From: bhv@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris)
Subject: Re: 3rd CFV and VOTE ACK: misc.legal.family moderated
Organization: Motorola, CCR&D, CORP, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:27:22 GMT

In article <BvuvMx.F5E@uunet.uu.net> bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick) writes:
)3rd CALL FOR VOTES: misc.legal.family moderated 
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)
)The newsgroup misc.legal.family has been proposed to provide a forum
)for the discussion of family law issues. 
)
)In the discussion period (which began 28 August), the following issues
)were brought up, and a consensus reached:
)
)1) No newsgroup is currently available through Usenet (or altnet) which
)addresses the aspects of 
)
)   How to       Why is       Where do I       What do I do
)
)when it comes to generalities of family law. It was shown out that certain
)elements of this have appeared (overly crossposted) in alt.child-support,
)soc.men, alt.dads-rights, soc.women, and misc.legal. However, the discus-
)sions did not, on the whole, provide a source of information free of the
)rhetorical, emotional, or other (so-called) noise elements.
)
)2) Divorce is an issue which affects one-half of all marriages in the US
)today, and family-law in general touches some three-fifths of the people.
)In view of this, family law has a pervasiveness which is deserving of a
)newsgroup for 'clear channel' discussions, specially for the purpose of
)sharing information for people involved in family-law related situations.
)
)3) Topics that would constitute appropriate material for discussion in
)the group were expanded to cover (but not be limited to) the following:
)
)    o    divorce       
)    o    child-support      
)    o    paternity   
)    o    intrasexual marriage   
)    o    extended family rights   
)    o    dependency actions
)    o    court order enforcement
)    o    child-abuse/molestation
)    o    spousal abuses
)    o    state specific laws and procedures
)    o    locating representation
)    o    dealing with governmental agencies
)    o    miscellaneous court procedures
)
)4) Occasional postings could/would include state forms, laws, court
)rules, or other materials related to the systems of family law.
)
)5) Occasional postings could include essays or reprints of articles
)which relate to the various aspects of family-law.
)
)6) Posts are expected to be based (but not emotionally biased) on
)experiential learnings and or scholastic and professional skills, or
)by curiosity about issues specific to the law as it exists today.
)
)7) Posts are expected to be generalized in nature, and to disclude
)interpersonal disparagements (flames).
)
)8) Case specific information is discouraged, but not banned. Any
)such passage of information will be the sole responsibilities of
)any poster or reader should the group be created.
)
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)[ADDENDUM: 09-27-92]  Interpersonal case discussions, if any, will
)be directed to e-mail between those involved. IT IS NOT THE INTENT
)OF THIS NEWSGROUP TO DISPENSE LEGAL ADVICE. This was not made very
)clear in the first issue of the CFV, however, the RFD was clear.
)This addendum is made to avoid any confusion on the part of voters.
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)
)VOTING INFORMATION/INSTRUCTIONS:
)
)Votes shall be sent via e-mail ONLY. Only votes mailed to the proper
)address shall be counted. Votes which are posted or mailed to an
)improper address will be voided. In the case of vote changes, the
)LAST vote sent by an individual will be counted, and previous votes
)by that individual will be voided.
)
)The voting will remain open until Midnight, October 25. This message
)will be repeated three times, once each week, until the voting closes.
)
)YES votes should be sent to:     yes@dogear.spk.wa.us
)NO  votes should be sent to:     no@dogear.spk.wa.us
)
)In EITHER case, the body of your message text should contain the words 
)
)           "I vote {yes}/{no} for misc.legal.family" 
)
)as per Usenet Guidelines. The subject line and/or any other text/comment 
)will be ignored. (Votes will neither be tallied nor read until the vote
)closes.) In order to pass, the vote tally must demonstrate a two-thirds
)majority in favor, with 100 more yes votes than no votes. The results of
)the voting will be posted at the conclusion of the voting period.
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)VOTE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

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Thought I'd bring this to the attention of soc.* readers.