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News Archive 2006
August 26 2006 This is Wiltshire Sales manager Michael Parson who rolled himself over the edge of a cliff on July 30 was struggling to pay child support Suicide dad unable to pay child support
July 31 2006
Guardian UK
July 22 2006
Fathers' rights group protest
July 14 2006 'Social workers need control' SOCIAL workers should be made more accountable, according to a local MP. Eric Pickles, who represents Brentwood and Ongar, would like to see a code of conduct introduced for social workers with a built-in disciplinary procedure. IC Essex Read article...
July 13 2006
Child Support Agency axed after 13 years
July 11 2006 Family courts 'to be more open' The government is expected to announce proposals that would overhaul family courts in England and Wales to make them more open and accountable. BBC News Video Clip
July 11 2006
MEN HAVE NO RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE June 28, 2006
Children's right to anonymity ended for family courts A LANDMARK Court of Appeal ruling yesterday ended the automatic ban on
identifying children involved in family court cases. Times
UK,
timesonline.co.uk
June 28 2006 Landmark Court Ruling Appeal Court Anonymity no longer automatic! - Times Father Simon Clayton - ITV Interview
June 27, 2006
CSA 'not up to task', says watchdog
Government action to improve the ability of the Child Support Agency
to enforce hundreds of thousands of disputed child maintenance
payments has failed
June 18 2006 Activists try to disrupt parade Two Fathers 4 Justice activists were arrested after trying to throw themselves in front of the Queen's carriage as it made its way down The Mall during the Trooping the Colour parade. Guardian UK
June 14 2006
Modern Urban Myths
Modern Urban Myths - Domestic Violence
Some Questions Answered. PDF
June 14 2006 FNF: Society still failing our children Children's rights to both parents are still not being supported. politics.co.uk
June 8 2006 Problems with Cafcass The Daily Mail also want to hear from parents that have had a problem with Cafcass - Please send your stories to steve.doughty@dailymail.co.uk
June 4 2006 Mail on Sunday 'Family Courts more Secret than Prisons' By HARRIET HARMAN MINISTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE - IT'S HARD to overstate the importance of the work of the family courts, or the difficulty of making judgments that affect people's lives for ever. Read article
June 3 2006 Telegraph UK First social worker to be jailed for client affair - Bradford, a father of three and school governor, admitted a charge of "engaging in sexual activity with a mentally-disordered female". The charge comes under new sections of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which came into force in 2004. Read article
May 30 2006 Radio Sheffield 'Sheffield Town Hall protest on the Radio more..
May 30 2006 Daily Mail , Mother who lost 3 children to Social Services has new baby in Ireland - A young mum who fled to Ireland to have her baby because she feared social services would take him away has given birth to a boy. Read article
May 30 2006 Times UK Law Society opens up hearings THE Law Society is expected to lift the secrecy surrounding disciplinary hearings against solicitors in an effort to rid the profession of poor standards and dishonesty. Read article
May 24 2006 Consensus :- Family Law Reform The Complaint on Family Law Proceedings in the UK 'The Mysterious Report' No names, no proof, no consensus - Guardian Delivered by Dave Mortimer of UK Fathers - Times Inaccurate - Hospital Doctor MagazineRead in full the Mysteries report
Latest News! Latest News! Latest News! May 24 2006 Secrecy of the family courts may be about to end - Proposals aim to build confidence by exposing hearings to the same scrutiny as all other cases THE secrecy of family courts, which has led to long-running campaigns of hostility, could be ended under a proposal to be made next month that would throw them open. Read article Times UK
May 25 2006 Bye bye Batman, hello wonder women Father 4 Justice has changed. Gone are the superhero suits, replaced by a new coalition of all those affected by family law injustice, mothers included. Guardian Comment
May 22 2006 Court battles over children to be cut under early intervention proposals -Family court service urged to 'sort it, not report it' -Blueprint to be revealed to judges today Guardian UK
May 20 2006 'F4j' are back in Town Lottery show delayed by F4J protest Video Clip The BBC's National Lottery show was briefly delayed after protesters invaded the studio and chanted slogans. Presenter Eamonn Holmes was led from the stage as Fathers 4 Justice members made their way on to the set. BBC
May 20 2006 The true cost of divorce first marriages and seven out of 10 second marriages now end in divorce
May 16 2006 Parental Alienation Awareness Day 2006 a Success Worldwide. On April 25, parents all over the world came together for the sake of the children. Press release
May 15 2006
Scandal of the children taken away by Social Services The shocking story of a loving family torn apart by over-zealous welfare officials ITV This Morning
May 12 2006 Family Justice Minister, the Right Honourable Harriet Harman QC MP yesterday launched the Family Mediation Helpline, for people seeking alternatives to going to court. Over 150,000 married couples divorce, and it is estimated that over 100,000 cohabitants split up, every year. More on the Family Mediation Helpline
May 12, 2006 Children should not be the victims of gender wars In exposing one scandal about separated families, we shouldn't cover up another, says Jack O'Sullivan Guardian UK
May 12 2006 Parental alienation gets a day (USA) The proclamation, signed by Gov. John E. Baldacci, recognized April 25 as "Parental Alienation Awareness Day." Parental alienation day
April 17 2006 F4J founder claims vendetta THE former leader of the controversial Fathers 4 Justice group has claimed a vendetta is being waged against his family just EADT 24
April 13 2006 Fathers' rights group scale abbey Real F4J Protesters have scaled Westminster Abbey claiming fathers are being "crucified" by the courts over access to their children. BBC Online April 14 2006 - Abbey protestors talked down by Ann Widdecombe Life Style Extra
April 10 2006 Seven out of 10 absent parents pay maintenance for children Image of fathers refusing to pay is exaggerated - CSA Guardian UK
April 10 2006
Harman hints at more transparency to raise confidence in
family courts
· Minister favours increase in
public scrutiny
January 26, 2008 Mother loses child custody to ex lesbian partner
A lesbian has been given
custody of her former partner’s children after a landmark
court ruling decided she could be considered their
“natural parent.”
PinkNews.co.uk March 27 2006 Parents in battles over contact need help in reducing harm to children - Researchers urge classes in conflict management, Britain lagging behind in aiding divorcing couples http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story
Feb 27 2006 Divorced father brings test case to publicise shared parenting deal Man wants to set example to other former couples but injunction bans him from revealing details of plan http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/story/0,,1718742,00.html
22 Feb 2006 Simon Clayton, member of UK charity FNF, will be appealing against a ruling at the Royal Courts of Justice 28th February
20 Feb 2006 FNF: Ian Mackay, FNF media spokesman, dies Politics.co.uk
Feb 25 2006 Fathers 4 Justice's noisy protest in city Fathers 4 Justice campaigners swarmed through Cardiff city centre in costume saying they wanted 'to show we're still alive'. South Wales Echo
Feb 15 2006 Suicide dad's chilling note Andrew Pain, Evening Gazette
Feb 14 2006 Man remanded over Kelly egg attack This is London
Feb 9 2006 Important your assistance needed! Cafcass on Trial
February 9 2006 Lord Justice Thorpe removes a Southampton Judge from any future court proceedings involving a father after a 7 year struggle to receive contact to his children Court of Appeal - Justice Wall at the Court of Appeal described comments made by Judge H. Milligan as "inappropriate" after Milligan incredibly told the father in a earlier hearing "If you come to me in a different frame of mind and anything might be possible" Read Judgement
February 6 2006 Egg thrown at Kelly outside court Her attacker said he was from a group called "Real Fathers for Justice". BBC Online News
February 5 2006 New Criminologist Mothers who steal a father’s children! The author of this article is a doting and loving father
February 4 2006 Police Investigation Essex's Alleged breaches of the 1998 DATA Protection Act. Read Now
February 4 2006 How To Divorce Without Screwing Up Your Children Channel 4, Tuesdays from 31 January, at 9pm Video clip
February 2 2006 Fathers to the fore Early years support should be aimed at dads as well as mums, says Beverley Hughes Guardian UK
Jan 19 2006 Radical changes in Family Law or more Spin? I'll let you decide! Parents who ignore child contact orders face curfews and tagging The Times UK The proposals aim to encourage more parents to settle contact disputes out of court by creating an in-court conciliation service run by trained mediators. Parents who apply to court will be expected to attend mediation and will be in contempt if they refuse. Model parenting plans, setting out examples of the sort of contact arrangements that work well for children of different ages are a key part of the proposals. These will also be used by mediators to show parents what the courts might decide if an amicable agreement is not reached. UKs four Childrens Commissioners unite in making call for a national debate on fatherhood |
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