Fathers4Justice use Johnny Depp case to start divorce campaign
Fathers4Justice (F4J) have launched a campaign for divorce equality for men today with a “Ditch The Witch” advert featuring Amber Heard and Johnny Depp on advertising vans outside the High Court where the Johnny Depp libel trial is ongoing. #Divorce4Men will campaign for fairer divorce laws for men which F4J say are sexist, outdated and […]
F4J say no fault divorce is bad for dads
Campaign group Fathers4Justice have said that ’no fault divorce’ reforms proposed by the government will make it easier for fathers to be removed from families, and will not end the ‘blame game’ between warring parents as claimed. The group, who represent over 80,000 families in the UK, say the ‘statement of arrangements’ in divorce papers […]
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 […]
Fathers4Justice say government is failing separated dads in suicide epidemic
Fathers4Justice say government policies are driving countless separated dads into depression and putting them at risk of emotional harm and suicide. On World Suicide Prevention Day, the campaign group say the government has ignored repeated warnings that separated dads are not only a critical at risk group, but that government policy has put them at […]
Comedian Chris Rock says family courts leave you “out of your f***ing mind…”
Comedian Chris Rock is the latest Hollywood dad to talk about his experiences at the hands of the family courts in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine this month. Rock was divorced from his wife of 10 years, Malaak Compton-Rock, last August amid claims Malaak prevented Chris from seeing their two daughters, Lola and Zahra. […]
‘Vile and evil’: Mother who drugged and burned 9-year-old daughter gets life sentence
A mother in Calgary, Canada has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years after fatally drugging and burning her daughter, 9-year-old Amber Lucius, following a custody dispute. Court of the Queen’s Bench Justice Scott Brooker said the sentencing of Laura Coward, 50, must reflect “society’s disgust and outrage.” He […]
The Sun: ‘It nearly killed me’. Matt O’Connor of Fathers4Justice talks about his first Christmas in 2000 without his boys
Pic: Fathers4Justice founder, Matt O’Connor, pictured with second wife Nadine O’Connor One person who knows the pain of being separated from your children at Christmas is Matt O’Connor, founder of campaign group Fathers4Justice. He exclusively told The Sun Online: “Christmas is meant to be about family. Sadly, for tens of thousands of dads, they will […]
The Mail on Sunday: Angelina Jolie branded ‘malevolent’ in Hollywood campaign by Fathers4Justice
Fathers4Justice is launching a guerilla advertising campaign in Hollywood this week about Brad Pitt’s access problems to his children. The mobile billboard campaign parodies the Disney fantasy film ‘Maleficent’ which features Pitt’s ex partner, Angelina Jolie, as a vengeful fairy. The red and black ad replaces the film title with the word ‘malevolent’ and uses […]
Minister claims dads seek court orders to see kids in attempt to REDUCE child maintenance payments
Pic: Matt King & son / Caroline Nokes MP A government minister has told a Fathers4Justice supporter that dads who seek court orders to see their kids, do so in order to reduce their child maintenance payments. In a letter to Robert Syms, MP for Poole, the Minister for Welfare Delivery at the Department for […]
