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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 05:33:42 GMT

The Central Ohio Fathers and Children for Equality (FACE) Newsletter

[One initial comment:  Feel free to distribute this Newsletter to
whomever you would like (for free).  Or send me email and I'll send you
the Postscript version or the FrameMaker version.  This Newsletter,
although produced in part for Central Ohioans, is distributed widely in
hard-copy form.  It goes all over the US (distribution is now
approaching 500 copies - 250 sent through mail and 250 distributed
locally (like at Bernie's Delicatessen) and at meetings).  As such, it
contains a majority of articles that have national relevance.  Only a
few articles are on local issues.  I include them primarily to let the
locals know that I care about them too.  Besides, they pay for the
paper on which it is printed, and they pay the postage.  And, one of
the other fathers here in Central Ohio helps annotate the articles.
But this Newsletter also gets world-wide distribution through USENET.
This is the ninth issue that has been distributed in this manner.
USENET is also a great resource for the articles.  And I appreciate the
effort of all those who have written their own editorial opinions or
research papers and posted them.  Obviously, I use such articles in
this Newsletter.

So, all you USENETTERS, this is, in part, your Newsletter too.  Do with it
what you will.]

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Contents

Denying Visitation May Become a Crime in Kentucky

	- this is dated (several months old).  Anyone know how it turned
	  out?

Child Support Bills Pending in California

	- Well, the California rape and pillage law on child support,
	  which disallowed taking into account time spent with the
	  children by non-custodial parents in the calculation of child
	  support, has been watered down.  And a certain woman is
	  pissed.  Oh, it was watered down due to the activism of a
	  bunch of non-custodial parents.  It might even be repealed.
	  Cha-Ching!

Books on Fatherhood

	- Add to your local bibliography of pertinent books.  I haven't
	  seen most of these listed or mentioned anywhere else.

Divorced Fathers Find Obstacles

	- written by a woman, so maybe it has credence.  Many of us
	  are already well aware of what it is like being such a
	  divorced father.

Federal Bills

	- A report on the bills federally criminalizing interstate
	  flight to avoid child support by David Garrod.

Bendix vs. Bendix

	- why is it there are so many cases like this?

Key Family Issues Ignored (local)

	- a local state representative running for Congress speaks with
	  reporter.  Mentions how non-custodial parents are often
	  denied visitation and how he wanted to criminalize such
	  acts.  Of course, he also talked about child support and
	  cracking down on those not paying.  So what was printed in
	  the Columbus Dispatch?  The reporter or some editor chose to
	  ignore the statements about visitation.  I wonder why?

The Calculation of Interest for Support Arrearages

	- Ohio charges 10% per year.

Helping Fathers--Job Training Program May Help Overcome Child Support
Problems

	- a model plan for job training for fathers behind on child
	  support because they are unemployed.  Other states are
	  following this program.

Killings Produce Calls for Mediation

	- from the Children's Rights Council.  There is a definite need
	  to keep things from getting out of hand in divorces.

Some Statistics on Moms, Dads and Child Support

	- more definitive information that was contained in the Texas
	  Bar Association study of several years ago.  Non-custodial
	  moms are ordered to pay 70% of what non-custodial dads are
	  ordered to pay.  81% of custodial mothers get support
	  awards.  Roughly 50% of custodial fathers get support
	  awards.  And non-custodial mothers are just as likely to be
	  delinquent in supporting their children as non-custodial
	  fathers.  This info comes from Policy Studies in Denver - the
	  folks who have major impact on child support amounts set
	  throughout the country.

For a 20% Cut, She'll Collect Child Support for You (local)

	- these businesses are a dime a dozen nowadays....

Non-custodial Parents Deserve Access to Their Children

	- from a Florida paper.  We know the story.

Free Child Support Seminars (local)

	- the local county Child Support Enforcement Agency is offering
	  free classes.  3 out of the 4 classes are aimed at custodial
	  parents.  Apparently at the first class (this last week), the
	  director of CSEA introduced the police officers who had the
	  pleasure of arresting the 33 worst deadbeat non-custodial
	  parents in the county.  Seems the police officers got a long
	  standing ovation.  One of the men in attendance was
	  questioned by several women present who wondered what HE was
	  doing there.

Texas Advisory Panel Formed

	- Texas, like many other states, is presently reviewing the
	  child support guidelines.

It's A Tug of War Over Child Support

	- typical story.  Guy and girl meet, fall in lust, get married,
	  have children, get divorced, she gets custody, he gets
	  support order, she gets married to a second man who makes
	  good money, she moves, she denies visitation and he stops
	  paying.  Love, American Style.

Men's Right to Choice Suit

	- well, it's under way.  Men are going for their Roe vs. Wade.

Unemployed Dads = Deadbeat Dads

	- yep.

"Deadbeat Dads" Protest Roundups

	- why is it that deadbeat dads get hauled off to jail at the
	  drop of a hat, but mothers who deny access get nothing - not
	  even a reprimand.  Maybe because it makes for good
	  journalism.

Striking Back Against Male-Bashing

	- Congress contemplates a bill that will change the name of
	  Father's Day to Delinquent Daddy Day.  (As my four-year-old
	  son (the older one - the one who turns five next week) would
	  say, "Psyche!")

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DISCLAIMER

The articles in the Newsletter are culled from a variety of sources,
cover many topics and reflect differing opinions.  Every article is the
expressed opinion of only the author of that article. These articles do
not necessarily represent the collective opinion of FACE nor of the
FACE directors. Even articles written as editorials by members of
this group are not the opinion of the group itself or of leadership.
The Newsletter attempts to present both sides on issues, so that
readers can form their own opinions and make informed decisions. This
group is for equality in the justice system. We are NOT against
women. Women who become non-custodial parents face the same kinds of
problems non-custodial fathers face. We don't think that child sup-
port guidelines are fair. But we do advocate that parents pay their
child support. We are NOT advocates of child abuse. However, we want
the courts and social systems to recognize that many contentious
ex-spouses make bogus allegations of abuse during custody battles. We
are not in favor of the exclusive use of the adversarial court system
for resolving custody disputes.  We think that mediation of these
disputes is a more effective and less expensive solution and wish the
courts would utilize this resource more often. We are not advocates for
fathers in spite of mothers. We are advocates for fathers and children,
because fathers are disproportionately torn away from their children in
divorces. We don't think that is right or fair. We believe that many
fathers, when given the opportunity to be good parents, can do the job
quite effectively and that both parents and the children benefit. We
believe in equal legal rights and equal physical access to children of
divorce for both parents. Hence the name - Fathers And Children for
Equality.

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Denying Visitation May Become a Crime in Kentucky
By Bob Geiger

Men would be able to swear out criminal complaints against their
ex-wives if they think they have been denied proper child visitation,
under a bill the Kentucky Senate passed yesterday.  The bill would make
it a misdemeanor for a parent who has custody of a child to
intentionally violate a court-approved agreement on child visitation.
Women would be more likely to face charges because most children of
divorce are in the custody of their mothers.

The debate on the Senate floor prompted passionate speeches on both
sides of the issue. Republican Sen. Tim Philpot said, "This body, by
passing this bill, is abusing children, and I'm not stating that too
strong." Philpot said he has handled divorce cases for 15 years and has
seen the type of situations where the bill would do more harm than
good.

He said the bill "has the potential to give abusing husbands another
weapon ... to abuse their ex-spouse, another weapon to drag their
children into the turmoil." Philpot said many divorce cases simply
require "reasonable" visitation. He said judges can find spouses in
contempt of court if they disobey visitation orders.

The bill is sponsored by Sen. Dan Seum, D-Louisville. Senate President
Pro Tem John A. Rose, D-Winchester, in a rare floor speech, said Seum's
situation has often been repeated because judges have not properly used
their powers. "We need to send a message to judges across the state
that violation of visitation rights is a serious offense."

Another member of the Senate leadership, majority caucus chairman David
Karem of Louisville, also spoke in favor of the bill. "One of the worst
things that occurs in child custody cases is the constant use of
children as a football between the parents."

The bill passed 25-13. All eleven Republicans and two of the Senate's
27 Democrats voted against the bill. One of the two Democrats who broke
ranks was Sen. Susan Johns of Louisville, the only woman in the
Senate.

She said later that the bill could become just a way "for people who do
not have custody to get back at the people who do have custody." Johns
said she could imagine situations where an ex-husband comes to the
door drunk, looking to visit his children and the ex-wife turns him
away. She said it would be difficult to prove he was drunk.

But even if the woman won in court, the bill would still make her go
through a lot of grief by hiring an attorney and going to court, Johns
said. Sen. Walter Baker, R-Glasgow, said the bill would overwhelm
district courts with cases that they were not experienced in handling.

The Kentucky Council of Churches and the Attorney General's Task Force
on Domestic Violence opposed the legislation. The bill now goes to the
House.

Source: Lexington, Kentucky Herald-Leader, March 10, 1992

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Child Support Bills Pending in California

Sheila James Kuehl, managing director of the California Women's Law
Center is upset. Recently, Pete Wilson signed a bill, sponsored by
State Senator Gary Hart, which eliminated the section of California's
child support law that allowed the non-custodial parent to pay less
support if s/he was taking care of the child part of the time.

Kuehl writes that "the outcry from `father's rights' groups and,
amazingly, from male judges and attorneys, was loud, long, wounded and
angry. Because so many men objected, and women didn't have a chance to
support the new idea because it hadn't taken effect yet, Hart felt
constrained to water down his own bill. The result is a new and less
stringent version that went into effect on July 1."

"Now," Kuehl writes, "men want to remove the weakened provisions and
Hart's desk has thousands of letters demanding that he reverse even the
diluted version. At the same time, Sen.  Charles Calderone has
gleefully offered to draft a bill to restore everything to the old
system, so that California's absent dads can return to paying as little
as possible..."

Source: Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1992 

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Books on Fatherhood

The following are selected lists of books and articles on fathering
that should be available at the public library.

Books on being a father:

      *	Between Father and Child - How to Become the Type of 
	Father You Want to Be, by Ronald Levant.

      *	The Daddy Track and the Single Father, by Geoffrey Greif

      *	Fatherhood, by Bill Cosby

      *	Me and the Boy: A Journey of Discovery, by Paul Hemphill

      *	How to Father a Successful Daughter, by Kyle Pruett

      *	What Kids Need Most in a Dad, by Tim Hansel

Books on shared parenting:

      *	The Complete Book of Child Custody, by Suzanne Ramos

      *	Divided Children, by Michael Wheeler

      *	Divorce and Your Child, by Sonja Goldstein

      *	Parent vs. Parent, by Stephen Herman

      *	Separate Houses, by Roberto Sharpio

      *	Sharing the Children, by Robert Adler

      *	Understanding Child Custody, by Susan Terkel

These articles should also be available at your local library:

      * "Child Splitting" Many states now favor joint custody. But it's
	not always the happiest arrangement. Psychology Today, Nov.
	1988, page 34.

      * "Joint custody's success depends on the parents," Wall Street
	Journal, Nov. 15, 1991, page B-1.

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"In most cases in which men are paying child support, they 
are getting to see their children. But there are cases where 
they are refused access to the children so they decide not to 
pay support. And frankly, I don't blame them."
	-  Bob Adams, president of the Divorced Men's Association of
	   Connecticut

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Divorced Fathers Find Obstacles
By Julie Bonnin

One man says he feels like an inconvenience, a visitor to his own
children. Another describes himself as a father stripped of his
identity. And for many of the other participants in a University of
Texas at Austin study of divorced men who do not have primary custody
of their children, a near constant anger broils beneath the surface of
their lives.

"I can't even look at a little girl at about the same age as my little
girl without thinking about her and feeling the stress," said one.
"It's almost an anger that you have to suppress. It is a constant.  Not
a day goes by that you don't, two or three times during the day, go in
and suppress those feelings, which can't be healthy for you."

The UT sociologists behind the study, Debra Umberson and Christine
Williams, came up with much the same conclusion after interviewing 45
Austin men and analyzing a national sample of nearly 1,000
non-custodial fathers: Divorced fathers who don't live with their kids
exhibit high levels of poor mental health, which may be linked to their
tendency to withdraw from and repress feelings about their children.

The revelation is worth noting, and not simply because of the number of
men whose lives are affected (roughly one-half of all fathers in the
United States become non-custodial parents), the researchers say. If
some non-custodial fathers work hard to avoid thoughts and emotions
concerning their children, the behavior eventually may lead them to not
pay child support or visit their children.

"Repressing their feelings doesn't help the men, but it also doesn't
help women or children," Umberson says. "The more a father remains in
contact, the greater he's likely to pay child support."

And, the researchers say, a host of barriers works to prevent even the
best-intentioned of non-custodial fathers from having positive and
sustained involvement with their kids: time, distance and financial
constraints, bias in the legal system, a lack of support networks and
the demands of new relationships.

The two researchers (who are both divorced, but not parents), say they
were drawn to the project because no one else was.  Sociologists
looking at the issue of divorce have traditionally focused on women and
children, but until now researchers have failed to examine how divorced
fathers are affected, say Williams and Umberson, who hope to publish
a book based on their study.

The little that is known provides a damning profile of "deadbeat dads"
who dodge child-support payments and shun their sons and daughters.
More than half of all men who are court-ordered to pay child-support
fail to pay the full amount; 43% of divorced fathers rarely or never
visit their children, according to a 1987 study.

"The stereotype is that men aren't involved in a parenting role,
especially after divorce," Williams says. "A lot of people assume that
parenting doesn't matter to men after divorce." In interview after
interview, the UT researchers found that to be untrue.

Again and again, the researchers found men repressing the emotions
that arose in the wake of divorce. Frequently, the most vivid feeling
was one of trying to keep things from spinning out of control. "There
were so many men who would say `I almost didn't come (to the
interview), because I knew all these feelings would resurface,'"
Williams says.

"We teach young boys not to cry, not to feel when they're distressed.
So what's the solution? To run away, to make yourself scarce." Another
way to avoid the pain is to remarry; other studies have shown that 83
percent of divorced men remarry-most within three years after a
breakup.

Divorced men have been shown to be more prone to suicide, accidental
death and to substance abuse. Fathers who live apart from their
children are more likely to engage in risky behavior than those living
with kids.

Exacerbating the problems of non-custodial fathers are negative
characterizations they say plague them. "The system assumes that the
woman is a fair-minded, relatively sane individual I think," said one
man. "They assume about me that I'm a drunken, pickup-driving,
beer-can-littering, child-abusing wife-beater."

"The point," says Bob Curry of Texas Fathers for Equal Rights, "is not
that the situation is totally backward, because there are men like
that. But you read the newspapers and women are always the victims and
men are the perpetrators."

"You don't have anything to say about where your children go to school,
what doctors they see, what sports they play, but you have to have a
smile on your face, pretend to everyone at home, at work and at church
that everything's OK. Because if you don't meet your responsibilities,
you're just another uncaring, unfeeling father."

Source: Austin, Texas American-Statesman, March 8, 1992

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Federal Bills
By David K. Garrod, Ph.D., September 28, 1992

H.R. 1241, the bill federally criminalizing interstate flight to avoid
child support (Hyde bill), was approved August 24, 1992 by the House.
It was approved while under rules suspension, thus allowing no
amendments. Andy Jacobs (D-IN) and Dan Burton (R-IN) have introduced
H.R. 5791 to amend H.R. 1241 to federally criminalize visitation denial
along with child support non-compliance.

A similar bill, S. 1002 (Shelby, D-Al), I believe is out of com-
mittee, and has been modified to introduce language to make it a
federal crime for crossing state lines to avoid any part of a
child-related court order. (I do not have the exact language, but it is
my understanding that visitation denial will be federally criminalized
as well as child support non-compliance.)

Since two-thirds of the House supported rules suspension for H.R. 1241
my guess is that, although time is short, there is a GOOD chance of new
laws in this area.

Action suggestion: Write your representative telling them to support
H.R. 5791. Write your senator telling them to support S.  1002.
Hopefully then, out of the success of either H.R. 5791 in the House or
out of a conference committee to resolve the differences between H.R.
1241 and S. 1002, we will get visitation denial criminalized also.

If we take no action? The odds are high we will just get child support
non-compliance criminalized.

Points you might wish to add on the phone or in your letter:

Do you really wish to create a new class of federal prisoners at
$20,000 + cost/year to the taxpayers. (How does this help them to pay
child support?) By also enforcing visitation, child support
compliance will improve, which is really what is wanted.  Recent
studies, e.g., Census Bureau and also Braver et. al., Family Relation
180, April 1991, have shown child support compliance as follows:

      *	Joint custody: 90-93% 
      *	Sole custody with good visitation: 66-79% 
      *	Sole custody with no or minimal visitation: 31-45% 

So to improve child support compliance, joint custody is best.  Good
visitation approximately doubles payments received compared with poor
visitation for sole custody. The states already have the capability to
go after non-compliance of child support on an interstate basis, so
criminalizing visitation denial will actually be much more effective at
achieving child support compliance than federalizing child support
non-compliance.

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Bendix vs. Bendix
By David K. Garrod, Ph.D.

This case is a couple of years old, but is a typical example of blatant
sexist bias in "the system." In this case William R. Bendix of
Indianapolis was found to owe child support in the amount of $14,850 to
Michele G. Bendix of Mishawaka. The appeals court ruled that even
though the two daughters of the marriage, Lisa and Teresa, had, in
fact, lived with their father, not the mother who was awarded custody
and child support, the father was still liable to pay child support.

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Key Family Issues Ignored

Richard Cordray, Democratic candidate in the 15th Congressional
District of Ohio, said the Republican National Convention emphasized
family values but failed to address the valuable family issues of child
support, family leave and day care.

Cordray said the child support system is "a national disgrace," with
one in five children living below the poverty line. He said he would
support criminal penalties for willful failure to pay child support.

Cordray said he supports a bill to set penalties of six months in
prison and a $5,000 fine for interstate flight to avoid child support
payments. Penalties should be higher for repeat offenders, he said.

Cordray also called for use of the Internal Revenue Service to enforce
child support orders, requiring new employees to disclose on tax
withholding forms if they have been required to pay support and
requiring employers to withhold payments from paychecks.

Source: Columbus Dispatch, September, 1992

Editorial Comment: Representative Cordray states that he discussed
visitation, but that part of the discussion wasn't printed. We want to
know `Why not?'

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"I still think it is not a good idea for me to have to order 
women into combat. Combat is about killing people." 
	-  U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, General Merrill A. McPeak

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The Calculation of Interest for Support Arrearages

Two Ohio District Court of Appeals held that, upon request, statutory
interest may be assessed on unpaid balances in Domestic Relations cases
commencing upon the date that payment is due rather than commencing
upon the granting of lump sum judgment.

The Court of Appeals for Summit County in a reported opinion, Allen v.
Allen (1990), held that "in absence of factors making it inequitable, a
right to interest on unpaid installments of alimony (or child support)
accrues on the date each installment matures or becomes due and runs
until paid." This opinion supports an earlier unreported opinion from
Cuyahoga County, Singer v.  Singer, which held that the obligee should
be granted interest on the unpaid balance of the divided martial assets
from the date of first judgment entry awarding those assets.

The authority for these decisions is the language Revised Code Section
1343.03(A) which provides:

	...in cases other than those provided for in sections
	1343.01 and 1343.02 of the Revised Code, when money
	becomes due and payable upon any bond, bill, note or
	other investments of writing, upon any book account,
	upon any settlement between parties, upon all verbal
	contracts entered into, and upon all judgments,
	decrees, and orders of any judicial tribunal for the
	payment of money arising out of tortuous conduct, or a
	contract, or other transaction, the creditor is
	entitled to interest at a rate of 10% per annum...

The Court in Allen theorized that installment payments operate as
separate judgments, therefore accruing interest as the payment is due.

Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court, in a memo dated March 10,
1982, developed an interest calculation to aid in establishing the
interest that is due on past due spousal support or child support.

Editorial Comment: If anyone is interested in the formula, call (614)
275-6767.

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"The great masses of people ... will more easily fall victims to 
a big lie than to a small one."
	-  Adolph Hitler

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"All men are potential rapists, and that's all they are!"
	-  Susan Brownmiller

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Helping Fathers--Job Training Program May Help Overcome Child Support
Problems
By Debra Jasper

John Finley gets angry every time he hears the term "deadbeat dads."

With four of his ten children sitting behind him, Finley last month
stated to Ohio Rep. Tom Roberts, D-Dayton, that if the state wants to
help children, it has to help the fathers.

"There is no way for me to help my child if I'm down," Finley said.
"There is no way to give your child self-esteem if you ain't got it."

Finley and about 50 other fathers in Montgomery County are under court
order to take part in a federally funded job training program called
Parents' Fair Share.

The experimental program is designed to help non-custodial parents get
jobs so their children can get off welfare.

"The bottom line is, if child support is what you want, help us get a
job," said Joe Caldwell, another father.

Parents' Fair Share programs have been established in nine states. Fair
Share teaches job skills such as resume writing to parents who haven't
had jobs for months or years and owe thousands of dollars in
court-ordered child support.

These fathers seldom fit the stereotype of the deadbeat dad who makes
good money, but runs from his responsibilities. Many of them are poorly
educated and have few job skills.

But the program also has spawned a side effect; it has brought together
fathers with common problems and motivated them to help themselves.

During discussions after required support group meetings, five fathers
formed a group called Fathers Working With Fathers, which plans to
lobby against "anti-father" legislation, work to increase fathers'
self-esteem and help each other in emergencies.

Eleven men from the program took their first step toward those goals
when they met Roberts in a conference room at Goodwill Industries on
Kuntz Road. Dressed in blue jeans and T-shirts, they looked out of
place in the business-like setting.

They seemed nervous, too. But when Roberts said he planned to make
helping them his adopted goal of the year, many of them smiled. "I
think we have a chance," James Dollar, another father said.

Around the country, political candidates advocate beefing up child
support enforcement efforts to sway voters. And child support agencies
are trying innovative ways-such as putting parents faces on national
wanted lists-to collect money.

It's a big issue-and so are the numbers. In Montgomery County alone,
parents have failed to pay almost $42 million in child support since
June 1987. As of last month, figures show that 5.7 percent of the
53,960 active child support cases this year, the children who were not
getting support were on welfare.

Dannetta Graves, a social service administrator with the Montgomery
County Department of Human Services, said Parents' Fair Share wants to
lower those statistics. But that will take a two-fold approach.

"If we want to change an individual's behavior, we have to address his
attitude and feelings about children. Many of them didn't have fathers
so they don't know how to be fathers to their children." Graves said.
"And we're looking at getting them employed at a living wage so they
can take care of their families."

Finley, an unemployed truck driver, said he and most of the other
fathers in the program mow lawns and do odd jobs to make ends meet. He
said they all love their children, but there isn't enough money left
over to pay child support.

He and other fathers blame the recession and the shift to a service
economy, saying the only jobs available now offer low wages and little
chance for advancement. And while they now know how to write resumes
and cover letters, the men said a resume isn't worth much if you don't
have anything to put on it.

"You might as well tell us to do community service," James Johnson, a
father of five, said.

While the fathers struggle to find jobs where they can make enough to
support themselves and their families, their children struggle to
survive in single-parent households, where their mothers' incomes must
be supplemented by Aid of Dependent Children benefits.

About one-third of the 300 men expected to participate in Parents'
Fair Share this year will get on-the-job training through the greater
Dayton Job Training Program. They will train for a number of different
jobs, depending on their education levels and abilities, from mechanics
to word processors.

But until they are hired, the fathers continue to help each other.

One weekend, they sold barbecued ribs and sloppy joes to raise money
for the club. They also took up a collection to turn on the electricity
for a father who was broke.

Kerri Burns, the program's manager of career development, said actions
like that have generated calls to her office from as far away as New
York from people wanting to copy their idea.

"People say men don't bond. You are bonding," she told the men. "It's
already working."

The excitement the fathers share about the program is evident in the
support-group sessions, held weekly in a church basement near downtown
Dayton.

Led by Larry Jackson, facilities-counselor, the meetings often last
more than three hours and touch on everything from jobs to the
stereotype of the "deadbeat dad."

During a recent session, Caldwell held up a newspaper article with the
headline "Deadbeat parents on wanted posters." He said that stereotype
holds a lot of men back.

"I showed this to my daughter and she said, `Daddy, what is the child
going to think when she sees her daddy up there?'" he said. "I bet
nobody thought of that."

Caldwell said the system needs to understand that child support is
about more than money. It's about fathers who need to have a presence
in their children lives, even if they don't have material things to
offer them.

His advice to dads? "Whatever you do, stick with that kid. If you
don't, that out there will eat them alive," he said, pointing out the
open door.

Source: Dayton Daily News, September, 1992

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"And I know how awful it is for a kid to grow up knowing that somewhere
out there, there is some father who abandoned her or him. I just-it
infuriates me. And so, do I think we ought to have a Draconian system
of national child support enforcement? I sure do. I really believe
that. I do."
	-  Bill Clinton

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Killings Produce Calls for Mediation

A divorced father shot and killed two lawyers and wounded two judges in
a Fort Worth, Texas court house on July 5, 1992.  George Lott, who
voluntarily surrendered to police later in the same day, said he had
been "victimized" by a "fixed" divorce ruling four years ago.

Lott, according to press reports, had been commuting as often as
possible to where his former wife, who is also a lawyer, had moved with
their son, Neal.

A few months ago, Lott said, he was charged with sexual abuse of the
boy and was awaiting extradition to that state. In an appearance at a
TV station after the shootings, and before he turned himself in, Lott
said he was sorry to have gone to such extremes to draw attention to
his case, and asked authorities to find out who was really abusing his
son. The Children's Rights Council (CRC) issued a press release stating
that "We deplore these killings. We believe in personal responsibility.
We wish that Mr. Lott had worked more within the system, regardless of
his personal anguish.

"But we think America needs to do more than deplore these killings.

"Mobility is a part of American life, but the practice of treating
children like baggage and having one parent move them around the
country-away from the other parent-is a practice that needs to be
examined.

"Also, many mental health professionals and attorneys realize that
false allegations of abuse are the `nuclear bomb' of custody battles.
Whether the charges against Mr. Lott are true or false (and we do not
know), better handling of such charges is necessary. Interestingly,
Texas has a model law (H.B. 2252) that sets standards and procedures
for child abuse investigations, minimum qualifications and continuing
education for child abuse investigators on the state and local level.
That law needs to be adopted nationwide.

"After some custody related killings in Fairfax County, Virginia,
Chief Circuit Court Judge Richard Jamborsky instituted mediation as a
way of cooling down the passions between divorcing parents. America
needs to demilitarize divorce where children are concerned and provide
for more mediation, shared parenting and access/visitation
enforcement."

The call for mediation was echoed by Louise Raggio, former head of the
American Bar Association Family Law Section.  Raggio, a Dallas family
law attorney, said she was frequently threatened during her 40 year
career.

"A person (in a custody battle) can get crazy," said Raggio. "We need
fewer `trials by ambush,' even if it means forced mediation. We need
to do things less vindictively. Until we take a different approach,
we're just courting violence," Raggio said.  "People need to have a
chance to sit down and try to work things out instead of going to court
and trying slash and burn techniques where the damage is done to the
children."

Source: Around the Country, Speak Out For Children, 
Summer 1992

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Some Statistics on Moms, Dads and Child Support
By Linda Castrone

Only 11 percent of all divorced fathers have primary custody of their
children, and only 7 percent of their ex-wives have been ordered to pay
them child support. A study done in 1990 by Denver's Center for Policy
Studies found that only half the men who get custody of their children
get child support awards. Only 18 percent of all women with custody
have no child support order.

Half of those without support orders said they didn't want them because
they were able to support their children without help.  Those who did
get support averaged $138 a month, or 70 percent of what the average
female parent is awarded.

The Center found that women's payment records were similar to men's,
with about a third paying the full amount due, a third paying part of
it, and a third paying nothing. About 5 percent of the cases referred
to the state Child Support Enforcement Division concern women who
fail to pay their support obligations.

Source: Denver, Colorado Rocky Mountain News, April 5, 1992

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For a 20% Cut, She'll Collect Child Support for You
By Julia Helgason

Parents who run behind on child support payments fall into three
categories, said Bobbie Nowlin of Columbus.

"There are those who can't pay, those who won't pay and those who don't
pay."

Nowlin goes after the won'ts and the don'ts.

Fed up with her own fruitless eight-year fight for child support, and
spurred on by other women in the same situation, the 49-year-old
former beauty shop owner decided to do something besides gripe.

So she's off and running with a private agency dedicated to col-
lecting delinquent, court ordered child support payments.

For its trouble, the agency pockets 20 percent of what it collects.

Founded in March, the agency at 25 Greenlawn Ave., near downtown
Columbus, is called "Now-Done in the Interest of Children, Inc."

The "Now" is short for Nowlin. The "Done" comes from Charlene Dunn,
Nowlin's former partner.

Now-Done goes after any parent, father or mother, who is behind on
child support payments.

If the system were doing its job, then her agency would have not
clients, Nowlin said. "Our phones don't quit ringing."

A report by the U.S. Commission on Interstate Child Support concurs.

The nation's system of child support enforcement is "a dinosaur mired
in paper," the commission said. It called for such drastic measures as
making a federal crime of willful failure to pay court-ordered
support.

The U.S. House of Representatives, acting hours after the report was
issued, passed a bill to establish penalties for interstate flight to
avoid child support payments.

Nowlin said she launched Now-Done in response to a system failure in
Franklin County.

"I knew where my ex-husband was, and I knew where he worked," she said.
Nowlin wanted a court order to garnish his wages for the outstanding
child support payments.

Because the ex-husband lived out of state, the Franklin County Child
Support Enforcement Agency was reluctant to embark on the sometimes
complicated and time-consuming effort to attach his wages, she said.

"They wanted to take him back to court for contempt, and we had already
done that three times," she said.

Most women aren't interested in compiling up contempt charges against
ex-spouses, Nowlin said. "They just want their money, and I'm here to
help them get it."

A big difference between the state agency and Nowlin's is "we don't get
paid if we don't collect," she said, "while they draw their salaries
whether or not they collect anything."

Delinquencies on her agency's books total about $200,000, she said.

For comparative purposes, the Montgomery County Child Enforcement
Agency collected $67.4 million in support payments last year.

"The sheer numbers are overwhelming," said Tim Harshaw, the county's
Human Services Department spokesman. "Though the agency has increased
it staff, it still can't keep up."

Source: Dayton Daily News, September, 1992

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73% of the college students classified as rape victims by new standards
did not think they had been raped. More than 40% of these women
reported having sex again with the men who had supposedly raped them.

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Non-custodial Parents Deserve Access to Their Children
By Jenni Bergal

It's probably blasphemous to say this, but I'm beginning to think the
whole deadbeat dad thing has been blown way out of proportion.

There's no question a lot of bums out there father a kid and don't pay
a dime in child support. Some take off and are never heard from again.
Others live in the neighborhood but have no interest in seeing their
own child.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates one-quarter of the 6 million women who
were supposed to get child support payments received nothing in 1989.
Another quarter got only partial payments.

That's a terrible situation which can't be justified by anyone.  But
there's another side of the story that's rarely told.

Its about dads who do care about children and pay their support
faithfully and follow all the rules, but don't get to see their kids.

Many of these cases involve divorces in which the children become pawns
in the bitter battle between parents.

Women who are frustrated and angry at their ex-husbands frequently
cut off access to the kids as retribution.

"Divorce is a devastating situation. It brings on feelings of denial,
anger, sometimes revenge," says David L. Levy, president of the
Children's Rights Council, a national advocacy group aimed at helping
children of separation and divorce.

"People focus on their own problems. It's hard for them to separate
their children's needs from their own."

So the custodial parent, usually the woman, blocks or discourages the
other parent from visiting the children.

Levy's group estimates about 6.6 million children live with a parent
who has stopped or partially interfered with visitation.

This obviously doesn't apply to all divorced moms. Many encourage their
kids to maintain positive, healthy relationships with their fathers.

Nor are all the parents who block visitation women.

The Census Bureau says 15 percent of homes are now headed by single
fathers. That means there are about 2 million non-custodial mothers
out there, some of whom are being refused visitation.

But the simple fact is that the woman usually ends up with physical
custody of a child after a breakup. They are the ones most likely to
bar their ex-husbands from seeing the kids. This should never happen
unless there is child abuse or the father's home environment is
completely unsuitable for a child.

And it's not a good enough excuse when women argue that they've cut off
access just because their ex-husband has failed to make child-support
payments.

One issue has nothing to do with the other.

"We've got to demilitarize divorce and provide mediation and incentives
for cooperation," Levy says. "Parents may be divorcing themselves,
but they're not divorcing their children."

Slowly, a few states have begun to recognize that obstructing
visitation is as serious a problem as failing to pay child support.
Last year, Virginia passed a law giving the court discretion to change
custody when a parent intentionally withholds visitation.

"In Virginia, there has been a growing awareness that it's important
to collect child support, but it's also important for a child to have
two parents," says Lawrence Gaughan, a family law attorney in
Fairfax.

In New Jersey, a 1990 law makes interfering with access or visitation
a crime. Violators face a maximum of five years in jail and a $7,500
fine. But the law is rarely, if ever, enforced by prosecutors, much to
the dismay of child advocates.

"It's a gender issue. It's easier to throw men in jail than women,"
says Bruce Gillman, past president of the New Jersey Council for
Children's Rights. "It's part of the bias that surrounds all these
issues. No one really cares about the father-child relationship."

While jailing mothers who block visitation may seem an extreme measure,
more and more fathers who fail to pay child support are ending up in
the slammer.

So why should the law treat interference with visitation any dif-
ferently?

The real national disgrace is that although there's staff in every
state to enforce child support laws, no such units have been set up to
deal with access problems.

"There are no programs and no money. There's very little mediation,"
says Levy, of the national children's rights group.

So how does a father feel when he pays child support, maintains a nice
house, does everything by the book and still doesn't get to see his
kids?

Hopeless and frustrated, that's how.

Failing to pay child support is wrong. But it's just as wrong to sever
a child's right to enjoy the company of both parents. Children need
to learn from and love their mother and their father.

Those who aren't given the chance are the ultimate losers.

Source: Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, September, 1992

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Free Child Support Seminars
By Paul Bokros

The Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Agency is sponsoring a
series of four meetings on various aspects of child support. The first
meeting was held on October 7th and the topic was "How to Request a
Review to Modify Your Child Support Order." Director Joseph J. Pilat
opened the meeting by stating that the agency is stepping up the
enforcement of child support orders and the adherence to the guidelines
for support. Each presenter covered their administrative area of the
review process. The specifics of their presentations will be covered
in later editions of the Newsletter. Questions were taken from the
attendees.

There will be three more meetings in this series. 

      * October 15, 1992: "Procedures for Taking Children Off the
	Support Order When They Reach Adulthood."

      * October 21, 1992: "Pursuing an Interstate Child Support Case."

      *	October 29, 1992: "Criminal Non-Support."

All the meetings are held at the Franklin County Courthouse, 373 S.
High Street, in Meeting Room "A" from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM.

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Texas Advisory Panel Formed

Cecilia Burke, the head of Texas' Child Support Division, adopted a
recommendation of the Texas Children's Rights Coalition (TCRC) to
establish a child support advisory panel to address the concerns of
both non-custodial and custodial parents.

Eric Anderson, head of TCRC, is a custodial parent representative on
the commission. Eric has custody of his 8-year-old son Brandon.

The commission is expected to advise the state child support office and
the Texas Attorney General, Dan Moralees, whose office runs the state
child support office.

"All states should have balanced commissions to advise on all aspects
of family law, not just financial child support," said Anderson.

Source: Speak Out For Children, Summer 1992

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Much press has been made of the fact that in Los Angeles, there are
only 5 shelters for homeless women. Women make up 10% of the homeless
population. Number of shelters in Los Angeles for homeless men? None!
	-  Michael Rivero

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It's A Tug of War Over Child Support
By Carole Cannon

Children get caught in power struggles when parents duel about
delinquent payments vs. visitation rights.

Brandt Petry didn't know how to answer his 9-year-old daughter when
she asked him, "Daddy, why aren't you paying?"

His daughter, Celeste, was referring to child support.

"I can't tell you the pain I was in when she asked me that," said
Petry, 36.

Petry said that his wife is withholding visitation rights because he is
behind on his child support payments. Celeste's mother, Gail Angeletti,
denies it.

But a number of fathers say it is common for visitation to be denied
when support is not paid, even though Ohio law prohibits it.

Business had been slow for Petry as a salesman-consultant for a
communications firm in Akron, he said. From January to July, he said
his income averaged $308 a month.

He was required to pay $35 a week in child support-about $140 a month.
"There was no way I could pay half of what I was making," he said.

The amount of child support is determined by using a formula based on
the income of both parents and a number of other factors.

Angeletti, 35, who has remarried and lives in Akron, said she is
withholding visitation because Petry does not provide a stable
environment for Celeste. "I can live without his money," she said. "My
husband and I both work full time jobs."

She said her daughter has told her that Petry has taken her to bars
while he watched football games. "He also jumps from girlfriend to
girlfriend and makes Celeste sleep on the couch because there is not
another bed available."

Angeletti said her daughter has often worn the same clothes all weekend
and has had to use detergent to wash her hair.

Petry denies any unacceptable behavior.

"I've seen Celeste twice this year," Petry said. "She (Angeletti) even
sends back letters and a (stuffed) rabbit I gave Celeste."

Angeletti and Petry were divorced in 1987, after seven years of
marriage. They have been in and out of court since 1987 because of his
lapses in child support payments, Angeletti said.

The Summit County Child Support Enforcement Agency has filed a contempt
action against Petry for failure to pay support.  The agency can act
after a payment is 10 days late.

Angeletti said she had nothing to do with the action filed by the
agency, but believes it prompted Petry to file for custody of Celeste
in June. Petry, who is representing himself, dropped the suit.

Parents do get away with denying visitation when support is not paid.

Support payments and visitation rights "are not tied to each other
legally," said Summit County Prosecutor Lynn Slaby, "but they sometimes
end up being handled that way."

Slaby said a parent could be held in contempt of court for denying
visitation because of failure to pay child support, but most times,
cases are referred to mediation. The parent who does not have custody
is usually told to catch up on the support payments, and the
custodial parent is usually told to allow visitation.

Petry said his case was referred to mediation.

Angeletti said she was told that a report from the mediator would be
filed within 90 days. She assumes it means 90 days from their last
court appearance.

Several weeks ago, Petry found a job at Communications Systems in
Cleveland that pays him $250 a week. He immediately began to make child
support payments of 35 a week, he said.

Petry said Angeletti is refusing to let him visit Celeste until he
catches up on the $1300 he owes. His court-ordered visitation is one
weekend a month, and Angeletti says he is welcome to spend time with
his daughter if he follows her ground rules.

He has asked that payments be reduced to $26 a week, but said he does
not know where that request is in the appeals process.  Angeletti said
the request has not been granted. She said she believes Petry should
have to pay more than the $35 a week.

On Sept. 8, Petry will be back in court for a ruling on whether he had
been willfully withholding payments.

Source: Akron Beacon Journal, August 30, 1992

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Men's Right to Choice Suit

The National Center For Men is preparing to litigate the equivalent
of Roe V. Wade for men's reproductive rights. Below are excerpts of a
letter written by Joe Appelbaum, the litigation chairman for the
National Center For Men.

Fighting For Fairness and Equal Rights, P.O. Box 317, Brooklyn, New
York 11240. Telephone (718) 845-2010.

We are attempting to overturn very sexist laws which deny men the right
to decline fatherhood in this age of "reproductive freedom" for
women.

A man's life, future and wallet are currently in the hands of his
female partner if she gets pregnant and decides to have the child
contrary to his wishes. He is denied any say in the matter. He is not
allowed to say, "I do not choose to be a father and I don't want to be
held financially responsible for this child." We are going to petition
the federal courts to permit a man, prior to fetal viability, to go
into a family court and relinquish rights and responsibilities to the
unborn child. We want a legal "right to choose," too.

Our attorney, Robert Smith, has agreed to take this case "pro bono,"
but we still have to cover his expenses. I have pledged $200 for this
case (I was a paternity suit victim). If you have been, too, there is
no need for me to emphasize the importance of this lawsuit. If you
haven't been (yet), try to imagine a deceptive and uncaring woman
taking you to court to force you to support a child, when you were
never given a choice. The financial consequences alone could total
over $100,000 for twenty-one years or more.

We can use this filing as an opportunity to raise America's con-
sciousness about men's lack of reproductive rights. We would like to
maximize media interest by simultaneously petitioning the federal
courts in other districts nationwide.

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      * Ratio of men to women who are arrested on murder charges: 7.4:1
      *	Number of men executed in the U.S. since 1976: 175 
      *	Number of women executed in the U.S. since 1976: 1

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Unemployed Dads = Deadbeat Dads
By Pat Grossmith

Child support payments are just another victim of the continuing
recession in New Hampshire, according to a state official who surmises
the increase in collection cases is directly related to people losing
jobs and applying for public assistance.

"We've had an enormous increase in cases," said Frank Richards,
administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement Services. The
agency was established in 1975 under a federal mandate dictating that
all states must operate child support services.

Under the law, Richards explained, anyone applying for AFDC must assign
rights to child support through the state. It means that whenever there
is an increase in AFDC cases, the number of cases in his office
increases. Those child support payments are made directly to his
agency. The first $50 is paid to the family with the remainder going
to reimburse the state and federal governments for its assistance.

"Even though the collections have gone up, the debt has gone up even
faster," Richards said. Perhaps the most telling factor is the amount
of money the office is now collecting by attaching unemployment checks.
Richards said his office can attach up to 20 percent of a worker's
unemployment compensation check.

"Essentially, collections (from unemployment compensation) doubled over
last year and more," he said. "It's a very small portion of the total
debt. It reflects on the troubles the payer is having and on the
client not likely to get the full amount. It's an undesirable
situation, but at least it ensures something is going to the child."

Source: Manchester, New Hampshire Sunday News, March 8, 1992

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"Deadbeat Dads" Protest Roundups
By Brian T. Murray

"Deadbeat dads are not dead. We're alive and well and mad as hell,"
proclaimed about a dozen protestors yesterday in Morris County, whose
sheriff they blame for starting a statewide trend of rounding up
parents who are behind in child support payments.

"We're angry. It began in Morris County, and so that's where we've
decided to begin. Until the courts and sheriff's department want to
enforce visitation rights as vigorously as support payments, we have a
problem with the system," said Chuck Raverta of Lincoln Park, a member
of the New Jersey Coalition for Children's Rights.

The marchers, all members of the organization, were protesting the
practice of jailing parents, usually fathers, who fall behind in child
support payments to their ex-spouses. Many contend the payments are not
limited to child support, but spouse support as well, and that the
court-determined payments are too often far beyond what the parent is
able to afford.

"It's not just an issue of money, although the courts seem to think
so," said Raverta, who spoke for the group as it marched outside the
county jail and courthouse in Morristown, vowing to continue marches
elsewhere in the state. "It's a matter of the relationship between a
child and the non-custodial parent.

"While the courts are busy enforcing support payments, they are not as
diligent in enforcing the rights of the non-custodial parents to see
their children. How many times has [Family Court] Judge [Marianne
Espinosa] Murphy put a mother in jail for refusing to let a father see
his kids? Never. That never happens," said Raverta.

Other fathers in the march contended it is difficult to meet some of
the court-ordered payments and still be able to support themselves.
People on middle incomes and less are being asked to support two
households and cannot, said Raverta.

Source: Newark, New Jersey Star-Ledger, March 26, 1992

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Striking Back Against Male-Bashing
By Elisabeth Hickey

"Take Father's Day and shove it," says Robert Commerce, new member of
the National Coalition of Free Men. "We don't want a necktie and a pat
on the head if we are going to be trashed and berated the other 364
days of the year." Feminists, says Commerce, "stole our holiday" by
using Father's Day as an opportunity to berate men for date rape and
delinquent child support.  "They have twisted it into Delinquent Daddy
Day," he says.

Other examples of male bashing: On the nation's comics pages, Andy
Capp, that lovable cockney drunkard, is chased and threatened by his
long-suffering wife. "It's nothing for her to toss him down the stairs,
and she weighs twice as much as him," says Austin, Texas, lawyer Hugh
Nations. "She uses weapons.  She hits him with a rolling pin ... we
would not tolerate that if Andy was a woman."

Robert Sides, an NCFM spokesman, says "the feminists always want us to
be so conscious of violence to women on screen, then you see a Kentucky
Fried Chicken commercial where the girl kicks the man in the [groin],
and a woman laughs hysterically."

Stuart Tobin won't buy Peter Pan or Jif peanut butter when he shops for
his family. "Choosy Moms choose Jif" and Peter Pan says "Because kids
believe in Moms." "How do I perceive these commercials? That I'm
inadequate and inept at taking care of kids," Tobin said. "Not only are
they offensive, but they're dumb. They aren't talking to me, when they
should be."

Why is Mother's Day the single biggest day for phone calls?  Why do
people always yell "Hi, Mom" when they get on TV?  Why are almost 50
million more Mother's Day cards exchanged than Father's Day cards?
Men's movement activists are trying to change this.

On the agenda, Warren Farrell says, is pushing for flexible work
options so men can spend more time with their children. These men also
want to reform a court system in which mothers win 90 percent of
contested custody cases. Most of all, they want to fulfill their
critical role.

"All the studies show that fathers are extremely important in the
development of their children," Mr. Macchietto says. "Yet we have a
court system that pushes men out of families. If you look at the number
of juvenile delinquents, they are almost always from female-dominated
households."

Source: Washington Times, June 18, 1992

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"The feminist perspective on relationships has become like fluoride in
water. We drink it without being aware of its presence. The idea that
men are jerks has become integrated into our unconscious."
	-  Warren Farrell

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October's meeting offers a unique opportunity-to hear both judicial
candidates for the only Franklin County Domestic Relations judicial
position that is open for election in November. The two candidates for
judge are Judge Clifford Cloud and Yvette McGee.

Judge Cloud was the guest speaker at our meeting in April of this year. 
Yvette McGee has previously attended one meeting in March. Both 
candidates have expressed empathy with divorcing fathers.

Judge Cloud was one of the first men in Ohio to be awarded joint custody 
in a divorce over 10 years ago. He knows personally what it means to be 
a divorced father who wants to be actively involved with his children. He 
was appointed judge in Domestic Relations Court several years ago.

Yvette McGee was raised by a single parent, in economic hardship. She 
worked her way through Ohio University and OSU Law School, becoming 
an assistant attorney general. Later, she won appointment as chief counsel 
to the state's adult and juvenile corrections systems. She has advocated 
strictly enforcing child support and visitation orders.

There will be a formal question and answer session with both candidates. 
The candidates are not allowed to answer any questions about their 
personal beliefs or how they would rule in certain situations. Please submit 
all questions in writing to Jack Quinn at the beginning of the meeting.

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ATTORNEY REFERRAL LIST

(listed alphabetically)
Pamela Bertram
502 South 3rd Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 221-0725

Andrew Fishman
765 South Front Street
Columbus, Ohio 43206
(614) 444-3606

Bradley Frick
50 West Broad Street, Suite 3300
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 228-0505

Patricia Grimm
4937 West Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43228
(614) 878-1092

Ralph A. Kerns
743 South Front Street
Columbus, Ohio 43206
(614) 444-1100

Barry Wolinetz
Luper, Wolinetz, Sheriff & Neidenthal
50 West Broad Street, Suite 1200
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 221-7663

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The FACE Newsletter Staff

Jack Quinn	Research, Contributing Editor
Aaron Hoffmeyer	Research, Typesetting, Contributing Editor
Paul Bokros	Research, Contributing Editor, Mailing List

The FACE Officers

Mike Driscoll	President
Tom Tavener	Vice-President
John McKinley	Treasurer
Bob Fowler	Secretary


The Fathers and Children for Equality Foundation is supported by the
Ohio United Way.

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