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Brazilian Abduction Case Resolved, but Would Clinton, US Have Fought for Dad if the Mother Were Still Alive?

June 5, 2009 by

-Glenn Sacks

There apparently will be a happy ending for David Goldman, who fought a long, internationally-publicized battle to get his kidnapped son Sean returned to him from Brazil. A Brazilian court has ruled that the David should get custody of the 8-year-old, and ordered his immediate return. The new decision is being covered by hundreds of media outlets–the Associated Press’ story on the case is here.

To their credit, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the U.S. House and Senate had called on Brazil to permit the boy’s return, and it was this international pressure which tilted the scales in David’s favor. But would they have gotten involved if the boy’s mother hadn’t died? Would David Goldman have been successful in a custody case against the child’s mother, instead of his stepfather? It is unlikely.
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Brazilian Abduction Case Resolved, but Would Clinton, US Have Fought for Dad if the Mother Were Still Alive?”

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Bristol Palin Does the Right Thing, Decides to Co-Parent with Teen Father Levi Johnston

May 21, 2009 by

-Glenn Sacks

Levi Johnston, the teenage father of Bristol Palin’s 4-month-old son Tripp, has fought to be a father to his child, taking his case to the media via the Today Show, Larry King Live and others. Johnston claimed (and the Palins backhandedly acknowledged) that his access to his son was restricted, and that the Palins weren’t allowing him to take his child out of their home for visitation, effectively requiring all visitation to be supervised by them.

Now People magazine and others have reported that Bristol Palin has changed her mind, saying, “I’d love for Levi to be a part of [Tripp’s] life,” and following through on her commitment. Todd Palin, Tripp’s grandfather, says, “They’re working out a schedule…I know both of them will love and care for their son together.”

Bristol Palin should be commended for her decision–research shows that father involvement is critical for children.
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Guest: Thousands Protest Lifetime TV’s New Father-Bashing Reality Show ‘Deadbeat Dads’

April 27, 2009 by 2 Comments

-By Glenn Sacks

Thousands of protesters have called and written Lifetime Television this week to protest Lifetime’s new father-bashing reality show Deadbeat Dads. Last year, similar protests drove the show—originally called Bad Dads–off of Fox.

According to Reuters, in Deadbeat Dads Jim Durham, director of the National Child Support Center, “functions as a sort of ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ for tracking deadbeats.” Durham targets dads by “making their lives miserable — foreclosing on their house, repossessing their car. He will squeeze them… It’s ambush reality TV.”

The program’s depiction of divorced dads is a horrendous distortion. Research clearly shows that most divorced dads pay their child support and strive to remain a part of their children’s lives, often under very difficult circumstances. The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement’s own data shows that two-thirds of “deadbeat dads” earn poverty level wages—only 4% earn even $40,000 a year.
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