F&F: Oklahoma Legislator Blasts Family Law System

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2011-11-10 01:44

Article here. Excerpt:

'Fathers and Families member Chris Gregory, a Marine combat veteran of Desert Storm and Somalia, recently told an Oklahoma House of Representatives committee that the family law system is rife with injustices and often separates children from the fathers they love and need.

Led by Representative Mark McCullough and Representative Jason Nelson, the Oklahoma House of Representatives conducted an interim study on family law and no fault divorce earlier this month. According to the legislators’ press release here, “Oklahoma’s family law is dangerously failing the children it is supposed to protect, leading some lawmakers to consider reform of both divorce statutes and the foster-care system.”
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Gregory, who was asked by Representative McCullough to share his experiences with the divorce system, is a good example of the way fathers are plundered financially.

The financial orders in Gregory’s case are more or less garden variety in a divorce, yet while Gregory earns $7,500 a month after taxes, by court orders he is to be left with merely $2,200 a month to live on. That’s correct–family court leaves Gregory less with less than 30% of his post-tax income.
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Gregory also got stuck with paying 90% of the $69,000 in marital debt. Gregory asked:

If this is a no fault divorce, why have I had to I assume all the fault?

As is the case with many divorced and separated fathers, Gregory’s daughters’ schools have been generally uncooperative, refusing to send him his daughters’ report cards and notices of parent-teacher conferences and other upcoming events, despite his repeated requests that they do so.'

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The bias against males in all branches of our legal system is a disgraceful and despicable fact. I applaud representatives McCullough and Nelson efforts to obtain some justice for Mr. Gregory, the combat vet who was clearly allowed to be victimized by the courts.But I fear their efforts will fall on deaf ears,because of the on going mindlessness of the courts who would prefer to "pander" the politically correct then to serve true justice. This blatant gender bigotry imposed against males in our legal system has to end,and it's not just in civil litigation,it's in all the courts.... The so called "He said she said"court case's is a legal "joke" because the male almost always gets screwed,even in serious criminal cases.And with the epidemic proportions of false allegations plaguing the country the gender bias against males imposed by the courts is a serious threat to all males

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Submitted by jazzman on Thu, 2011-11-10 16:11