IN MASSACHUSETTS: When I went to court the first time, my wife told the judge, "He's a good husband, and an excellent father." But I still lost custody. In later court appearances, before a variety of judges, male and female, I was told that my ex could interpret the judge's orders in any way that was beneficial to her, but I could not use the same interpretation to benefit me. Another judge told me that my daughter was being "irreparably harmed" because I had not paid the minimum child support of $12.50 per week, when my ex's household income exceeded $100,000/ year. My wife filed a motion to take away one of my visitation days because, "she no longer needed (me) to babysit on that day." Her request was granted. Yet another judge "found" a child support arrearage of four years, after coaxing my ex to verbally motion for reimbursement for college tuition after my daughter had graduated and turned 23.
In NH, a friend filed criminal charges of assault against his wife. The court agreed that there was sufficient probably cause to go to trial. Then the judge awarded HER a restraining order against HIM. Later, two independent psychiatrists described the mother as "so mentally unstable as to be a danger to her daughter," while describing the father as loving, concerned, and capable. The marital master awarded custody to the mother anyway, stating that placing the daughter with the father would place too much stress on her (the daughter). Dad was relegated to supervised visitation one hour per week, at $60/hr, at a visitation center managed by the mother's lawyer.
"All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is for good men to do nothing."
--Sir Edmund Burke
"Let our children judge us for the fight we engage in on their behalf."
--Ulf Andersson
Paul's Story...
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