One of the most disgusting taxpayer frauds going in New York is the 18b legal representation program in White Plains Family Court. The 18b program provides free legal assistance at a judge or magistrates discretion to parents and children – sounds like a great idea for sure. The problem is that what actually transpires is […]
Federal Robo-Enforcement Networks Victimizing Innocent Parents
On Father’s Day it’s important to remember the hundreds of thousands of innocent, caring fathers whose lives have been destroyed by relentless federal child support systems. Divorce and family law are clearly powers of States in the US Constitution yet the Bradley Act created a vast body of divorce legislation that states are forced to […]
Payroll Processors Driving Sen Menendez to Propose Expensive Federal Divorce Legislation
The US Constitution lays out the separation of federal and state responsibilities and one of the clear domains of states is divorce, marriage and family law. However in 1986 strict federal laws passed that forced states to build expensive infrastructure for support enforcement in order to receive federal aid. These changes forced states to change […]
Parents Increasingly Turning to Federal Courts for Civil Rights Protections
Imagine you are in a divorce. You’ve been a dedicated parent and you aren’t a convicted felon or being accused of a crime. Now imagine walking into a local court for a procedural hearing and in a single decree your children are banned from seeing you, speaking to you or communicating in any way based […]
Childrens Civil Rights Languish Under Obama
Under President’s Obama leadership the United States is the last remaining nation of the developed world to holdout on ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the results are disastrous. While the United States is widely understood to be founded on the principles of a Constitution and inherent civil rights the […]
The Sorry State of Attorney Discipline in America
We’ve all heard the bad lawyer jokes but now, thanks to the 2009 American Bar Association Survey on Lawyer Discipline Systems, there is statistical proof to substantiate the jokes. Why do lawyers behave badly? Because they can get away with it, that’s why. Lawyers play a critical role in the legal system yet their […]