Damn, its a pretty fucked up system that we have. You can prove she"s an unfit mother but the judge still sides with her.Tarrant220 said:Nope, I"ve tried...it has to take place where she and the kids live and through the court we went through for the divorce and where we did the custody hearings through. I"ve tried on every appeal to get it to go to a higher court (I this case, the district family court at the county seat) and have been denied every time.
I"ve been told I basically have to wait till my kids are 13 and they can go to the court and of a sound mind and decision make the choice themselves.
That sucks... Tell me, was there a vagina in the black robes that you were talking to? That makes a huge difference. When I was requesting my divorce court date, I made sure that I had a male judge. I also did not have a lawyer, where my ex-wife did. When the judge asked me at the start where my lawyer was, I stated that I researched divorce and custody laws and I was comfortable with them. I also stated that my money would be better used on my kids education than on a lawyer that is only there because I paid him to be. I brought in proof of our incomes, proof that even if she was awarded custody and I had to pay child support that she would not be able to afford an apartment or all of the expenditures that went with it. I brought in child care schedules with relatives so that the kids wouldn"t be stuck in day care all day.Tarrant220 said:Some places just don"t care, if you have a vagina you get the kids...period...end of story. By the way, that was my 3rd appeal, I have to wait another year before I can do so again.
I"m not doing that at all. I"m sorry you took offense to it. It has just been my experience that most people do not know laws or what they can to to push rulings into their favor. My post was more suggestive in case there were things that you hadn"t tried yet. Bravo to you for doing all that you have done and continuing to do so.Tarrant220 said:You"re beginning to talk to me like because I don"t have my kids, I don"t know what I"m doing.
The whole country is like that. Things like that are why I"m so adamantly opposed to marriage.Tarrant220 said:Thats how the Iron Range (Northern Minnesota) seems to be. My lawyer flat out told me he"ll never be involved in another case up there again after the last time. It"s a pretty fucked up place....hence why i don"t live there anymore.
As a male rights activist I deal with this shit on a regular basis, the percentage of men awarded custody who are *more qualified* than the women is 8.7%(~ varies obviously).Petra~ said:I"m not doing that at all. I"m sorry you took offense to it. It has just been my experience that most people do not know laws or what they can to to push rulings into their favor. My post was more suggestive in case there were things that you hadn"t tried yet. Bravo to you for doing all that you have done and continuing to do so.
Is there any way that you can get a higher court to oversee the proceedings? I mean, if you are going in there with valid evidence that she is an unfit mother, there really is no reason for them to not re-award the children to you. I remember reading something about that when I was doing my research. Maybe that is just for courts in Illinois.
That attitude is why this stuff happens. It"s entirely misinformed and goes back to the stereotyping of men as good-for-nothings who "victimize" the "weaker" sex.brekk said:Don"t blame the system for being biased towards Women, blame the millions of dead beat dads.
We have a winner.Darus Grey said:That attitude is why this stuff happens. It"s entirely misinformed and goes back to the stereotyping of men as good-for-nothings who "victimize" the "weaker" sex.
This is why you always take note of how their previous relationships ended and how they treated/treat their ex. For one day you will be that guy.Best piece of advice I ever got after my first divorce, when you date someone, imagin what kind of ex they will be before you picture what kind of partner they will be.
Not if you"re part of the good old boys club. My sister, who has a completely clean record, lost her first two kids despite their father being aConvicted Felon. All the members of Narcotics Anonymous are friends with the Judges in Cowlitz County somehow. He also had all his NA buddies write up a bunch of completely false papers about how my sister treated her kids and there was dick all my sister could do about it. The Judges here should be fucking jailed for the shit they pulled in my sister"s custody case. A convicted felon should never be allowed custody over someone with a clean record ever. The guy"s friends even had the balls to tell her to her face that they were friends with the judges and that they wrote up blatantly false shit.Gryeyes said:In Washington barring the mother being a verified crack head prostitute they will retain custody. And even then its 50/50. The shit that my father had to go through to attempt to gain custody of me and my sister is mind boggling.
That sounds like good grounds for multiple homicideSean said:Not if you"re part of the good old boys club. My sister, who has a completely clean record, lost her first two kids despite their father being aConvicted Felon. All the members of Narcotics Anonymous are friends with the Judges in Cowlitz County somehow. He also had all his NA buddies write up a bunch of completely false papers about how my sister treated her kids and there was dick all my sister could do about it. The Judges here should be fucking jailed for the shit they pulled in my sister"s custody case. A convicted felon should never be allowed custody over someone with a clean record ever. The guy"s friends even had the balls to tell her to her face that they were friends with the judges and that they wrote up blatantly false shit.
Well, fortunately her ex is in really poor health and probably going to die soon (her kids were taken away like 6 years ago). The fucking day he is buried I am going to piss on his grave.Dabamf said:That sounds like good grounds for multiple homicide