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- From: garrod@dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu (David Garrod)
- Subject: Sex Discrimination in Divorce
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.170827.8963@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Keywords: custody
- Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news)
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:08:27 GMT
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- We have had some discussion regarding a class action suit to
- redress the sexist attitude of judges in custody hearings.
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- What do we need to prove? How do we do it?
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- We have data from Indiana, originally given to the Indiana Child
- Support Advisory Committee showing two areas of discrimination:
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- i. Sole custody given to mother 82.6% whereas sole custody to father 9.6%
- ii. When father was given custody, no support order against mother 52%,
- When mother was given custody, no support order against father .04%
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- Clearly a difference with the sexes, but is it due to sex of parent?
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- If the laws are gender-neutral, what is the remedy? You can`t order
- the judges to give out equal numbers for custody. Each judge will
- claim that every time he was acting in the best interest of the child.
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- What other data do we need?
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- What is the constitutional argument(s) on which the claim can be made?
- Due process? Equal protection?
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- David Garrod
- Is it best to file for one state, or for several?
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