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A former Minuteman Project volunteer faces possible 20 year sentence due to child support has been in jail for over 100 days awaiting a jury trial that is scheduled for December 3, 2007.

Judges are also placed in a very difficult position oftentimes having to make a decision about child custody in a few hours. Society is outraged over the current state of affairs in family law.

The Fathers' Movement has become more of a Family Rights Movement with the inclusion of noncustodial mothers, grandparents, and families dealing with Child Protection Services. Equal and/or shared custody is what children say they want after divorce.

Why is it that fathers appear to be completely oblivious to the fact that their parental rights can be taken away within a nano-second of their wife filing for divorce. In the eyes of society dads are second-class parents. This needs to stop! DADS NEED TO WAKE UP!

It's official! August 11th 2007 Robert Pedersen and Rob Mackenzie will start their over 600 mile bicycle trek from the Lansing Capitol to Washington, D.C..

When children are born or adopted to parents of a same-sex relationship, the issues of child support and child custody can be complicated should the same-sex relationship become dissolved.

A Vermont court ordered a woman to pay $240 a month child support to her former lesbian civil-union partner.

If you receive child support for your kids through the state of Indiana and need help collecting, the IV-D program can help. The State of Indiana and the Indiana Child Support Bureau offers services to help custodial parents collect child support.

Addressing the need for shared parenting.

My experience with shared parenting

Fathers get screwed under Florida child support laws

Are you a single parent? Do you need financial help in taking care of your children? If you are not receiving child support, thing you should look into getting that started.

In 1970 grandparents raising their grandchildren was not as common as it is today. According to the U.S. Census Bureau the number of households where grandparents were raising grandchildren was 2.2 million in 1970. By 1997 that number had risen to 3.9 million.

Your son and daugther-in-law rely on you to raise their children. Because your arrangement is informal, you have trouble coping and paying for your grandchildren's care.

A lot of grandparents are homeschooling their grandchildren today. This is helping them to feel younger while helping their grandchildren get a good education.

Craft ideas for grandparents and grandchildren are a great way to break that age barrier. Craft projects are a great way for grandparents and grandchildren to interact, show their passions, learn something, and best of all get to know each other!

Here are some tips for grandparents who are raising their own grandchildren.

There are a number of fun craft projects grandparents can do with grandchildren. Here you'll find easy instructions for making a colorful sun catcher, a bumble bee garden stake, and beautiful flower doilies.

The bond between grandparents and grandchildren is important. These are suggestions for encouraging the two to spend time together.

Tips for staying connected to grandparents and grandchildren

There are more than 6 million grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. So, why are so many grandparents taking on the responsibility of raising kids again?

Today's teens are becoming more violent and irresponsible perhaps as a result of parenting. This interview can shed a little light of the mentality of teenagers today. The truth can be a bit shocking.

The 2008 event is already shaping up to become even more significant. Five fathers will pedal 758 miles to bring awareness of a child's fundamental right to be loved, guided, educated and nurtured equally by both fit and willing parents

Grandma's that are helping raise their grandkids while also living with their children.

Psychologist Louise B. Silverstein and sociologist David Popenoe talk about whether fathers can "mother." Should fathers emulate mothers' traditional nurturing activities, or should fathers uphold their role as masculine role models for their children?

Kids instinctively trust their grandparents and for good reason. And because of this trust, grandparents have an incredible opportunity to teach grandkids anything they might know about the road to happiness.

United Van Lines releases a annual migration study across the United States. This is nothing to be proud of if you are Jennifer Granholm: Michigan tied at #1 for the highest outbound rate in THE ENTIRE COUNTRY!

Fathers around the world fight for equal rights to raise their children. "The best parent is both parents," they state. Family law reform groups are succeeding in changing society's attitude, and the laws, albeit slowly.

I have a great relationship with my teenage son. It's not because I'm perfect or our lives have been easy. Quite the contrary, our lives have been ridden with one challenge after another.

Michigan Democrats do not care about your fundamental liberties! They have essentially betrayed Michigan families and children by their actions while slowly stripping our rights away from us. Perhaps Lincoln was right?

Wayne County Michigan. A carjacker assaulted a 91 year old WWII veteran in Detroit's West Side! You can watch the shocking video here. This is such a horrible thing to have happen to an elderly man and also to a veteran.

State agencies not doing their jobs in securing your child support payments. Don't give up, there is hope.

You've finally found your match. The two of you are considering purchasing a new home, a new car or maybe having children. Suddenly the ex from the past arises like the sun for all to see and files for child support. What now?

This is a highly controversial topic amongst many families who are entangled up in this never ending debate of child support.

More and more couples are divorcing. Child support is part of the divorce process. Read the top child support payment questions and answers.

When facing a child custody battle, following simple measures can mean the difference between losing and retaining custody.

There are states that have programs and organizations that will help parents to get the added child support that they need and may even help them with determining the amount to ask for and all of the steps that they need to take.

Dealing with money is tricky, so here are some suggestions to help ease your burden when renegotiating your child support.

Should a man have to pay child support for a child that is not biologically his? This article discusses the Presumed Father's Act and the controversy about it.

This artcile discusses dealing with collecting child support in New Mexico from an out-of-state parent.

A brief discussing the Child Support Recovery Act and a persons "wilful failure to pay child support" under the act.

The state will take care of men who don't pay their child support. You have to do your part first.