An Election Message from Matt O’Connor: The Campaign for Shared Parenting Continues.
Without doubt, it has been a difficult night for campaigners who want to see urgent family law reform. We face profound challenges given there will be another Conservative led administration, which not only broke it’s 2010 election promises to F4J, but will continue to oppose equal rights for dads and support a punitive and discriminatory […]
George Galloway interview with Matt O’Connor
George Galloway discusses the forthcoming General Election, Shared Parenting, fatherlessness and who his favourite superhero is with Fathers4Justice founder, Matt O’Connor.
Fathers4Justice joins the Equal Parenting debate at the explosive new production of Strindberg’s The Father
F4J campaign spokesman Darryl Westell joined the panel discussing Equal Parenting in a ‘no-holds-barred exchange’ with other experts including author Peter Lloyd, Sally Peck and family law barrister Kyra Cornwall. You can listen to the podcast and read about the debate here http://www.terripaddock.com/photos-podcast-equal-parenting-fathers4justice-and-strindbergs-the-father/ Photo courtesy of Peter Jones (@pj001 on Twitter)
Louis Theroux Documentary on single dads after Divorce/Separation
The BBC is making a one hour observational film about the experiences of dads after a separation or divorce to be presented by Louis Theroux. Louis’s recent work ranges from filming in a school for autistic children in New Jersey to producing a film about end of life care in a hospital in Los Angeles. […]
Are you a Skype Dad? Contact Fathers4Justice today.
Are you a dad who uses Skype to talk to your children or have had the court order Skype contact? Fathers are increasingly granted regular video calls with their children as if this were a suitable replacement for meaningful parenting time. No one seems to have told the courts you can’t hug Skype. We are […]
How To Make Your Divorce Less Tough on Your Kids, By Dr Phil
Making the decision to divorce your partner is not something that should be done lightly, especially when there are children involved. On the other hand, unhappy couples should not stay together solely for the sake of the children. If you and your spouse have exhausted all efforts to rehabilitate your relationship and decided that divorce […]
Matt O’Connor interviewed on Bastion Radio about his 14-yr campaign for Shared Parenting
In a wide ranging interview, the founder of Fathers4Justice, Matt O’Connor, talks about his 14-year campaign for shared parenting, political corruption, broken Conservative Party promises, secret family courts and the plight of Britain’s fathers with Mike West from Bastion Radio @bastionradio bastionradio.com
Sunday Express: Family separation sends dads to early grave shock figures reveal. Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor calls for full investigation. Unedited version. Edited version published 4/1/15
Exclusive By Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor THE heartbreak of family separation is sending absent parents to an early grave, shock new figures reveal. Figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that parents who leave their children are almost three times more likely to die early than those who continue to live with their […]
Sunday Express: Matt O’Connor on the struggles of non-resident fathers
MATT O’CONNOR, founder of Fathers4Justice, calls for Government action in the wake of an early-deaths scandal THE Sunday Express last week published alarming figures which showed that “non-resident” parents, almost exclusively fathers, are three times more likely to die early after separation. Since 2003, 8,515 non-resident parents have died compared to 3,090 resident parents. The death […]
Evening Standard: I spent £10,000 trying to see my young sons by F4J Founder Matt O’Connor
Note: In January 2002, a month after setting up Fathers4Justice, founder Matt O’Connor gave his first interview to the Evening Standard and explained why he has started the organisation. Published here for the first time online by Fathers4Justice.Judges are calling on Ministers to act over fathers who are denied access. Here, one dad, Matthew O’Connor, […]
