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Karen Riordan's avatar

Exactly on point.

Couldn’t have said it better.

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Michael "Thunder" Phillips's avatar

Thank you.

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Bruce Eden's avatar

One interesting point was made. Three (3) FEMALE family court judges (Republican or otherwise) that have been on Reichert's case. Female judges SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN FAMILY COURT!!!!!!! Because you have 2 parents, 1 male, 1 female. Whose side do you think female judges are going to side with. Going back to Old English law, the Magna Charta, Early American law and now, when you brought an action in the courts, or an action was brought against you, whether civil, criminal, probate, or otherwise, if you had 1 more witness than the other said (say, for instance, you had a witness and the other side didn't, it was 2-1, and your credibility was upheld because you had witnesses in court on your behalf. So, the more the merrier.

Now, we come into today's courts, especially family courts. Think about this: 3 FEMALE judges, 1 FEMALE litigant, and 1, 2 or more FEMALE attorneys (and maybe FEMALE mental health experts, FEMALE child support enforcement caseworkers, WOMEN'S RIGHTS advocates, etc.). What scenario is playing out here: The man is outnumbered anywhere from 2-1 to multiples-1 with FEMALE witnesses (which include judges and lawyers) against him.

This is a call to remove FEMALE judges from Family Court, because the bias is too high to be constitutionally acceptable. Where did this come from??? Withrow v. Larkin, 421 U.S. 35, 47, 95 S.Ct. 1456, 43 L.Ed.2d 712 (1975): “But this Court has also identified additional instances which, as an objective matter, require recusal where "the probability of actual bias on the part of the judge or decisionmaker is too high to be constitutionally tolerable."

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Karen Riordan's avatar

I understand the experiences you’re describing but depending upon the state, which parent holds the money and power, and politics, it’s not always a female v male issue.

The majority of experts, gals and judges in many cases are female and they rule against innocent mothers and are vicious in their false statements and barbaric orders- all without evidence.

I’m not doubting what you’ve seen and experienced, but be aware the females have been equally as savage towards mothers in many cases.

All of it is malicious, cruel and unwarranted. Thanks for considering.

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Bruce Eden's avatar

90-95% of all child custody determinations (including joint custody primary residential parent) are awarded to mothers. While 90% of fathers are jailed for nonpayment of child support (for whatever reason including inability to pay because of onerous court orders, loss of job, downsizing, aged out, termination of job description, disability, serious long term injury, pandemic, etc.), only 27% of mothers are ever jailed for non-payment of support. Over 66% of fathers CANNOT pay child support because they don't have enough to live on. These are not my numbers. This comes from the U.S. Government General Accounting Office.

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Karen Riordan's avatar

Thank you for the stats. I agree it’s horrific, punitive and criminal.

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Michael "Thunder" Phillips's avatar

Why not remove all judges from the family court and abolish the whole system? Create a new system that removes financial benefits and judicial discretion and make them learn to follow the constitution.

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Bruce Eden's avatar

I don't disagree with this premise at all. Dissolve the family courts in every state.

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HFCRights's avatar

Agreed, big time , they GTG . The amount of harm they cause is staggering. And at the cost annually of Billions.

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