Huge rise in fathers making court applications to see children
The Times newspaper reports that fathers are driving a rise in court disputes over access, as they assert their rights to be involved with the care of their children, analysis shows. There were more than 138,500 “child arrangement orders” in the past year, up from 132,000 in 2016 and from 128,912 the previous year. The […]
Send a Father’s Day message to your kids
Not seeing your children this Father’s Day? Send them a message via Fathers4Justice saying how much you love and miss them, but that you will be standing up for them and their right to see you at “Stand Up 4 Fathers” on 11th June. The best videos will be shown on the night and those chosen […]
F4J back calls for referendum on fathers’ rights ahead of Father’s Day
Campaign group Fathers4Justice has backed a call by Irish columnist and broadcaster Sarah Carey for a referendum on fathers’ rights in yesterdays Irish Times. The call for a referendum – long campaigned for by Fathers4Justice – follows the abortion referendum, and comes ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday 17th June. Said Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor; […]
Martin Phillips: Father’s Day? You must be joking!
By Martin Phillips Remember when no crane, no motorway gantry and no government building was safe from rampaging superheroes? No, not the early Avengers blockbusters. We’re talking about fancy-dressed Fathers 4 Justice campaigners. Well, now the Spidermen and Batmen are back, and this time they’re playing their Jokers. The protest group is marking this year’s […]
Scottish The Mail on Sunday: Mums could get criminal record if they deny fathers access to kids
By Gareth Rose, Scottish Political Editor Parents who deny their estranged partners time with their children risk being criminalised under proposals being considered by Ministers. The story follows calls by Fathers4Justice in 2017 to jail mums who flout court orders. Read the story here. The Scottish Government is looking into ways of ensuring that youngsters […]
‘The Split’ family law drama review: everything you hate about family lawyers and more
They say a family lawyer supports a separated dad like the rope supports the hanging man. Proof of this was evident throughout the first episode of BBC1’s glossy family law drama ‘The Split’. Bitch-slapping alpha females clashed over clients, while neutered men were reduced to second-class roles as deadbeat dads, nodding dogs or useful idiots. […]
Divorce court blunders: some couples may STILL be married
Scores of newly-divorced couples may still be married because of a series of blunders by officials. Those affected were granted legal break-ups too quickly, a senior judge said yesterday. In some cases, couples submitted divorce petitions before they had been married a year – the minimum period. In others, officials approved divorces before the applicants […]
Father contests £40,000 CSA Case in the Upper Tribunal on 25th April 2018
Charles Adams, a father whose successful attack on the practice of anonymisation in child support cases was supported by Fathers4Justice and is reported in the Upper Tribunal case Adams v. Sec.State & Green [2017] UKUT 9 (AAC), and who had a Liability Order in the sum of £38000 made against him at Willesden Magistrates Court […]
Fathers4Justice Presents The Father’s Day Comedy Night ‘Stand Up 4 Fathers’
Fathers4Justice are staging a Father’s Day Comedy night at 7.30pm on Monday June 11th at the Backyard Comedy Club, Bethnal Green, London, ahead of Father’s Day on 18th June. ‘Stand Up 4 Fathers’ will leave no politically incorrect stone unturned as we cover topical comedy ranging from Prince Harry’s wedding to superhero suffragents and beyond! […]
