Sending text messages, in some contexts, can be considered stalking or abuse. In general, I don't take this very seriously--we often get ominous reports of a man violating a domestic violence restraining order when it turns out that all he did was text message his ex about child pickup or drop-off arrangements. Still, the...

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"Divorce attorneys track the every move of California motorists who use FasTrak electronic toll road transponders. Records of every trip a motorist takes on an electronic toll road over a five-year period is fair game for divorce attorneys...Divorce lawyer Alexandra Mussallem uses FasTrak to build a case. "'We often have arguments about whether or not...

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Background: There's a lot at stake in divorce proceedings, and false spousal rape accusations can be as effective as false domestic violence or child sexual abuse charges in stripping fathers of custody of their children. In 2006, California state Senator Sheila Kuehl (D-Los Angeles) sponsored SB 1402, which eliminates the distinction between spousal rape...

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"Anti-male bigots have committed countless campus outrages—without resistance. In Catharine A. MacKinnon: The Rise of a Feminist Censor, 1983-1993, Christopher M. Final describes a scene which might properly be labeled modern collegiate America's darkest hour. According to Final, during MacKinnon's 1989 Yale commencement address she said: "'Some of the proud mothers in the audience...

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Perhaps they could also give away free therapy to the kids who are harmed by the  divorce, and quite possibly separated from their father... Thanks to David, a reader, for the story. Radio station giving away free divorce CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston radio station is observing Valentine's Day with a reminder that Cupid sometimes misses his...

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Boston Man Receives Postcard From 1929 BOSTON (AP) — The message on the postcard to a "Miss Margaret McDonald" was short. Its path to the intended address was much longer. Nearly 79 years after it was sent, a postcard of Yellowstone National Park's Tower Falls arrived in a Boston mailbox recently with the one-word message,...

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Les, a New York reader, writes: "This morning, February 12th, NBC's Today Show included an interview that left me speechless. The teaser heading they used was 'Training your mate.' "NBC anchor Natalie Morales interviewed Amy Sutherland, author of a new book titled What Shamu Taught Me About Love and Marriage. Ms. Sutherland is an animal trainer...

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D.M., a founding father of the private child support industry, often posts on my blog. He recently sent me a description of his experiences which he would like my readers to see. Private Child Support Industry Leader's Perspective for GlennSacks.com Readers A few years ago I retired after spending about over a decade in the child...

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Background: For fathers and the children who love them and need them, Massachusetts sometimes looks a lot like feminist hell. In this series, Ned Holstein, Executive Director of Fathers & Families, recently pointed to four problematic/outrageous Massachusetts family law bills to determine which was the worst. The bills Holstein cites are Massachusetts HB 113,...

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"The toughs Venkatesh stumbled on were low-level foot soldiers with the Black Kings, an enormous regional outfit whose Lake Park operations were controlled by a formidable gangland general named J.T... "The first thing one notices about the world Venkatesh describes is this: There are no fathers. Everyone at Lake Park -- even J.T., who commands...

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In watching this video it's hard to believe you're seeing what you're seeing. The video is here. The story from Tampa Bay 10 News is below. Notice how the man is caught completely by surprise. It really makes you wonder about police culture when you see this woman's outrageous behavior and then see another cop laughing...

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"As a child I grew up watching my mother commit multiple acts of violence against my dad. The earliest incident I remember occurred when I was four, and my mother continued to be violent up until April of 2003. "No one would help. Teachers, parents of friends, anyone I tried to talk to about what...

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...Domestic Violence. In the article below, South Dakota legislators propose a 90 day waiting period for divorce filings so spouses from other states can't skip off to South Dakota, file for divorce, and force the estranged spouse to suffer the disadvantage and expense of having to contest the divorce from out-of-state. It's an eminently reasonable argument but...

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A little dose of misandry from the Wall Street Journal's "Pepper...and Salt."

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Background: In June 2006, Darren Mack (pictured), a wealthy Nevada father who was involved in a divorce, stabbed his estranged wife to death and then executed a well-planned murder attempt on a Nevada judge. Mack shot and wounded the judge but failed to kill him. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, when police searched Mack's residence they found...

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George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley has some interesting things to say about the appalling Borukhova murder case in his recent blog post Wife Pays Hitman to Drill Dentist Husband. In that case, a mother apparently had her husband murdered after she was unable to drive him out of his daughter's life by...

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Attorney Marc Angelucci of NCFMLA wrote the Letter to the Editor below concerning comments by a San Francisco prosecutor about pending California domestic violence legislation. Angelucci's letter appeared in the February 7 issue of Capitol Weekly. To his credit, prosecutor Jim Hammer did provide a meaningful response, and explained, "I do refer to 'women' victims,...

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My recent His Side with Glenn Sacks radio commentary for KLAA AM 830 in Los Angeles discusses the 'Push Presents' now expected from expectant fathers. To listen to the commentary, click here. To learn more, see my blog posts Some Thoughts on the 'Push Presents' Now Expected From Expectant Fathers (Part I) and (Part II). His Side with Glenn Sacks...

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Background: I've started a blog-based collection of bedtime stories for children, both stories I've told my kids and stories that other parents (and grandparents) tell their kids. If you've got a good bedtime story, please send it to me for consideration in this collection. The core of these stories will be those I tell my...

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Background: I appeared on Al-Jazeera's World News last week to discuss the "Super Tuesday" presidential primary results--my previous posts on it are Reflections on Super Tuesday, Part I: The Far-Right's Hysterics over John McCain & Immigration and Reflections on Super Tuesday, Part II: Barack Obama's Success in Deep South, All-White States To learn more about my...

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