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Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition News, 9/8/10
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
This e-mail goes out to over 2,000 recipients.
Some quick items:
1. PARADE: Please march with us in the North Adams Fall Foliage Festival Parade on SUNDAY, October 3, 2010 at 1:00 PM. We meet by the Wal-Mart on Route 8.
2. PARADE: Please march with us in the Pittsfield Halloween Parade, Friday, October 29th, around 6:00 PM on North Street in Pittsfield.
3. STATE REPRESENTATIVE RACE QUESTIONAIRE: Candidate for 2nd Berkshire District Noreen Suriner has answered the 3-question questionnaire of the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition. Read her response by going to BerkshireFatherhood.com As we get more responses, we will post them.
4. RECENT CASE LAW ON ALLOWING MOTHER TO MOVE: Click HERE to read my case notes on the law of removal within state. “Removal” is the law governing when the mother can move away with the child. The court ruled that (1) in-state removal can be governed by the same standards as out-of-state removals, (2) that there is a higher standard to allow removal when there is joint physical custody as opposed to sole physical custody, (3) that a mother’s “new lease on life” theory is a valid way to show a “real advantage” when moving and move need not be tied to career or economic necessity, and (4) an appellate court can disagree with the trial court whether physical custody can be called “sole” or “joint” so as to determine whether to apply the more stringent or more lenient standard of removal.
5. RECENT CASE LAW ON NAMING A CHILD AFTER FATHER: Mother cheats on fiancée. Mother gets pregnant. Mother finds out the child is not fiancée’s and the fiancée becomes the EX-fiancée. After paternity test shows the real father, real father naturally wants child named after him. Court tries to compromise and decides to use a hyphenated name – [mom’s last name – dad’s last name]. Massachusetts Court of Appeals says it should not have compromised and should use mother’s last name. Essentially, the court rule that since mother kept dad completely out of the picture as to whether he was the real dad, now that he was not involved in child’s life, child should have mother’s last name. Question to ponder: Don’t you think explaining why you have mom’s last name (not even a hyphenated name, just mom’s last name) is going to rough on the child? Food for thought. Read more HERE.
Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition News, 9/8/10
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
This e-mail goes out to over 2,000 recipients.
Some quick items:
1. PARADE: Please march with us in the North Adams Fall Foliage Festival Parade on SUNDAY, October 3, 2010 at 1:00 PM. We meet by the Wal-Mart on Route 8.
2. PARADE: Please march with us in the Pittsfield Halloween Parade, Friday, October 29th, around 6:00 PM on North Street in Pittsfield.
3. STATE REPRESENTATIVE RACE QUESTIONAIRE: Candidate for 2nd Berkshire District Noreen Suriner has answered the 3-question questionnaire of the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition. Read her response by going to BerkshireFatherhood.com As we get more responses, we will post them.
4. RECENT CASE LAW ON ALLOWING MOTHER TO MOVE: Click HERE to read my case notes on the law of removal within state. “Removal” is the law governing when the mother can move away with the child. The court ruled that (1) in-state removal can be governed by the same standards as out-of-state removals, (2) that there is a higher standard to allow removal when there is joint physical custody as opposed to sole physical custody, (3) that a mother’s “new lease on life” theory is a valid way to show a “real advantage” when moving and move need not be tied to career or economic necessity, and (4) an appellate court can disagree with the trial court whether physical custody can be called “sole” or “joint” so as to determine whether to apply the more stringent or more lenient standard of removal.
5. RECENT CASE LAW ON NAMING A CHILD AFTER FATHER: Mother cheats on fiancée. Mother gets pregnant. Mother finds out the child is not fiancée’s and the fiancée becomes the EX-fiancée. After paternity test shows the real father, real father naturally wants child named after him. Court tries to compromise and decides to use a hyphenated name – [mom’s last name – dad’s last name]. Massachusetts Court of Appeals says it should not have compromised and should use mother’s last name. Essentially, the court rule that since mother kept dad completely out of the picture as to whether he was the real dad, now that he was not involved in child’s life, child should have mother’s last name. Question to ponder: Don’t you think explaining why you have mom’s last name (not even a hyphenated name, just mom’s last name) is going to rough on the child? Food for thought. Read more HERE.
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