court case is also provided.)

“We are very pleased to learn about Senator Downing and the P.O.P. leave bill. Apart from being a clever acronym, the legislation recognizes the importance of both parents in a child’s life."

The mother's actions and rhetoric are standard for parental alienators. The alienating mother (or in some cases, an alienating father) insists that her children are in dire straits with their father, though she provides no real evidence for her claims. She assures the children and the public that she's doing everything she can to liberate them, struggling against desperate odds in a system she says is stacked against her--a shtick which plays very well in the media.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo. In today’s Boston Globe, you ask the question, “Why does the Governor’s Council exist?”

"This bill is about allowing both parents equal opportunity to care for their child," said Downing. "It’s only fair that we update our laws to reflect the value we now place as a society on shared parenting and shared responsibilities."

Alec Baldwin's angry, over-the-top voicemail tirade at his daughter Ireland was clearly wrong. Unfortunately, while we've been wringing our hands over how bad Alec is, we're ignoring the Baldwin-Basinger case's central truth -- Kim Basinger's well-documented Parental Alienation campaign against Baldwin.

Despite overwhelming evidence that the Duke case was a systemic pogrom exemplary of many other less-notable cases, Kathleen Hanrahan, director of the St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center (based in a YWCA building in Saint Louis), could not admit the case was false.

More than a decade ago, Michael Weiss and Cathy Young warned of this trend in their Cato Institute paper, Feminist Jurisprudence. Seen in the larger context of feminist justice, the Duke case demonstrates that the corruption of the criminal justice system by political ideology is now the greatest danger to American freedom, surpassing both Islamic radicalism and government measures against it.

Bob Parks podcast on Alex Baldwin.

Take my advice and shut up and don’t vent. You are just making your lawyer’s job, extremely difficult already if you are the wrong gender, almost impossible.

Many celebrities would shrink from view after a PR nightmare like Alec Baldwin's . . . . But Baldwin wants to use the media scrutiny to give exposure to parental alienation.

I’ve seen only five prominent newspeople willing to examine Alec Baldwin’s outburst from his perspective: FNC’s Bill O’Reilly (The O’Reilly Factor), Alan Colmes (Hannity & Colmes), ABC’s Rosie O’Donnell and Barbara Walters (The View), and ABC’s John Stossel (20/20). Why so few? I believe Sony Electronics summed it up pretty well.

This is the letter to the editor about our expose on Cho.

In a Letter the Editor published September 5, 2005, and reprinted at the end of this Press Release in the background section, Mariellen Lashoones wrote from South Carolina that she moved out from Searles Middle School in Great Barrington because of bullying.

 

According to a story by the Associated Press, “A Bahamian court cleared the way Friday for Anna Nicole Smith 's ex-boyfriend [Larry Birkhead] to leave with their baby daughter, rejecting an appeal by the mother of the former reality TV star.”

If anyone wants to know why Marilee Jones was fired, it is not because she lied about her credentials. It is because campus feminists wanted to demolish her badly enough to search under every rock looking for dirt on her – dirt that never would have come to light had Jones not confronted the feminist establishment dictating policy controlling America’s educational systems.

While there is little that local government can do regarding shared parenting legislation, it can do something about the dropout age.

Why would a Child Support Enforcement (CSE) agency resort to posting wanted posters for people who owe money, when they wield more power than the Internal Revenue Service? Why would anyone wish to keep a father from his child because the mother released a private voice message? Why would a District Attorney ignore the facts and relentlessly prosecute innocent college students for rape? The answer to each question is basically the same: money to CSE, money to Civil Attorneys, and money to District Attorneys.

New York has finally completely lost it. In addition to handing out restraining orders like lollipops, now there are bills filed to make such individuals wear electronic monitoring devices.

The Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition is pleased to learn that Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman and Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher will join the governors of Maine, Iowa and Nevada in proclaiming April 25 as Parental Alienation Awareness Day.

"Right now, we need to determine just what can already be passed [to increase the dropout age] under home rule, and what requires special permission of the legislature. That is why our initial request is for a legal opinion. Government and community input as to possible enforcement mechanism would also be helpful.”

The survey conducted by Grant Thornton of 100 leading law firms found 49% of divorces last year came after one partner had hired a private detective to look for evidence of adultery by the other.

What is L.E.A.D.? It is an acronym for Legislative Education and Awareness Day.

Rosie O'Donnell defended Alec Baldwin, who landed in hot water last week when an angry message he left for his daughter was released to the public.

Kim Basinger’s mother has blasted her own daughter for wrecking relations between her ex-husband Alec Baldwin and the couple’s daughter.

Fathers 4 Justice warns on its website the town's buildings - together with Taunton and North Somerset's - could be struck shortly.

In late 2004, the South American nation Chile became the last in the Western Hemisphere to make divorce legal, overcoming a decade of opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, conservative groups and lawmakers.

John Stossel of 20/20 Condemns Parental Alienation

A former State Supreme Court judge was convicted yesterday of accepting bribes to manipulate the outcome of divorce proceedings in a case that led to a broad political and judicial corruption inquiry in Brooklyn.

While Alec Baldwin's shockingly abusive tirade against his 11-year-old daughter may have devastated her and ruined his chances in his bitter custody fight with ex-wife Kim Basinger, it illuminates a common but very controversial issue in family law: parental alienation.

The United Nations has slammed the New Zealand legal system for denying justice to a man accused of abusing his children.

By Rinaldo Del Gallo, III, Esq. When I started researching the Virginia Massacre and a play written by the shooter which had an evil stepfather, Richard McBeef,  I began to wonder if the shooter grew up in a broken home, had been the child of divorce, had a stepfather, or was alienated from his own father. When I began to call up law enforcement to follow up on some routine questions, I was disturbed by the answers and non-answers, I received.  (Contains entire text of Cho's play Richard McBeef.) My best guess is parental alienation within an intact family, but law enforcement doesn't even find the questions interesting.

25th April 2007 marks the first anniversary of International Parental Alienation Awareness Day, initiated to increase public understanding of this common form of emotional child abuse which is insufficiently recognized and acted upon in the eyes of the law and the general public in the UK.

 

Your mission this week, should you decide to accept it, is to familiarize yourself with the Duke case.

“Outrageous” is the word that comes to mind that describes what happened to the Duke Three, accused of gang-raping Crystal Gail Mangum during the early morning hours of March 14, 2006.

 

Ms. Thompson, drawing on a study by Social Psychologist Carolyn Graham, provided sobering accounts of female perpetrated domestic violence, and shared earnest stories from abused men.

This is a speech given at the D.C. Family Day Rally in Washington presented Saturday, August 18, 2007 at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC. It is written by a Co-founder, Illinois Family Court Accountability Advocates

This is a link to the podcast "Dads On the Air," which is out of New Zealand.

Prison inmates without any income still are responsible for child-support payments, the state Supreme Court said Thursday in a unanimous ruling.

The latest U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by the National Fatherhood Initiative shows that about 36 percent of children live absent from their biological father.

I accidentally missed a pre-trial conference and the judge dismissed my complaint for child support modification. What should I do?

Here is Mark Demming's Letter to the Editor of the Berkshire Eagle regarding Deval Patrick supporting shared parenting.

The Duke lacrosse case may bring a new, fairer approach to accusations of rape.

The air is so thick with irony and hypocrisy these days, it's hard to find oxygen to breathe.

 

This is a great show of Matt O'Connor, founder of Fathers-4-Justice being interviewed by the British Media.

According to the Urban Institute, less than one in 20 noncustodial parents who suffers a substantial drop in income is able to get courts to reduce the support obligation. In such cases, the amounts owed mount quickly, as do interest (9 percent in Illinois) and penalties.

The NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and their member organizations have continuously denied that women have the ability and sometimes the willingness to be untruthful in their accusations against innocent men when it comes to charges of domestic violence and sexual assault.

The median income for a family household is in ballpark of $46,326. New York judges make approximately three times that median household income. Why do they need more?

This is a story about really making fathers unnecessary.

The study analyzed personnel records for some 6 million men and women who served in the military the five years before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on American soil and the five years after.

 

An English Paper speaks of expensive American and English divorces.

The Fathers' Rights Association of New York State, Mid-Hudson Valley Chapter announces meetings.

Dr. Klein is admittedly not likely to win, but he is bringing home the message.

Meet Rep. Dan Bosley and State Senator Ben Downing.

Strong shared parenting advocate Dennis Guyer is having a fundraiser. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE to WAHCONAH COUNTRY CLUB.

Father whose book was banned seeks court watchers.

Parental Alienation Awareness Organization (PAAO) is pleased to announce that Nebraska and Kentucky are among the states that recognize the importance of Parental Alienation awareness

On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, in the city of Pittsfield, history was made in the father’s rights movement in Massachusetts. Governor Deval Patrick for the first time clearly publicly stated his support for shared parenting legislation. The statements were made at a town meeting held at Pittsfield High School. He is the first Massachusetts Governor ever to publicly support shared parenting.

Inclusion on the domestic violence offender registry will be ruinous to some men’s careers and reputations. The list will contain the person’s name, photograph, date of birth, last known address, physical description and their offenses. Many of the men who will be placed on the registry are noncustodial fathers with child support obligations, and the registry will make it much more difficult for them to get and keep jobs.

When judges got their last raise, in 1999, the salary of a State Supreme Court judge was increased to $136,700. Chief Justice says this is not enough.

Last night Governor Deval Patrick for the first time clearly publicly stated his support for share parenting legislation.  It is believed he is the first Massachusetts Governor ever to have done so.