Families Need Fathers

FNF is a self-help support group, and is involved in research into shared parenting and political lobbying. It produces a regular newsletter, McKenzie, which is sent out to members of the charity and to people whom the charity considers influential. FNF is chiefly concerned with the problems of maintaining a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown, and has acquired over 10,000 members in its 30-year history. Undoubtedly, the majority of parents apart from children are fathers, but the charity supports ...

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FNF is a self-help group, and is involved in research into shared parenting and political lobbying. It produces a regular newsletter, McKenzie, which is sent out to members of the charity and to people whom the charity considers influential. FNF is chiefly concerned with the problems of maintaining a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown, and has acquired over 10,000 members in its 30-year history. Undoubtedly, the majority of parents apart from children are fathers, but the charity support both fath ...

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Fathers 4 Justice was founded by 38-year-old Matt O’Connor, a marketing consultant and father of two, in 2003. who became incensed with family law after a court temporarily barred him from seeing his two young sons outside of a contact centre, following his separation from his wife in 2000. On 17 December 2002, O’Connor and a small group of supporters staged their first protest by storming the Royal Courts of Justice dressed as Father Christmas. Fathers 4 Justice was officially founded in January 2003. Initially the group targeted the homes of family court judges and family lawyers' ...

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Fathers 4 Justice - Origins. Fathers 4 Justice was founded by Matt O’Connor, a marketing consultant and father of two. O'Connor became incensed with family law after a court temporarily barred him from seeing his two young sons outside of a contact centre, following his separation from his wife in 2000. On 17 December 2002, O’Connor and a small group of supporters staged their first protest by storming the Royal Courts of Justice dressed as Father Christmas. In January 2003 he officially founded Fathers 4 Justice. Initially the group targeted the homes of family court judges and family lawyers' ...

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Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse, which can be contrasted with an annulment which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support, child custody and distribution of property. In many developed countries, divorce rates have increased markedly during the twentieth century. Among the states in which divorce has become commonplace are the United States, Korea and members of ...

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Donations to the group go to a non-profit limited company owned by O’Connor. F4J are denied charitable status, but as of the 17th of June 2005 launched a charitable foundation, Fathers 4 Justice Foundation to work with Young Offenders from fatherless families. The group makes an unsubstantiated claim (2005) to have approximately 12,500 members in the UK and 3,500 members in the Netherlands. The group's Dutch and Canadian branches were founded ...

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F4J is a political pressure group. It aims to engineer a radical reform of the rapidly expanding Family Division of British Law, to the extent of its virtual abolition. As of 2005, its biggest gains have stemmed from lobbying the opposition Conservative Party. It has targeted Departments within the Labour Government (such as CAFCASS and the CSA) with protests, as well as Prime Minister Tony Blair and Children’s Minister Patricia Hodge. In 2003 the board of CAFCASS was forced to resign by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, following a select committee report ...

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F4J is a political pressure group. It aims to engineer a radical reform of the rapidly expanding Family Division of British Law, to the extent of its virtual abolition. It has targeted Departments within the Labour Government (such as CAFCASS and the CSA) with protests, as well as Prime Minister Tony Blair and Children’s Minister Patricia Hodge. In 2003 the board of CAFCASS was forced to resign by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, following a select committee report that sharply criticised the agency's methods. ...

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Divorce - Muslim societies. No-fault divorce is allowed in Islam, though Islam discourages divorce. If the man seeks divorce he has to cover the expenses of his ex-wife feeding his child and expenses of the child until the child is two years old ( that is if the child is under two years old). After the second birthday the child returns to the father. If it is the wife who seeks divorce, she must go to a court. She must provide evidence of ill treatment, inability to sustain her financially or sexual ...

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The grievances of activists for fathers' rights typically stem from the perception that family court judges discriminate against men in granting primary custody of a divorced or separated couple's children to the woman, rather than making provision for shared residency and care of the children. Many of those affected have become interested in the Fathers' rights movement after being ousted from their children's lives, or ...

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Father's rights groups in the UK were largely ineffective at political lobbying up until recently due in part no doubt to the ability of politicians not to maintain even sporadic consultations whilst never actually bringing about any significant changes. Effective lobbyists, however, have included Families Need Fathers, whose ideas were included in the Adoption and Children Act 2002 regarding the automatic granting of parental responsibility to fathers when their name appears on a child's birth certificate. Tony Coe has been an articulate pr ...

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The following organizations have a significant presence in at least five countries: Amnesty International CARE Caritas Christian Children's Fund Christian Vegetarian Association (CVA) Friends of the Earth Greenpeace Habitat for Humanity Happiness Foundation Lawyers Without Borders Médecins Sans Frontières Opportunity International Oxfam Plan Save the Children International Red Cross and Red Cre ...

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Main articles: Families Need Fathers and Fathers 4 Justice Families Need Fathers (FNF) is a registered charity founded in 1974 well known for its self-help work. It does not regard itself as a fathers' rights organisation, however, pointing out that its primary focus is on the children's rights to have a meainingful relationship with their dad. FNF is regarded by senior family court judges as taking a commonsense approach to bringing about change in the family law system in the UK. It ...

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The divorce rate is low among Muslims compared to other groups; some think that the rate is slowly rising. For example: in 2004 in Singapore (which has an 18% Muslim minority) many feared that the divorce rate among Muslims had risen too high: 9 out of every 1000 marriages, a ratio three times higher than Malaysia and five times higher than Indonesia[13]. In the United States, in 2003 there were 7.5 marriages per 1000 people and 3.8 divorces per 1000 according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In other words, there ...

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Relatively recently, Bob Geldof, organizer of the Live 8 project, has become involved in the British fathers' rights movement.[21] Geldof claims to be an iconoclast, calling his arguments rants which express his feelings towards British family law, as well as towards issues of a more personal matter. Bob Geldof, and others, argue that without substantial changes, the application of current British custody law will lead to a generation of feral children. [22]. Geldof has written: The law must know it is contributing to ...

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Most recent first) Q&A: Child access reform (BBC 18 January, 2005) Father Wins Benefits Battle (Scotsman, Tuesday 21st December 2004) though the UK Labour Government is reported as likely to appeal against this ruling made on the basis of sex equality "Putting the Father Back into Christmas", F4J (BBC Saturday, 18th December 2004) Blunkett quits as home secretary (BBC, Wednesday 15th December 2004) House of Commons Debate motion for 13th December 2004 SFLA wants statutory presumpt ...

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Many countries in Europe, such as France prohibited divorce as it is not condoned by the Catholic church. Sometimes citizens travelled to other jurisdictions to obtain a divorce. In Islam divorce is allowed, although discouraged. A commonly mentioned Islamic ruling is that divorce is the least liked of all permissible acts. Only the husband can decide to have a no-fault divorce. Under Sharia law, a husband may repeat a declaration of di ...

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Fathers' rights movement in the UK - Futility experienced in family court. In April 2004, the Honourable Mr. Justice Mumby of the Court of Appeal in the UK wrote: From the father’s perspective the last two years of the litigation have been an exercise in absolute futility. … He is entitled to [feel let down]. … I can understand why he expresses that view. He has every right to express that view. In a sense it is shaming to have to say it, but I personally agree with his view. It is very, very d ...

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The government in 2004 set up a select committee to look into Family Law in the UK. In relation to the way in which the fathers' rights campaign has been received, the following interchange took place during the taking of oral evidence on Family Justice: The Operation of The Family Courts [19] at the House of Commons on Tuesday 9 November 2004. Lord Justice Wall: A few years ago I went to address the annual general meeting of Families Need Fathers and I was actually very impressed by the strength of their feelings ...

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