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If 1 in 150 or 1 in 100 children were being kidnapped or developed cancer -- all of a sudden with no explanation -– a national emergency would be declared. We have a national emergency and we, as a nation, are failing to respond. »

Wouldn’t it be great to get someone else to pay your bills with no strings attached (the intended pun will be obvious shortly)? It would be even better if they paid or helped pay your child support, wouldn’t you agree? Here’s a little background on how we discovered this plan and why it isn’t just... »

  As most of True Equality Network’s (TEN) readers know we are a group with over 40,000 members comprised mainly of women. The women of TEN live and breathe the problems with child support issues every day of our lives. Some as recipient custodial parents, others as the wives/significant others of male child support obligors,... »

This report explores how the very same systems that are destroying families for profit are also victimizing the women who participate in it. It also exposes who profits from this system and why they oppose any effort to change what is happening. The guidelines and funding systems for all of this are created through... »

By Terri Lynn Tersak , Teri Stoddard and Dave Heleniak There is a plethora of examples where the victims of our lawless courts acknowledge the subhuman status of non-custodial parents (NCP). They use various terms to describe those who are denied their civil and/or human rights and their state of being (the conditions... »

By Terri Lynn Tersak , Teri Stoddard and Dave Heleniak When the United States Congress wants to let us know what they really think about the state of an issue (or what they want us to believe they think), what should be done about it, and what legislation should be promulgated to effect... »

By Terri Lynn Tersak , Teri Stoddard and Dave Heleniak In Part One of this series, we reviewed how the US Congress functionally transformed our welfare state into a child support state. Arguably the most despicable of the backlash effects of this enormous error are mechanisms that pay the states to promote, protect,... »

Despite the best of intentions, the programs developed within our “Welfare Reform” of the 1990’s served as the major funding sources used by the states to promote single-parent families. This resulted in the decay of the cornerstone of our society, marriage and intact, functioning family. We told by both major American political parties that our... »

Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), issued the following statement: “There is no doubt that we have made tremendous progress battling domestic violence in the past decade - we took what was once a dirty little secret no one talked about out of the closet and made its eradication a national priority. But we cannot... »

As I reflect on my own experiences with domestic violence and the pretense of help our abuse system claims to offer, I find myself feeling most sorry for today’s victims. As the years pass, our domestic violence systems under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) offer... »

Jane Williamson (not her real name) suffered repeated blows to her head. She went to an abuse shelter and complained about ringing in her right ear and blurred vision in her eye. The shelter staff was unable to detect any visible signs of her partner’s assault.... »

Everyday brings a new ream of tragic stories of fathers being wrongfully torn from their children’s lives. This is usually attributed to the agenda of groups supporting radical ideologies. But I felt there had to be more to the story than just that since it is happening to mothers too, although not as often... »