Monthly Archives: September 2011


Men’s Rights Spotlight: Fathers and Families

Men’s Rights Spotlight: Fathers and Families

This is the first in a series of articles highlighting men’s rights organizations. Fathers and Families improves the lives of children and strengthens society by protecting the child’s right to the love and care of both parents after separation or divorce. We seek better lives for children through family court reform that establishes equal rights and responsibilities for fathers and mothers. Decades of research show...

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Bill Would Give Rights To Unwed Biological Fathers

Bill Would Give Rights To Unwed Biological Fathers

A package of laws designed to give biological fathers rights when their child is born to a married woman is awaiting a vote in the Michigan legislature. Currently, Michigan law does not give parental rights to biological fathers if the mother of the child is married at the time of the child’s birth to another man. Daniel Quinn wanted visitation rights and to pay child...

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Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Against Lifetime Alimony

Men’s rights was delivered a victory by the Tennessee Supreme Court in a case that could determine the future of how alimony is awarded in that state. In a unanimous decision, the state’s highest court ruled the award of lifetime alimony and attorney fees to a man’s ex-wife were inappropriate because the wife was healthy, held a stable well-paying job and received considerable assets through...

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Movie Looks At The Power Of False Allegations

A system designed to protect from abuse is being abused. False allegations of abuse are increasingly rampant in today’s family law courtrooms because of how easy it is to obtain orders of protection that give a huge advantage to one side – usually the woman’s side. Tom Lemons explored this injustice in his latest film “DVI: The Inside Story,” a documentary that looks at the...

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Men’s Rights Is A Civil Rights Issue

“Profiling of different groups based on skin color, age, disabilities, etc., is not permissible. We regard these generalizations as being deplorable in virtually every sphere of civil rights, but for some reason these generalizations and assumptions are permissible as they pertain to men in domestic scenarios.” That quote comes from MensRights.com founder Joseph Cordell‘s latest Huffington Post column, “Divorce Civil Rights.” Cordell says there are...

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