The Fathers' rights movement has been characterized as a civil rights movement,^[1][2] whose members are primarily interested in issues affecting fathers and children related to family law, including child custody and child support sometimes after divorce.^[3][4] The movement has also been characterized as a social movement,^[5][6] but members of the fathers' rights movement disagree and state that these issues are "a question not of social science, but of constitutional government."^[7] The movement receives international press coverage as a result of high profile style activism of Fathers 4 Justice and other national organizations internationally.^[4][3] This article is about the moral/legal concept. ... A man holds a monkey with a limb missing by a rope around her neck, a scene epitomizing the idea of animal ownership. ... 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Background and history

The Movement

The fathers' rights movement is a grouping of individuals and groups who are highly diverse in goals, methods and political views, and who focus on a narrow set of issues of interest to their members.^[8] It is not simply a men's movement, as women have increasingly become involved in activities promoting fathers' rights; these women are often the second wives of divorced fathers or other family members of men who have had some engagement with family law.^[9][1][3] Family Law was a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as a divorced lawyer who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients. ...

Discussion about fathers' rights issues began in the West in the 1960s as changes in law (discussed below) prompted an examination of the legal rights and responsibilities of fathers and parents in general.^[8] During the 1970s fathers' rights organisations such as Families Need Fathers emerged.^[8] The movement has become increasingly vocal, visible and organised, and has played a powerful presence in family law debates.^[3] Some commentators see the rise of the movement as a 'backlash' to increasing female power in the family and in society, and the consequent challenge to men's traditional roles and authority. In this view, the movement is seen as part of a 'gender war' between the sexes. Other commentators propose a more complex analysis that sees several interrelated trends as leading to the growing prominence of the movement. They suggest that shifting household demographics, including greater fragmentation of families through the decline in marriage and rising divorce/separation rates, have increased the fragility of men's relationships with their children.^[3][4] Families Need Fathers (FNF) is a registered UK charity, founded in 1974. ...

Some fathers’ rights groups have been short-lived and unstable, as members and leaders do not remain with the group after they have been helped.^[9][3] Infighting within groups has occurred.^[10]

Differences in philosophy between groups show in their approaches to the issues they are concerned for. While Fathers 4 Justice has used demonstrations and stunts to secure public attention, other groups have attempted to engage the political process. The Cheltenham Group has conducted a comprehensive survey of father's experiences, of the then members of Families Need Fathers in 1995. Publishing their report The Emperor's New Clothes in 1996, it remains online at Cheltenham Group website.

Some fathers' rights activists in various countries have been accused and/or convicted of criminal activities, including stalking^[11] and harassment.^{[12][13][14][15][16]} In addition, Darren Mack, who sought help from a fathers' rights group and who later killed his wife and attempted to kill a family court judge, was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.^{[17][18][19][20]} Glenn Sacks, a prominent fathers' rights activist, has criticized persons he has called "the lunatic fringe of the fathers' rights movement", who describe the perpetrators of violent crimes against family court judges and others as "some sort of freedom fighters."^[21] Glenn Sacks is an American mens and fathers issues columnist and a nationally syndicated radio talk show host. ...

Changes in Law

Domestic relations law, divorce, custody, and child support, originates under the Common Law. Natural rights as defined under the Common Law had reciprocal Common Law obligations. Initially state interference into domestic relations matters required criminal acts, criminal ‘Breaches of Duty’, i.e., criminal breaches of Common Law duties, i.e., breaches of natural law obligations.^[22] Willful and intentional acts which had to be proven in a fair and impartial court, i.e. initially in criminal courts; to which a fair and just punishment for these criminal breaches of Common Law duty included the loss of natural rights associated with these violations of natural law obligations. This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Universalism (disambiguation). ...

Under Common Law jurisdiction the reciprocal relationship between the natural law obligation of supporting one's child and the natural right^[23] to the care, companionship, and custody of the child, did not permit the punishment of child support without a finding of abandonment or abuse by the parent.^[24]

Under the Common Law, married men had absolute right to their children,^[25] while married women had absolutely no right to their children, even when the husband was dead.^[26] Unmarried women had absolute right to their children even if the mother later married the child’s Father,^[27] and unmarried men had a natural right to their children, which was secondary only to the unmarried mother’s natural rights.^[28]

Child Support, under statutes and per the Common Law, was a punishment.^[29]

Custody matters were determined based on natural rights, not judicial discretion. Two US Supreme Court have explicitly stated,^[30] in complete agreement with a federal court decision,^[31] custody of children cannot be decided in a court of equity and must be decided under Common Law jurisdiction.

States have removed decisions of divorce, child custody and child support from Common Law courts, which provided for punishments of Common Law breaches of duty, and assigned them to courts of equity. Fitness of the parent was never the issue in Common Law courts. The issue was who had a natural right to the child and had that right been abused.^[32]

For additional information about changes in the law, please see "No-fault divorce" below.

Movement's Activities

The movement's primary focus has been to campaign (including lobbying and research) for formal legal rights for fathers, and sometimes for children, including changes to family law related to child custody, support and maintenance, abuse and violence as well as the perceived inequities in the family court system themselves.^[3][33] Fathers’ rights groups also provide emotional and practical support for members during separation and divorce.^[33][3]

Some fathers' rights groups have become frustrated with the slow pace of traditional campaigning for law reform.^[8] Groups such as Fathers 4 Justice have become increasingly vocal and visible, undertaking public demonstrations which have attracted public attention and influenced the politics of family justice.^[8] With the increase in access to the internet, much advocacy, support and development of fathers' rights issues takes place through the internet, on blogs and forums.^{[citation needed]} Fathers 4 Justice Logo Fathers 4 Justice (or F4J) began as a fathers’ rights organization in the United Kingdom. ...

Sociologists Scott Coltrane and Neal Hickman state that like other political advocacy groups, members of fathers' rights groups cast their personal troubles as pressing social problems,^[34][35] and that they use rhetorical strategies to elicit emotional responses.^[34] Michael Flood, a critic of the fathers' rights movement, suggests that its members focus on the needs and wants of fathers as well as issues of "rights", "equality", and "fairness", rather than on the nuts and bolts of actual parenting and the developmental needs and wishes of children.^[36][37]

Main Issues

No-fault divorce

Main article: No-fault divorce

Members of the fathers' rights movement state that laws establishing no-fault divorce did not stop at removing the requirement that grounds be cited for a divorce, so as to allow for divorce by "mutual consent"; they also allow either spouse to end the marriage without any agreement or fault by the other.^[38] They state that no-fault divorce should be referred to as unilateral divorce.^[39] They state that laws establishing no-fault divorce can be seen as one of the boldest social experiments in modern history that have effectively ended marriage as a legal contract.^[40] They state that it is not possible to form a binding agreement to create a family, adding that government officials can, at the request of one spouse, end a marriage over the objection of the other.^[40] They state that no-fault divorce has left fathers with no protection against what they describe as the confiscation of their children.^[41] Members of the fathers' rights movement propose "reasonable limits" on no-fault divorce when children are involved^[42], they note that while either parent has a right to voluntarily waive their own parental rights and withdraw from their marital and family relationships, the customary practice in divorce courts is to interpret the plaintiff's petition for no-fault divorce as a demand to restrict the defendant parent's family relationships without any evidence that the defendant parent is unfit or harming the child (when unfitness or harm are present, the divorce is not "no-fault"). No-fault divorce is the dissolution of a marriage, upon petition to the court by either party, without the requirement that the petitioner show fault on the part of the other party. ...

The Family court system

Main articles: Adversarial system, Family law, and Divorce

Members of the fathers' rights movement criticize the win or lose adversarial system currently used in most Western countries to determine divorce and child custody issues, and define "winning custody" not as the right to parent one's children, but as the power to prevent someone else from parenting his children with the help of the government.^[43] They state that family courts are biased against fathers, and in favor of mothers, sole custody, and geographical/one-parent stability,^[44] in making custody decisions.^[45][46][47] They point to studies noting that women initiate at least two-thirds of divorce, with the claim that "automatic custody" for mothers is one of the reasons for this.^[48] They also state that family courts are slow to take effective measures to prevent interference with fathers' parenting time.^[49] They note that an adversarial approach is expensive in time and money.^[47][50] The adversarial system (or adversary system) of law is the system of law, generally adopted in common law countries, that relies on the skill of each advocate representing his or her partys positions and involves a neutral person, usually the judge, trying to determine the truth of the case. ... Family Law was a television drama starring Kathleen Quinlan as a divorced lawyer who attempted to start her own law firm after her lawyer husband took all their old clients. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. ...

They state that family courts operate in secret, which protects them from public scrutiny,^[51] and that family courts have engaged in censorship.^[52] They state that fathers who have criticized the court system publicly have been sanctioned by fines and reductions in custody and parenting time.^[53] Some activists argue that some men have been driven to suicide by family courts,^[48] while others acknowledge that these suicides often might stem more from personality factors than legal bias.^[54]

Members of the fathers' rights movement point out that parental rights have been characterized by courts as "sacred", "absolute", and "inherent, natural rights", and that courts have ruled that parenthood cannot be denied without violating fundamental principles of "liberty and justice",^[55] but that these unequivocal principles are ignored by family courts as a threat to their reason for existence.^[56] Members of the fathers' rights movement state that parents are ordered to pay fees for services demanded by the court,^[57] and claim that those working within the court system have a “vested interest in separating children from their parents.”^[58][59] Members of the fathers' rights movement propose the restoration and enforcement of the traditional rights of parents to the care, custody and companionship of their children."^[42]

Critics of the fathers' rights movement note research that fathers are accorded considerable significance in custody decisions and are not discriminated against.^[8] Some critics also state that based on significant research, family courts discriminate against mothers as a result of gender bias and influence from the fathers' rights movement.^[60][8][46] Critics also claim that most non-custodial parents are fathers, not as a result of actual court bias, but because most fathers do not want to be the primary custodial parent to their children.^[61][62] Fathers rights groups respond that this is a sexist position that presumes fathers care about parenting their children less than mothers do.^{[citation needed]}

Child custody - Shared parenting

Main articles: Child custody, Shared parenting, Best interests, and Rebuttable presumption

Stating that "children need both parents", the fathers’ rights movement calls for greater equality in parental responsibility following separation and divorce.^[63][64] They call for laws creating a rebuttable presumption of 50/50 shared custody so that children would generally spend equal time with each parent unless there were reasons against it.^[65][64] They point to studies showing that children in shared custody settings are better adjusted and have fewer social problems such as low academic achievement, crime, pregnancy, substance abuse, depression and suicide,^[66][58][67] and claim that shared parenting is in fact in the best interests of the child.^[68][69] Members of the fathers' rights movement and their critics disagree about the correlation of negative developmental outcomes for children to sole custody situations. Critics claim that father absence covaries with other relevant family characteristics such as the lack of an income from a male adult, the absence of a second adult, and the lack of support from a second extended family system and concluded that it is the negative effects of poverty, and not the absence of a father, that result in negative developmental outcomes.^[70] On the other hand, members of the fathers' rights movement state that although the consequences of poverty and having a single parent are interrelated, each is a risk factor with independent effects on children,^[71] and that the negative outcomes for children in sole custody situations correlate more strongly to "fatherlessness" than to any other variable including poverty.^[72][73]
Members of the fathers' rights movement criticize the best interests of the child standard currently used in many countries for making custody decisions, which they describe as highly subjective and based on the personal prejudices of family court judges and court-appointed child custody evaluators,^{[74][75][68][69]} and that courts are abusive when more than half custody is taken away from a willing, competent parent.^[76] They claim that a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting is supported by a majority of citizens,^[77] and that their proposals to enact such laws are opposed by divorce lawyers and by feminist organizations, the latter by invoking the specter of domestic violence and child abuse as propaganda directed against fathers and fathers' rights groups.^[78] Child custody and guardianship are legal terms which are sometimes used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and his or her child, such as the right of the parent to make decisions for the child, and the parents duty to care for the child. ... Shared parenting refers to a family arrangement in child custody or divorce settlements, in which the care of the children is equal, or more than substantially shared, between the natural parents. ... Best interests or best interests of the child is the doctrine used by most courts to determine a wide range of issues relating to the well being of children. ... In law, a rebuttable presumption is an assumption that is made that will stand as a fact unless someone comes forward to contest it and prove otherwise. ... In law, a rebuttable presumption is an assumption that is made that will stand as a fact unless someone comes forward to contest it and prove otherwise. ... Best interests or best interests of the child is the doctrine used by most courts to determine a wide range of issues relating to the well being of children. ...

Critics point to research suggesting that joint custody arrangements are good for children only if there is little parental conflict.^[79] They argue that if shared parenting were ordered, fathers would not provide their share of the daily care for the children.^[61] Fathers rights groups respond that this is also a sexist position that presumes that fathers would not provide for the daily needs of their children for no reason other than that they are fathers.^{[citation needed]} Critics also question the motives of those promoting shared parenting, noting that it would result in substantial decreases in or termination of child support payments.^[80][62]
Members of the fathers' rights movement respond that shared parenting has been demonstrated to reduce parental conflict by requiring parents to cooperate and compromise, and that it is the lack of constraint by one parent resulting from the ability of that parent to exclude the other, that results in increased parental conflict.^[81] They add that only when child support guidelines exceed true costs do parents ask for or seek to prevent changes in parenting time for financial reasons, adding that any argument that a parent is asking for increased parenting time to reduce child support is at the same time an argument that the other parent is making a profit from child support.^[82]

Critics claim that some fathers' rights groups are more interested in enabling men to re-establish authority over their children and ex-partners and that issues of power and control in cases of domestic violence and child abuse are ignored.^[83][84] In response, members of the fathers’ rights movement state that fathers have a constitutional right to shared control of their children and through political action they intend to establish parental authority for the well-being of their children.^[85] They also point out that a rebuttable presumption for shared parenting preserves a child's protection against unfit or violent parents.^[86]

Child support

See also: Child support and Paternity fraud

Members of the fathers’ rights movement campaign for the reform of child support guidelines, which in most Western countries are based on maintaining the children's standard of living after separation, and on the assumption that the children live with one parent and never with the other.^[87][88] Activists argue that the current guidelines are arbitrary, provide mothers with financial incentives to divorce, and leave fathers with little discretionary income to enjoy with the children during their parenting time.^[48][89][87] In their place, fathers’ rights activists propose guidelines based on a Cost Shares model, in which child support would be based on the average income of the parents and the estimated child costs incurred by both parents.^[90] Critics of the Cost Share Model guidelines claim that they focus on the relative living standards of divorcing parents rather than the best interests of the children and supporting them at the same level after divorce.^[91] In many countries, child support or child maintenance is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made by a non-custodial parent to a custodial parent, caregiver or guardian, for the care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated. ... Main articles: Paternity (law) and Paternity testing Paternity fraud, the term, came into common use in the late 1990s describing the act of falsely naming a man to be the biological father of a child when the mother knows (or suspects) that he is not the biological father, particularly for...

Noting research that cultural communities emphasize different aspects of fatherhood, members of the fathers' rights movement state that the law should value a broader definition of fathering for poor fathers by reducing the focus on collecting child support and encouraging the informal contributions (such as groceries, clothes, toys, time with the children) of these fathers, by counting these contributions as child support.^[92]

Members of the fathers’ rights movement suggest that child support should be terminated under certain conditions, such as if the custodial parent limits access to the children by moving away against the wishes of the other parent, gives fraudulent testimony, or if paternity fraud is discovered,^[88] adding that two men should not have to pay child support for the same child.^[87]

They also complain that it is often difficult for fathers in financial hardship or who take on a larger caregiving role with their children to have their child support payments lowered. They point out that unemployment is the primary cause of child support arrears, and claim that arrears make the father subject to arrest and imprisonment without due process.^[73]

Members of the fathers' rights movement state that the purpose of child support should be publicly determined, and enforcement programs must be designed to serve that purpose, observing the due process of law.^[42]

Domestic violence and Child abuse

Main articles: Domestic violence, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Members of the fathers' rights movement assert that some women make false claims of domestic violence or child abuse in order to gain an upper hand in divorce, custody disputes and/or prevent fathers from seeing their children, and they state that lawyers advise women to make such claims.^[74] They contend that false claims of domestic violence and child abuse are encouraged by the inflammatory "win or lose" nature of child custody hearings, and that men are presumed to be guilty rather than innocent by police and by the courts.^[59][93][88] They protest the inclusion of vaguely-defined and difficult-to-refute definitions of violence based on fear, harassment and stalking, in child custody hearings.^[94] Domestic disturbance redirects here. ... Emotional abuse refers to a long-term situation in which one person uses his or her power or influence to adversely affect the mental well-being of another. ... Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual abuse or neglect of children. ...

Members of the fathers' rights movement state that it is extremely rare for fathers to abuse their children.^[59] They add that when child abuse occurs, the perpetrator is not likely to be the father, and that the child abuse most often occurs after the father has been separated from his children.^[48][59] They suggest that government policies are creating child abuse by separating children from their fathers.^[59]

Members of the fathers’ rights movement point to domestic violence studies based on the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS), which suggest that men and women act violently toward their partners in about equal percentages.^[95][93][96] They claim that men comprise a "significant minority" of the victims of domestic violence,^[97] and they call for more services to be provided for male victims of domestic violence.^[96] Critics of the CTS dispute its reliability.^{[98][99][100]} Michael Flood argues that the CTS definitions of domestic violence obscure "variations in the meaning, consequences, and context of violent behaviors in families and relationships".^[99] The Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS) is a widely used method of identifying intimate partners maltreatment, with a version for the identifying of child maltreatment. ...

Members of the fathers' rights movement propose that both domestic violence and child abuse must be adjudicated as criminal assault, observing due process protections, and that government funding for programs addressing these issues must be made contingent on such protections."^[42]

Parenting time interference and Parental alienation syndrome

Main articles: Parental alienation and Parental alienation syndrome

Members of the fathers' rights movement state that some mothers interfere with the father's parenting time and that such interference should be stopped.^[101] They state that parenting time interference can result from the custodial parent's relocation beyond a practical distance from the noncustodial parent and they campaign for a rebuttable presumption prohibiting such relocations.^[102] Parental alienation is any behavior by a parent, a childs mother or father, whether conscious or unconscious, that could create alienation in the relationship between a child and the other parent. ... Parental Alienation Syndrome is a putative disorder proposed by Richard Gardner as a disturbance in which children are obsessively preoccupied with depreciation and/or criticism of a parent. ...

They claim that parental alienation is a well-documented phenomena and that Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is a valid syndrome^[103][104] in which a child is alienated by a parent against the other parent for the purpose of gaining or retaining full custody of the children, and they offer advice to fathers about what to do if their access to their children is affected by parental alienation.^[105]

Critics of the fathers' rights movement and of parental alienation syndrome note that it is not considered a syndrome by the American Psychological Association^[33][106] and that it is a strategy that has been rejected by some members of the legal community.^[107] This particular objection questions the validity of any diagnosis of this alleged sydrome within a child, but has no relevance to the discussion of parental alienation in the context of a parent's actions with respect to that child. Those who differentiate between PAS and parental alienation note that the term "child abuse", though unquestionably a legitimate description of negative parental behaviors, is also not recognized by the APA as a specific diagnosis of mental illness within a child. In this context, parental alienation can be considered to be a form of child abuse.

Critics and members of the fathers' rights movement agree about the danger that claims of parental alienation syndrome may be used by abusive fathers as a weapon against appropriately protective mothers in order to win custody.^[107][103]

Unwarranted Termination of Parental Rights and Adoptions

Main article: Parents' Rights Movement

Parents' rights advocates claim that many parents' parental rights are unnecessarily terminated, and that children are separated from fathers and mothers and adopted through the actions of family courts and government social service agencies seeking to meet their own targets, rather than looking at the merits of each case.^[108]

Members of the fathers' rights movement state that government employees harm children by disregarding the loving bonds they share with their fathers, when social workers typically place children in the foster care system without informing their fathers.^[109]

Fathers' rights movement by country

Main articles: Fathers' rights movement by country and Parental responsibility (access and custody)

Issues related to the fathers' rights movement in specific countries are included in Fathers' rights movement by country. The countries included are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, The United Kingdom (UK) and The United States of America (USA). Of the aforementioned countries, Australia, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden and a minority of the states in the United States of America have enacted a rebuttable presumption for shared parenting as of January 1, 2007. The fathers rights movement has evolved in many countries. ... In the states of the European Union and elsewhere, parental responsibility refers to the rights and privilieges which underpin the relationship between a child and either its parents or those adults who have a significant role in its life. ... The fathers rights movement has evolved in many countries. ...

Fathers' rights and issues with language

Fathers' and parents' rights campaigners state that parenting time should be used to replace contact, visitation and residence. The term visitation is particularly objectionable to fathers' rights activists, who believe that this term reinforces the idea that only one parent raises the children. It is perceived that there is a stigma associated with treating one parent as resident and the other as non-resident. The use of the terms absent parent, putative father, and non-custodial parent have also been challenged.

Members of the fathers' rights movement state that child support should be referred to as parental transfer payments.^[110]

Notable supporters

Public supporters of the fathers' rights movement and their issues, include divorced (and subsequently widowed) Live Aid founder, Bob Geldof,^[111] Irish writer and journalist John Waters, ex-UK Home Secretary David Blunkett and Karen DeCrow, former president of the National Organization for Women^[112][113] Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985). ... Robert Frederick Xenon Geldof[1], KBE[2], known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951) [3], is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. ... John Waters (born Castlerea, Co. ... The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole United Kingdom (including Scotland and Northern Ireland). ... David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside since 1987. ... Karen DeCrow (born 1937) is an American feminist attorney, author, and activist. ...

Significant writers

• Bettina Arndt
• Stephen Baskerville
• Warren Farrell
• Michael Flood
• Michael Green
• Wendy McElroy
• Glenn Sacks
• Phyllis Schlafly
• Christina Hoff Sommers

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Books

• Fathers Rights Survival Guide by Mike L. Weening
• Fathers after Divorce by Michael Green
• Shared Parenting Jill Burrett & Michael Green
• Father and Child Reunion by Dr. Warren Farrell
• Torn Apart: True Stories of Excluded Fathers (2005) by Tim Willis ISBN 1-904977-30-8
• Guide To Fathers' Rights by Attorney Ronald Isaacs.
• Elusive Innocence: Survival Guide for the Falsely Accused by Dean Tong
• Taken Into Custody - The War Against Fathers, Marriage, and the Family by Stephen Baskerville
• Without Authority by Barry Worrall ISBN-13 978-1-900080-09-5/-08-8/-07-1
• Custody Revolution: The Father Factor and the Motherhood Mystique by Richard A. Warshak
• Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths by Shanna Danae Derrick and Diane O'Connell ISBN 0-87477-862-X

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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For information on Wikipedia press releases, see Wikipedia:Press releases. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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External links

• McElroy, Wendy (January 26, 2005). Removing Legal Incentives to Lie. ifeminists.net.

• Sacks, Glenn Sacks and Dianna Thompson (July 9, 2002). Have Anti-Father Family Court Policies Led to a Men's Marriage Strike?. ifeminists.net.

• Testimony of Barbara DaFoe Whitehead, Ph.D, Co-Director, National Marriage Project Rutgers University, before US Senate Subcommitee. Rutgers University (April 28, 2004). Warning this website uses code that may slow or crash older computers.

External Links Critical of the Fathers' Rights Movement

• Backlash: Angry Men's Movements, by Michael Flood
• How the fathers’ rights movement undermines the protections available to victims of violence and protects the perpetrators of violence, by Michael Flood
• Liznotes: The Liz Library
• Trish Wilson: The Women's Network
• Stop Family Violence
• An Open Letter To The Board Of The American Coalition Of Fathers And Children - Scroll Down
• Parental Alienation Syndrome And Alienated Children: Getting It Wrong In Child Custody Cases, by Dr. Carol Bruch
• Abuse And Custody Disputes: Scientific And Legal Issues, by The Leadership Council
• Federazione Nazionale per la Bigenitorialità, one of the major Italian movements for coparenting.