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March 20, 2009

Letter: New court guidelines favor one parent over the other

To the editor:

On March 10, Joe Rizoli of www.ccfiile.org and I attended a conference held at the Hilton Hotel in Waltham hosted by Glenn Sacks of Fathers and Families (www .fathersandfamilies.org).

The topic revolved around the sad fact that in Massachusetts and most states today, most fathers are denied their right to be actively involved in their childrens' lives. Not to mention the abuse of the courts and false accusations of the other parent in restraining or not being willing to foster a good and healthy relationship with father and child.

The conference also focused on the "New Child Support Guidelines" that Judge Robert A. Mulligan issued on his own authority without legislative-branch approval, which is a violation of the Massachusetts Constitution (Art. 30).

This so-called "New Guideline," makes it financially strenuous on fathers in regard to child support. Attorney Gregory A. Hession of Springfield, who was present at the conference, is filing a lawsuit aimed at overturning it.

Oddly, I thought discrimination was at odds with equality and justice. Or do the judges think they can act without morality and in an unfair manner?

Fathers are people, too! They love and care for their children and have been treated harshly and at times unjustly either morally or financially, by the liberal court system or by feminists who do not care to foster equal involvement by parents with their children. Sadly, the children suffer the most.

Funny, at one time the late prime minister of Israel, Golda Meir, had this to say: "Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that."

Get involved. Visit http://devalpatrick.com/issue/sharedparenting, and feel free to contact me at billdetucci@billdetucci.com.

Thanks and God bless!

Bill DeTucci Sr.

Peabody

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