Ohio Bill Would Include Father’s Right’s in Abortion Decision-Making Process

In Ohio, a new law could mean that fathers of unborn children could have say in abortion decisions, if a house bill is passed by the Ohio State Legislature. Columbus, OH -- An Ohio lawmaker has re-introduced legislation that would include a father's rights in the abortion decision-making process. Under Roe v. Wade, fathers are left ...

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2009/07/20 Child Protection, family court, parental rights One comment

Wasteful Restraining Orders Clog Rock County Courts

In a surprising article that circulated our contribution yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/gyjlnews, a Wisconsin newspaper came right out and said about a statute involving "Domestic Violence" that "what has happened is people have discovered this statute, and it’s being grossly abused,” Judge James Welker said. “All of those that get dismissed are a waste of ...

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2009/07/13 Domestic Violence, fraud, legal separation One comment

Report: Fla. Child-Welfare Workers Falsified Data

This report first came in Sunday afternoon through some commentary that some avid readers and contributors to this site were discussing about. We also took some additional commentary on the radio about government workers falsifying government forms as well. The consensus is that audits should be done across the country to flush out other areas ...

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2009/07/13 Child Protection, Judicial Accountability, Judiciary, corrupt, family court 4 comments

Ex-boyfriend and father of children says woman left threatening messages; judge grants her an order of protection

Personal custody cases rarely make it into the public eye for consumption, unless you are of course a celebrity, celebrity attorney, or of course a local high-ranking political official... In the Chicago Tribune on June 30, 2009 a staff reporter opened up their article "A politically connected Cook County state's attorney's office employee threatened to ...

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2009/07/01 Domestic Violence, Judicial Accountability, child custody One comment

Court: Illegal Immigrant Kids Wrongly Removed?

Child Protection in the United States often receives much, but not enough, scrutiny when it comes to what happens to children and parents when brought under the jurisdiction of the courts regarding their family matters. Divorce, Child Custody, Parenting Time, Foster Care, Adoptions, and Domestic Violence issues are just a handful of reasons that a ...

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2009/06/28 Child Protection, Judicial Accountability, Nebraska, child custody No comments

Threats to Judges, Prosecutors Soaring…

A review of the article "Threats to Judges, Prosecutors Soaring" that appeared in the Washington Post on May 25, 2009 made an impressive series of claims. Among the claims made in the article were the drastic rise of "harassing communications" and "threats." The threats and other harassing communications against federal court personnel have more than doubled ...

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2009/06/28 Judicial Accountability, Judiciary No comments

Minnesota: Anoka County Judge Pleads Guilty

In Anoka County, Minnesota a County Judge recently pled guilty to four misdemeanor counts of "failing to file a tax return." These are state charges that resulted in a remaining tax liability of $3179.00 according to public sources. In one news article covering the issue it stated that Judge Donald James Venne " failed to ...

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2009/06/28 Judicial Accountability, Minnesota One comment

7-Year Old Boy Alleged Suicide in Foster Care

Tampa CBS4 recently ran a story Panel To Investigate Boy's Death In Foster Care, regarding a 7-Year Old boy that died in April from "apparently hanging himself from a shower rod." The CBS4 Investigation and interviews stated that:  "Gabriel's physician had prescribed several psychotherapeutic drugs, but this information was not reflected in our database," said Sheldon. ...

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2009/06/09 Articles, Child Protection, Foster Care, parental rights One comment

Should IQ Tests be implemented to determine ability to parent?

An interesting series of articles have come about in the past week, and that raises a question "Should IQ Tests be implemented to determine ability to parent?" Some things that are not taken into account with the question are, which test should be used to determine one's intelligence, what if the targeted parent has sufficient family ...

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2009/06/09 Child Protection, family court, parental rights No comments

Happy 100th Father’s Day in America!

Happy 100th Fathers Day in America. Tell a father that you appreciate them being present in the lives of their children. Dr. Jeffrey Johnson Joins Get Your Justice Live, “100th Anniversary Year of Father’s Day” Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, representing the National Partnership for Community Leadership, joined us live on Get Your Justice Live to discuss the ...

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2009/06/06 Articles, Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, NPCL, National Partnership for Community Leadership, fatherhood, fathers, fathers day, government policy No comments