National Post – Nov. 16, 2010
Debtor’s prison for dads
By Barbara Kay
Last week Ontario announced it will begin impounding cars of fathers who fall behind in their child support payments. What, are mere licence suspensions not driving enough men to despair?
Received via email (Something to think about in terms of the reforms necessary to law and public policy to end all incentives to marriage break-up and unmarried parenthood)…
Ontario’s Family Responsibility Office (FRO) is a star-chamber government agency, enforcing ever more draconian laws – taking debtors prisons right out of Dickens’ time. It is an abomination, and every province has its equivalent. The most sickening fact is that these laws are enforced disproportionately harshly against the unemployed and the uneducated – precisely those who cannot speak for themselves.
LifeSiteNews.com – November 2, 2010
Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller Loses Appeal to Prevent Transfer of Daughter to Former Lesbian Partner
U.S. Supreme Court decision on Virginia appeal expected Friday
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
MONTPELIER, Vermont – Ex-lesbian Lisa Miller has lost an appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court to overturn a ruling transferring custody of her daughter to her former lesbian partner.
From the archives, but just as relevant today…
Written over 9 years ago…
The Guidelines, Myth and F.A.C.T.
By Karen Selick
Read the complete article here.
National Post – June 21, 2010
Man jailed by courts after courts bankrupt him
By Matt Gurney
CBC News – June 22, 2010
Divorced B.C. father kept from seeing child