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- From: jsw@cray.com (Jon S. Wood)
- Newsgroups: alt.dads-rights
- Subject: Re: Sexual Discrimination
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.170745.6044@walter.cray.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 23:07:44 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.232704.27278@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
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- In article 27278@cbnewsk.cb.att.com, noraa@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (aaron.l.hoffmeyer) writes:
- >In article <qy4ZXB1w165w@oneb2.almanac.bc.ca> lisa@oneb2.almanac.bc.ca writes:
- >>noraa@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (aaron.l.hoffmeyer) writes:
- >>
- >>> In article <1993Jan26.035102.3766@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.e
- >>> >In article <1993Jan26.011724.27341@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> noraa@cbnewsk.cb.att.
- >>>
- >>Deletions...
- >>
- >>> Ted, one question....
- >>>
- >>> Given that women are awarded either sole custody or primary custody
- >>> (usually something like a 75/25 split) in roughly 85% of all divorces
- >>> in this country in which the divorcing couple are parents of children
- >>> under age eighteen, despite laws in virtually every state that
- >>> emphatically set forth that judges should NOT be biased by gender in
- >>> awarding said custody of children, are the judges and referees of the
- >>> domestic relations courts of the United States of America guilty of
- >>> sexual discrimination?
- >>>
- >>> Aaron L. Hoffmeyer
- >>
- >>Just one question; Does anyone have real stats on how often men ask for
- >>sole or primary custody, in comparison to how often they are actually
- >>awarded it?
- >>
- >>For example, if men ask for some kind of custody in only 30% of all divorce
- >>cases, how many of *that* 30% are awarded sole or primary custody?
- >>
- >>I don't doubt that in many, or even perhaps most cases, there is a judicial
- >>sexual bias against men in custody battles. I'd just like to see the stats
- >>(comparisons) for this. If anyone has them, please cite these stats and your
- >>reference sources.
- >
- >
- >Men are dissuaded from pursuing custody, even joint custody, both by
- >court officials and their own attorneys. Attorneys are not willing to
- >fight for something they cannot deliver. Most men do NOT have the
- >money to pay for an expensive court battle to merely achieve what they
- >should be awarded by default. For a comprehensive analysis of the
- >reality of the custody situation, based on one of the most thorough
- >studies ever conducted on this topic (which discusses this phenomenon),
- >see
- >
- >"Dividing the Child: Social & Legal Dilemmas of Custody"
- >by Mnookin and Maccoby
- >
- >ISBN: 0-674-21294-0
- >Harvard Press
- >
- >Aaron L. Hoffmeyer
- >TR@CBNEA.ATT.COM
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- To quote my attorney regarding the probability of men winning custody;
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- "Unless you have pictures of your wife sticking dildos full of cocaine
- up your children's ass, you don't have a snowball chance in hell of
- winning custody."
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- Attorney's are known as 'counselors'. They advise. Give wise legal
- advice based on experience.
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