Fathers' Rights: The Sourcebook for Dealing With the Child Support System (Hardcover)

by Jon Conine (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Child support in its legal and emotional complexities is explored here by an executive on the National Council of Child Support Administrators. Addressed to separated or divorced fathers and stepfathers who may not be fully informed about the child support system, this comprehensive guide indicts both society and welfare programs. In most cases, the author questionably maintains, the father is unjustly identified as a villain by feminists who lobby for tougher laws and higher payments and turn child support into "a huge collection machine." Aspects of the national child support enforcement program--i.e., presumption of paternity, garnished wages, etc.--are discussed. The program, according to Conine, is "big business," with 29,000 employees handling 10 million cases and collecting $4 billion annually. The author glibly condemns the system as the "bad guy," arguing that the absentee father cannot "pay enough to solve the problem of poverty in single-parent households."
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description
Fathers' Rights explains to separated or divorced natural and step fathers how to effectively deal with the child support program without losing everything they have and insuring that their children and ex-wives will receive fair treatment.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 244 pages
• Publisher: Walker & Company (April 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802710743
• ISBN-13: 978-0802710741
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #298,326 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Isn't a Father more than a Paycheck and Spermbank?, January 4, 2004

By	Geoffrey Halston (Woodbury, Minnesota) - See all my reviews

If women were treated as second class citizens the way fathers are treated by the so-called family court, the feminists would pitch an uproar the likes of which we have never seen. Statistics show that approximately %78 of divorices are filed by women. A divorice attorney for a women has it easy. When I went as a Pro Se litigent in 1993, the court-appointed mediator at Washington County in Minnesota blithly explained to me that "Joint physical and legal custody didn't matter." I went to be adjudicated as be my daughter's legal father, and could not afford the $1,500.00 retainer for an attorney. After taking my daughter's mother to court for denial of visitation five times in ten years, I've learnt that the only thing the courts are interested in are seperating the father from his children and his money, and wether or not the judge has a personal like for your attorney. I still see my daughter -- when it is to her mother's convenience. Attorneys make money hand over fist in this business -- and this is indeed big business! The case workers and court mediators are women who have a chip on their shoulder. Judges are adament when it comes to enforcing child support, but alarmingly lax when it comes to enforcing visitation. Yet our hard-earned tax dollars pay their salary. I don't understand why more fathers don't speak out on these issues, as any women certainly would.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unread, March 4, 2005

By	Edward Galimi - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have not read this book, but am looking for ANY direction in our current child UNsupport system.

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