Family court euphemisms that make good sign slogan

CJ writes "Please publish the following euphemisms that are related to the mistreatment of men in family court. These euphemisms make good sign slogans as well "fodder" for letters to the editor to your area newspapers. Note: Are you part of a local men and fathers' group? If not, you should be."

See *read more* below for euphemismsSave these familiar euphemisms to your file:



Petitioner - Mother,


Respondent - Father,


Plaintiff - Mother,


Defendant - Father,


Obligee - Mother,


Obligor - Father,


Judgment Creditor - Mother,


Judgment Debtor - Father,


CP - Mother,


NCP - Father,


Agreed to pay - Ordered to pay,


Willfully ignored his obligation - He is unemployed,


Has the ability to pay - We assume he must have assets,


Your arguments are not well founded - You're the father, stop trying to get fairness,


We are obligated to give you annual notice - This is the only due process notification you'll see,


It's for the children - Your ex-wife gets the money,


Mandatory Mediation - Mediated agreements only apply to fathers,


Imputed Incomes - Father higher than actual, mother lower than actual,


Address of Record - Where we'll serve you with legal notices,


IV-D Services - Mothers only need apply,


Former Family - Your ex-wife and children,


Private Attorneys - What fathers need,


Federal Registry and New Hire Directory - How we track down fathers,


Wage Withholding - We don't trust you to pay on your own,


Arrearage Garnishment - Our records are screwed up,


Grievance Procedure - How fathers can complain, but we don't care,


Consent Decree - We got caught screwing fathers,


CS Guidelines - Payment schedule for fathers,


Guideline Reviews - We've already made up our mind, but take a chance anyway,


Privacy Safeguards - Your ex is hiding your children from you,


Federal Legislation - We only screw you because the feds say we have to,


Assignment of Support - You ex is on welfare,


Support Enforcement Division - Nothing here for fathers,


Department of Human Resources - Nothing here for fathers either,


District Attorney - Not a father's friend, beware,


Presumption of Inability to Pay - Mothers on welfare never pay, they just collect benefits,


Reasonable and seasonal visitation - Whatever your ex-wife says you can have,


Modification - You earn more now so we're increasing the CS,


Change of Circumstance - What you consider as significant really isn't,


CS Accounting Unit - Where we launder the money to collect our federal bonus checks

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