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>I've been reading these entries and replies herein >while in search of answers for paternal Fathers like >me who are non-custodial parents, and finding few, >except the proverbial: "...legal system is flawed...," >etc. > >I too am a victim of a legal bias against >non-custodial parents, myself a Father now excluded >from any physical contact with my 14 year-old son's >life by a attorney Ex-wife. She knows I can only >contest her failure to provide consent ordered >physical visitation and phone access in a contempt >suit I can't afford to initiate, and I pay my MD child >support electronically without fail on a monthly basis >since 1998 Divorce. > >Even the Montgomery County court appointed attorney >claimed in a letter she is powerless to help me obtain >visitation since there is no active motion in court on >denied visitation...the courts presume that legally >once child support is paid, non-custodial parents will >receive legally entitled visitation automatically, and >there are no County or state court mechanisms to help >enforce the rights of non-custodial parents. > >I too was forced in court to give up joint custody in >1998 owing to my imminent overseas deployment into >combat while on active duty with the armed forces, and >now am feeling the loss of fathering my son years >later in a lop-sided legal situation I'm powerless to >change. It's a shame congress, state and local >governments don't accord more tax dollars to solving >the broken home problems and single-parent decay of >children resulting from inability of non-custodial >parents, regardless of sex, to have a meaningful role >in their childrens' lives, just because of vindictive >sole-guardian parents bias and inaction in the civil >courts. > >I feel for all those sentiments expressed herein, >regardless of the gender of the non-custodial parent >as I'm one too. The social and legal system in these >regards does need repair and revision. > >Ed M Sept 2004 >Virginia
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