Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Putting Children First: Minimizing Conflict in Custody Disputes
We are pleased to announce that the Judicial Branch has developed a DVD entitled, Putting Children First: Minimizing Conflict in Custody Disputes, to help families involved in custody disputes. Judge Elaine Gordon, who handled family cases as a lawyer and now presides over custody cases, is featured on the video.

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The goal of the presentation is to help parents understand, early in the process, the harm that conflicts over custody can do to their children; and that the fight itself can cause the most damage.
To view the video, click here: Putting Children FirstIf you have a problem playing the video, click here to try an alternate method.
To request a copy of the DVD, please contact the External Affairs Division at 860-757-2270.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Bazelon Center Subscriber Survey
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 1:35 AM Subject: William Coleman's Hunger Strike
Since the 1st April 2009 Bill has resummed his protest and has stopped taking all fluids.
They are not allowing him personal phone calls and they have taken his pen away. He wants you to know that he is not able to correspond with you by means of phone call or letter. Bill has not been force-fed yet. He expects to get an NG feeding on Monday.

http://www.billcolemaninnocentmanwrongfullyconvicted.webs.com/
Representative Pete Hoekstra Parental Rights Amendment
Fatherhood Identity After Divorce
The following link brings you to Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut web page with free online legal information on custody, visitation, divorce and more.... http://www.slsct.org/Home/PublicWeb/Library/Index/1390000#1390000

You may contact Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc. directly at 425 Main Street 4th Floor, Middletown, CT 06457, (800) 453-3320, http://www.slsct.org.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

HCR 182 - Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to child custody, child abuse, and victims of domestic and family violence. (Introduced in the House)
http://www.cga.ct.gov/kid/Fatherhood/Docs/Namerow.pdf Testimony at Task Force on Fatherhood
Connecticut General Assembly - Task Force on Fatherhood
CT-N OnDemand: Commission on Children Panel Discussion on Children of Incarcerated Parents
CT-N OnDemand: Fatherhood Task Force January Meeting with State and National Experts
CT-N OnDemand: Fatherhood Task Force December 15 Meeting
CT-N OnDemand: CNB with the House Speaker and Bill Cosby on the Legislature's Fatherhood Task Force
CT-N OnDemand: Fatherhood Task Force December 8th Meeting
CT-N OnDemand: Fatherhood Task Force November 14 Meeting
CT-N OnDemand: Fatherhood Task Force September 17 Meeting
CT-N OnDemand: Fatherhood Task Force August 18 Meeting
Who's superving these kids? Cops: 7- and 8-year-old went to school high - Crime & courts- msnbc.com
Newsletter April 2008
Parental Alienation Day - April 25th 2009
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Friday, April 3, 2009

YouTube - Geldof On Fathers, Part 2a
YouTube - Geldof On Fathers, Part 3
YouTube - Barack Obama fatherless Fathers day Fathers-4-Justice EQUAL parenting rally
YouTube - parental rights Michael Farris, J.D.
YouTube - Michigan Representative Rick Jones Supports Parental Rights

Children Need Both Parents
Yahoo! Step Mom Loves Step Child
YouTube - Sir Bob Geldoff; a synopsis of what has to happen!
YouTube - Child Protective Services: Does It Help or Harm Families?
YouTube - Rep. Lamborn on Parental Rights Parental Rights when a Minor Child wants an abortion.
Fathers 4 Justice " Shared Parenting" YouTube - Fathers For Justice
YouTube - Equal Parental rights rally Maumee Ohio March 1 2008
YouTube - Parental Rights in Danger
YouTube - Rep. Hoekstra Discusses Parental Rights
YouTube - Rep. Hoekstra on Parents' Rights Amendment 4-1-09
US Rep. Hoekstra and US Sen. DeMint Hold Press Conference on Parental Rights Amendment
EqualityForMen.org - Fighting for the Rights of Men, Dads and Fathers Everywhere.
Grandparents Visitation Rights
Parents' Rights Constitutional Amendment Press Conference Full 3-31-09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH6Mve9_z9o
National Father's Rights Organization Welcome to FATHERS-4-JUSTICE US

Thursday, April 2, 2009

From: glenn@glennsacks.comTo: jdibiasejr@aol.comSent: 4/2/2009 3:43:37 P.M. Eastern Standard TimeSubj: Action Alert--Compliment Pro-Child Psychologist Writing about Parental Alienation

"I’ll never forget the memory of both of them in their bare feet and pajamas as they grabbed my pant legs, crying and begging me to stay."
Kudos to Los Angeles-area psychologist Patti Carmalt-Vener over her new Pasadena Weekly column Kids caught in the middle of separation need parents focusing on them, not undermining each other (4/2/09). After reading the excerpt below make sure to email her your compliments by clicking here.
Also, write a Letter to the Editor of the Pasadena Weekly by clicking here.
Links to P.A.S. resources we hope you find helpful:

ArticlesAre you an alienating parent? by Jeff Oppermanhttp://www.womansdivorce.com/alienating-parent.htmlFour Myths that Surround Parental Alienation Syndrome by Jeff OppermanClick to viewGetting along for the kids by Jeff OppermanClick to viewParental Alienation Syndrome: How to Detect It and What to Do About It by J. Michael Bone and Michael R. Walsh http://www.fact.on.ca/Info/pas/walsh99.htmParents Who Have Successfully Fought Parental Alienation Syndrome by Jayne A. Major, Ph.Dhttp://www.breakthroughparenting.com/PAS.htmParental Alienation Syndrome–The Problem by Dr. Reena Sommerhttp://www.divorcingmistakes.com/articles/PASreview.pdf Parental Alienation Syndrome: What do you do when your child stops seeing you as Mom or Dad? by Jeff OppermanClick to viewParental Alienation Syndrome: The secret killer of parent/child relationships by Jeff Oppermanhttp://www.nkmr.org/english/the_secret_killer_of_parent_child_relationships_pas.htmRepairing the child-parent relationship after traumatic separation, alienation by Jeff Oppermanhttp://www.nkmr.org/english/the_secret_killer_repairing_parent_child_relationships_after_pas.htmSymptoms of Parental Alienation Syndrome by Douglas Darnellhttp://www.parentalalienation.com/articles/symptoms-parental-alienation.html
WebsitesThe Rachel Foundation for Family Integration provides reintegration services for parents and children whose bonds of love and affection have been damaged or destroyed by abduction and/or alienation. http://www.rachelfoundation.orgParental Alienation Syndrome Information from Dr. Michael Bone – dedicated to addressing parental alienation.http://www.parental-alienation.comA Center for Human Potential – providing a continuum of comprehensive divorce-related services.http://www.acenterforhumanpotential.comParental Alienation Awareness – Parental Alienation and Hostile Aggressive Parenting Awareness, helping raise awareness of this terrible form of child abuse.http://www.parental-alienation-awareness.comDivorce Recovery Suite – User-friendly family law site providing a chat room, information on state statutes, and a collection of links regarding divorce, law, forms, rights and healing.http://www.divorcerecoverysuite.comDr. Richard Warshak, author of Divorce Poison: Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex, provides a variety of resources for alienated parents on his site.http://www.warshak.com

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Ten Reasons to Refocus National Attention on Teen Childbearing
Seven years ago, when the teen birth rate had been decreasing for more than a decade, Child Trends reminded the public that teen childbearing was still a serious problem in the United States, releasing Ten Reasons to Keep the Focus on Teen Childbearing. With news last month from the federal government that the teen birth rate increased for a second year in a row, Child Trends releases Ten Reasons to Still Keep the Focus on Teen Childbearing.
The brief enumerates ten important research-based findings that underscore why we cannot afford to lose focus on the need to reduce the relatively high rates of teenage childbearing in the U.S. Among the findings:
The human costs associated with teen childbearing are substantial, both for the children and for their parents.
The financial costs of teen childbearing are stark.
Most teens who give birth did not intend to have a baby.
"Recent trends and high teen birth rates among vulnerable populations show the need to keep the focus on this issue," said Jennifer Manlove, Ph.D., one of the report's authors.
RELATED WORK FROM CHILD TRENDS:

Teen Births: Examining the Recent Increase (Child Trends Brief) Estimated Percentage of Females Who Will Become Teen Mothers: Differences Across States (Child Trends Brief)
http://unitedcivilrights.org/conquest09.html
D.C. Festival 2009 + Parents Day 2009
Dictionary For Dads
Father's Family Parenting Guide
A new Child Trends publication examines the link between pregnancy intentions for first-time fathers and later co-parenting behaviors, such as joint decision-making between parents regarding the child. "Pregnancy Intentions During the Transition to Parenthood and Links to Coparenting for First Time Fathers of Infants,"
The study, finds that unwanted or mistimed pregnancy is associated with higher levels of depression among fathers and with lower mother-father relationship happiness. These factors, in turn, are associated with poorer co-parenting, lower levels of support between mother and father, and higher co-parental conflict when children are infants.
Movie: A Father's Rights
William Fain Productions, A production company based in Tennesee encompassing, film, musi, music, and marketing products.
YouTube - Marsha Maines, Family Rights Activist - Part 2
The Lee P.A.S. Foundation - DSM V & Parental Alienation Syndrome - Lee P.A.S. Foundation - News
National News
Home DC FESTIVAL 2008
Family Preservation Festival
Children made Fatherless by Family Courts
Read this article online: http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2005/jan05/05-01-12.html
http://www.afamilysheartbreak.com
NHELD
!New! NHELD Web Page About
The Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC)
and the Parental Rights Amendment (PRA)

Tenth Amendment – Powers of states and people."The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively,or to the people."
Raised Bill 6710 AN ACT CONCERNING COURT OPERATIONS.
March 28, 2009

DCF Violates Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Sec. 504

Staff Writers
Connecticut DCF Watch
National Civil Rights Advocates For Families

Hartford, CT - Routinely, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) violates both children's and parent's rights to association do to disabilities. The following is just a small list of the violations. Not only do they violate them, they will terminate your rights for any physical disability even those disabilities that can not be rehabilitated. Not being able to take care of a child is legally insufficient to remove or terminate your rights. You simply provide the needed services until the child is old enough to help mom and dad.

(1) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Sec. 504,
(2) C.G.S. 46a-58(a),
(3) C.G.S. 46a-64a,
(4) Americans With disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.
(5) Article 1, Section 20, Connecticut State Constitution, 46a-71

There is one case here in Connecticut where DCF workers knowingly terminated a mother's parental rights simply because she had a TBI (traumatic brain injury). This mother looks and sounds like anyone you know and has several jobs to support herself. Children have the right to live with parents whether their blind or have any other type of disability.

If you are unable to take care of a child due to a disability, DCF must accommodate that disability, not terminate your rights because of it. In fact Assistant Attorney General, Betty Paul and DCF worker Pam Lucier make it their goal to terminate the rights of disabled parents. They totally disregard the feelings of the child to live with parents with disabilities.

Connecticut DCF WatchNational Civil Rights Advocates For FamiliesP.O. Box 9775Forestville, CT 06011-9775860-833-4127Admin@connecticutdcfwatch.comwww.connecticutDCFwatch.com P.S. For a FREE copy of our Parental Rights handbook with over 300 rulings, send us an email with "Request for free handbook" in subject line. There is also a FREE manual on "reasonable efforts" at our web site.
Parental Rights Amendment 111 th Congress
Parentalrights.org -- Congressional Sponsors
Parental Alienation is Child Abuse AFamilysHeartbreak.com Blog
Parental Alienation and Hostile Aggressive Parenting Awareness Organization - Emotional and mental child abuse
Sample Motion To Recuse A Judge
Judge Must Release Woman Sentenced to Jail for Being Poor, ACLU Says in Court Papers ACLU of Michigan Because Freedom Can.
Welcome to FATHERS-4-JUSTICE US
Father's Rights Activist:
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Web Site A Father without Christmas
PAAO-US Parental Alienation Awareness Organization