In response to Darleen, who claims that her SoCal DA’s office measures out blind justice to all, you must not be from LA County. Following years of verbal and physical abuse from my ex, guess who got arrested and prosecuted? The assistant DA prosecuting me wasn’t interested in truth or justice, however she was very interested in hiding the truth from the jury, to try to gain an improper conviction. Go ahead, ask me if I was surprised by the complete absence of integrity displayed by police and the prosecutor in the Duke LaCrosse team “rape” case. Well, duh . . . NO!
When I refused the plea bargain offer, and when the Court ruled that testimony from my TWELVE witnesses would be heard, including a neighbor woman my ex had previously assaulted, the case against me was immediately dismissed by the prosecution, not because it was the right thing to do, but because the DA did not want the embarrassment of having a jury wondering why the wrong party was on trial. Of course, rather than invite the truth, the assistant DA fought hard to keep my witnesses from testifying. Through 9 years of absurd melodrama and lies from my ex, including false allegations that I abused my children, Parental Alienation, forgery and theft, I have continually encountered bias against men. Feminists need to check their hatred at the door, and open their minds to the truth, that domestic violence is wrong, and is just as likely to be perpetrated by a woman as a man.
Mr. Sacks is very much aware that fathers in divorce cases suffer, and even worse, their children suffer when loving fathers are no longer present in their children’s lives. Although I love Dr. Helen’s line regarding “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, my experience is that as a divorced father, I have no constitutional rights. I have fought long and hard to maintain my standing as a loving and involved father, to the point of bankruptcy, but nine years later, I still must respond to lies and false accusations. The family law system in my state already has sanctions needed to put a stop to the BS, but I have NEVER, EVER seen any judicial officer bring accountability into the equation. So the lies just continue on . . .
I am not understanding, how I or other fathers “just don’t show up”. Frankly, that’s an INSULT. I stand up for my daughters every day of my life. My state legislature provides for sanctions needed to stop the family law insanity, the law is already there, in California Civil Code and Family Code. The family law system is perverted and incompetent, permeated with bias against men, with marginally competent, timid judges that refuse to take needed corrective action. Family law judges are clueless about personality disorders and the agenda of hatred that many disturbed people (Borderlines, Narcissists, and Sociopaths) bring into family law courts, and far too often, these angry and disturbed individuals succeed in manipulating the Court to feed their anger. I once had an attorney actually advise me that its OK to lie in family court, “everyone does”.
Millons of fathers STAND UP in this country, every day of their lives. Few take notice or appreciate it.
