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Are you going through a divorce? Or perhaps thinking about a
divorce or legal separation? Are you having problems with custody and
access? Don't get burned by the family law legal system. Download the
free Family Law Special Report in PDF format and learn about how the
family law legal system actually works from the perspective of someone
who has been thought it.
This report is brimming with insight into the inner workings of the
family court system. No legal mumbo jumbo. No tough technical terms.
Every topic is explained in plain english from the perspective of a
non-lawyer who has experienced the full brunt of the family court
system.
The Family Law Special Report is not a collection of forms to fill
out. There are many excellent family law resources [3] for this
already and divorce is often way more complicated than some legal
separation agreement forms and divorce papers. Sure if you and your
spouse can agree on the terms then a divorce can be very simple. But
when you start to divide matrimonial property, figure support
payments, and work out child access - divorce can get very complex and
emotional.
By making a practice of escalating the fight between divorcing
parents, the unethical family law lawyer is able to profit handsomely.
The Family Law Special Report is about the roles that the various
family law industry players actually fulfill in the systematic
dismemberment of your family. And most importantly it is about ways
that you can protect yourself and your family from being taken
advantage of.
Armed with the knowledge in the Family Law Special Report you will
be able to ask sharp questions and identify situations where you are
exposed to being screwed. Don't get taken advantage of. Knowledge is
power and with the Family Law Special Report at hand you are bound to
fair better in the battle ground of family court.
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IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE LAWYERS
One of the things that becomes apparent after reading the Family
Law Special Report is the notion that the family law legal system is
optimized for the benefit of family law lawyers. This is not a myth.
In a disturbing number of cases family law lawyers are the main
beneficiaries of domestic discourse and particularly do well in
acrimonious situations where the family being plundered owns a house.
The greedy lawyers profit handsomely and quite shamelessly as they
siphon off your children's legacy to buy fabulous vacations, boob
jobs, and hot cars. Don't be another victim. Learn about the game
before you start.
The Family Law Special Report focuses on a unique view of the way
the court system is structured, the roles of the various players, and
examines the centuries old beliefs that underpin its operation. The
report provides a map of how a family law case progresses from the
beginning, when one spouse serves the other with papers, to the post
court phase.
A most telling piece of information was uncovered by the author
discussing the cost of divorce with a Chartered Accountant with over
25 years of experience. The accountant's simple observations were that
in acrimonious divorces 1) the sum of the legal bills for both spouses
rarely exceeds the equity in the family's home and 2) that the lawyers
do what they can to take that home equity as fees for themselves.
So using this formula, for example, a family with $20,000 equity in
their home should expect the total of the legal bills for the husband
and the wife to have an acrimonious breakup to come in around $20,000.
For a family with $100,000 equity in their home the same miserable
divorce would be expected to come in around $100,000. Same results but
an $80,000 difference in the price tag.
For many this information is nothing new. There are good reasons
that lawyers are the subjects of many of the cruel jokes that go
around. However the Family Law Special Report goes further than the
rest and explains many of the ways that greedy unethical family law
lawyers can suck the money out of your family. It is not an obvious
process from the perspective of a spouse going through divorce. Many
do not see it coming and only realize they are being screwed when it
is too late.
The unethical lawyers prey upon the ignorance of the public of the
ways of the family court system. The law says one thing, but something
quite different unfolds when court is held. It is baffling and
frustrating until you take the right perspective - then it makes
sense. By reading the Family Law Special Report you will be presented
with the observations of lay-people (many of them professionals and
business folks) who have stumbled through the divorce process ahead of
you. The lessons learned are organised into short chapters (with
pictures) on a number of key divorce subjects.
The difficulty with family law is that while there are pieces of
legislation, rules, and regulations that have been written down, much
of this is confusing, incomplete, contradictory. Hence these tangled
rules have been 'interpreted' over the years. However none of the
interpretation has been written down as a concise set of rules. Only
those who have experienced the tough knocks of family court get to
learn these hidden rules. And of course the unethical family law
lawyers know all to well how the game is played.
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FATHERS RIGHTS
For fathers the Family Law Special Report should be required
reading before dealing with the family law industry. Many fathers have
experienced gender bias againast men in family court that seems to
completely fly in the face of basic human rights. Many judges seem to
operate on the presumption that mothers are better parents. By reading
the Family Law Special Report you will learn ways that the author has
used to neutrailze this bias.
Think that as a father you have the right to see your own children?
Do you believe that shared custody or joint custody is the norm?
Sorry, in most court jurisdictions that is just not so. You may only
see your children if the mother agrees or you convince a judge that it
would be in the 'best interest of the children'. The family law system
seems to execute its role as the protector of children by giving
custody and complete say in access to the mother in the majority of
cases. In the Family Law Special Report it is explained how the court
system's belief in the 'Tender Years Doctine' is used by unethical
lawyers to extract as much money as possible from the divorcing
family. If you are the father in a divorce you may have to effectively
buy access to your own flesh and blood offspring. Unbelievable as this
sounds this outcome is rooted in the belief by many family law
practitioners that the role of a father in raising children is limited
to providing cold hard cash.
The various organizations that are fighting for fathers' rights are
doing an admirable job, but until the day arrives when the family law
industry treats mothers and fathers equally it is best to tread
carefully. It is all a matter of presenting yourself in the right way
and fitting the right 'profile'. Not all men get screwed by family law
- but seemingly far to many do.
A stunning legacy of the family law industry is the number of
fathers that are not permitted to see their own children. And yet many
of these same fathers have to make punishing child support payments.
This does not sound healthy. The legal industry dismisses the charge
that divorcing fathers are 'over represented in the suicide
statistics' (which is fancy double talk for 'family court is so brutal
to some men that they commit suicide'). But once you understand how a
judge sees things you will be able to present your case in the right
manner to steer away from this type of catastrophe.
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MOTHERS RIGHTS
With the gender bias against men in family court, one would think
that for women family court would be some sort of feminist utopia. But
surprisingly the author has met a number of women who are unable to
collect any child support - even though they have a court order. They
are left to provide for and raise children on their own. The children
grow up without knowing much about their fathers. This situation is
all very sad and certainly not in the best interests of the children
who fair way better with both parents actively involved in their
lives.
The legacy of unpaid child support shows the lack of effectiveness
of the adversarial applicant/respondent family court system and sheds
light on the priorities of the family law industry. In Ontario Canada
it has made recent headlines (Toronto Star 06-Feb-2004) that there is
over C$1,320,000,000 in outstanding child support owed by
approximately 184,000 deadbeats. That is approximately 1.13 billion US
dollars or 923,000,000 EUROs. Ontario has a population of about 12.2
million. Though there are no figures available, it can likely be
assumed that there is nowhere near this amount in outstanding family
law legal fees owed to lawyers. The observation that the lawyers have
been paid and the children are left to do without would seem to
illuminate the priorities of the family law industry.
Try not paying your taxes and see how long it takes the government
to seize your assets. But for those that leave their children in the
lurch there seems to be far less diligence on the part of the legal
industry to make things right. The family law industry seems to be all
about getting your money into the bank accounts of lawyers.
This is why it is important for women not to buy into the line that
they are fed by the unethical lawyers about 'taking the husband to the
cleaners'. What the lawyer is talking about is a court order - which
is all theory. What the unethical lawyer fails to mention is that from
the practical standpoint there is very little that can be done to
enforce that court order unless, of course, you have a whole pile of
cash to give to your lawyer to initiate more court proceedings.
The best course for women is to put your feelings towards your
ex-husband aside and focus on what is in the best interests of your
children. Involve the father as much as possible with the children.
This will ensure, more than any toothless court order, that the
support payments keep coming. It is also best for the children to have
both their parents actively involved in their lives. And hey, it will
give you some time off. Lets face it raising children is hard work and
you do need and break once in a while.
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DIVIDE AND CONQUER
Divide and Conquer. This is the family law industry's apparent
