Uffe har ordet
Kära besökare!
Detta blir mitt sista inlägg innan flytten,
såhär i flyttstöket och stressen.
Jag återkommer förhoppningsvis allra senast
med nya inlägg när jag har kommit iordning
i min nya lägenhet, nästa helg (7 – 8 mars) kanske -
förutsatt att bredbandet och datorn fungerar.

Comment by Jeremy Swanson

<< ”Lord Justice Ward said the case was bordering on the scandalous but the court was compelled to act in the interests of the child”.>>

<< ”Because of her mother’s “viciously corrupting” influence, it would cause the teenager too much distress if she spent time with her father”>>,

<< ” ”But the question is ‘what can this court do?’ The answer is nothing.” >>

What can the court do? Nothing I hear them say? Now I can’t say for sure what British Family Law is all about just a few weeks ago a judge in Toronto had a similar case before her and when the evidence was lead-similar to this case-the judge reversed custody and gave full custody to the Father. In Ottawa 2 years ago a judge sent a Mother to jail for doing the same thing. That’s doing something even though it is ‘out of the norm’ so to speak. To me these judges are copping out. There must be something they can do I mean good God they seem to have the power of the universe when it comes to some judgements regarding Fathers and indeed they wield that power with great ‘gusto against Dads by taking custody-and their property from them all the time . So why not reverse it? I say their whining of ”we can’t do anything about it” is pure bollocks. The Mother engaged in false allegations of sexual abuse and this was also found to be ”wholly unfounded” So why isn’t the Mother in jail? What a load of baloney. The Courts can do everything about it. I suspect they know it too. The mother has committed perjury and mischief and there is a jail option for that. I wish there was a sentence for PAS too. But in any event why isn’t she in jail? Only the judges know. My personal feelings about this travesty, as many know, is that the judges themselves should be in jail for this and many other criminal activities masquerading as law.. The words ”Crime Against the Family” come readily to mind when I see these things. Outrageous!  Why do we allow this to happen? Fathers are powerless against the system alright but only until they take power back. In recent history-just a few decades ago men would have been in the streets over this stuff you know. This is blatant kidnapping and holding children to ransom while penalizing the Fathers. How long will good men and women stand by and let this all  happen? Its criminal stuff and in fact Fathers are not really all that powerless. Maybe down the road this is the stuff of  revolution. Why do we all stand for this? how can we let it happen? Men are killing themselves over these outrages so how can it be allowed to go on without censure. The British will lead the way whatever it is.

JS

”I’m a father and that’s what matters most. Nothing matters more than that. Nothing!!”
Gordon Brown in 2003 Currently Prime Minister of Great Britain

Fathers ‘powerless against vengeful mothers’
Decent fathers are left powerless to see their estranged children if
vengeful mothers are determined to prevent access, a senior judge has
admitted.
By Tom Peterkin
Last Updated: 11:33PM BST 01 May 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1917291/Fathers-%27powerless-against-vengeful-mothers%27.html

Lord Justice Ward attacked child access law after presiding over a case that saw a “vicious” mother falsely accuse her ex-husband of sexually abusing their child.

He spoke out after telling the father that there was nothing he could do to help him re-establish contact with his daughter after his ex-wife turned her against him.

The man’s 14-year-old daughter, who cannot been identified, had been influenced by a “drip, drip, drip of venom” from his ex-wife, who wanted to deny him his paternal rights.

Lord Justice Ward said the case was bordering on the scandalous but the court was compelled to act in the interests of the child.

Because of her mother’s “viciously corrupting” influence, it would cause the teenager too much distress if she spent time with her father, he said.

In London’s Civil Appeal Court, Lord Justice Ward said: “The father complains bitterly, passionately, and with every justification, that the law is sterile, impotent and utterly useless. ”But the question is ‘what can this court do?’ The answer is nothing.”

The parents were briefly married in the 1990s and their daughter was a baby when they parted.

Lord Justice Ward said it was “impossible” that the girl could remember being abused and it was obvious it was something she had been told and believed.

In 1997 a judge ruled that allegations of sexual abuse were “wholly unfounded”.

The malignant influence of the mother, who lives in the Lincoln area, came to a head when the girl wrote to her father when she was nine.

The letter read: “This is what I really think about you. I hate you and you frighten me. You made my life miserable and stressful. I wish you would die. Leave me alone.”

In 2004 the father went to Lincoln County Court in an attempt to gain access. He was allowed to see her, but only under the supervision of a priest.

The contact was an unhappy experience for the daughter and the arrangement ceased. At a later court hearing, the father virtually admitted that further meetings would distress her.

At the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Ward refused the father permission to appeal his decision. The father is considering taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights

http://www.expressen.se/Nyheter/1.1477911/har-ar-kungefamiljens-uttalande-ord-for-ord

Uffes kommentar
Jag gratulerar Hennes Kungliga Höghet Kronprinsessan Victoria
och Herr Daniel Westling till förlovningen och önskar lycka till
med bröllpet.

Leve Kronprinsessan Victoria!

Offentliggörande till republikaner och andra icke-rojalister:
”Vi ska vara stolta över att vi har ett så fint kungahus i Sverige.
Till skillnad från andra länders kungahus, är inte det svenska
kungahuset känt/ökänt för skandaler.

England och Danmark är länder som är skräckexempel på
skandalomsusade kungahus.”
– Ulf Andersson

http://www.expressen.se/Nyheter/1.1475508/dottern-far-ledgers-oscar

Uffes kommentar
Kanske inte helt oväntat, men väldigt hedrande
för Heath Ledgers familj – särskilt för hans dotter
när hon växer upp.

Heath Ledger gjorde ett lysande jobb
som Jokern i The Dark Knight.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132/

Magnus, PappaRättsGruppens
egen Joker undrar:
”Why so serious?”
– Jokern i The Dark Knight
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/

Efter nio (9) år i samma lägenhet och nästan tio år på samma ort,
flyttar jag från Lammhult.
Mina förhoppningar är att bredbandet skall fungera
utan problem i den nya lägenheten också, med ny-aktivering.

På grund av flytten kan det dock bli lite fördröjning med publicering av inlägg,
att svara på mail och bokslutet för februari.
Jag ber om överseende under tiden från slutet av februari till början av mars.

Reflektioner
Min dotter föddes ungefär en och en halv månad efter
att hennes mamma hade flyttat till Lammhult.
Att bli pappa var en otroligt stor och betydelsefull upplevelse för mig.
Jag var en utmärkt pappa under de två år jag på nåder fick lov att
vara en närvarande pappa i min dotters liv.

I Lammhult förlorade jag mitt aktiva faderskap.
Det är svårt att beskriva sorgen och saknaden efter sitt barn,
när man under två års tid har tagit hand om sitt barn och varit
närvarande varje dag.
Dessa tråkiga minnen lämnar jag nu bakom mig.

En positiv sak var att jag startade upp PappaRättsGruppen
under tiden jag bodde i Lammhult. Det kommer jag givetvis
att minnas med glädje. PappaRättsGruppen fortsätter som
vanligt – nu på min nya bostadsort som kommer att
offentliggöras på hemsidan senare under sidorna
”Medlemmarna i PappaRättsGruppen” och ”Personligt: Ulf Andersson”.

Vänligen

http://www.aftonbladet.se/trav365/article4464119.ab

The definitive paper on the merits and policy for Equal Parenting has been published by Prof. Edward Kruk. 
(For International Reference)

CHILD CUSTODY, ACCESS AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY: THE SEARCH FOR A JUST AND EQUITABLE STANDARD

Edward Kruk, M.S.W., Ph.D. The University of British Columbia December, 2008

This paper was commissioned by the Father Involvement Research Alliance (FIRA) based at the University of Guelph. Funding support for FIRA and this paper was provided through a Community University Research Alliance grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The intent of this paper is to promote informed dialogue and debate. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of FIRA
or of other researchers/collaborators associated with FIRA. Communications can be addressed to the author.

Entitled ”Child Custody, Access, and Parental Responsibility: The Search for a Just and Equitable Standard,”
, it has been published December, 2008 by Fatherhood Involvement Research Alliance (FIRA ).
Edward Kruk, professor of social work at the University of British Columbia, proposes a four-pillar approach to child custody determination in Canada (or elsewhere for that matter):

• a rebuttable legal presumption of joint physical custody after divorce
• parenting plans, mediation and intervention/ support in high conflict cases
• shared parenting education and judicial determination in cases of established abuse,
  along with enforcement of shared parental responsibility orders

The paper provides an empirical foundation for, and a step-by-step process,
for implementation of an equal parenting bill.

The paper examines the issues, surveys approaches in UK, USA, Sweden and Australia, examines Canadian Child custody legislation at a provincial level, reviews Canadian efforts to make changes, and critiques the traditional sole custody approach as a basis leading up to the universal four-pillar approach for Equal Parenting.

Please note that the references has been removed from
the database on the original homepage/website.

Jo, det stämmer tyvärr. Tråkiga nyheter.
De av PappaRättsGruppens besökare som liksom jag
är fantaster av denna TV-serie, Knight Rider 2008,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213404/
ombedes vänligen att underteckna en petition
till tv-bolaget för att serien skall fortsätta
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-knight-rider.html

Tv-bolaget hade tydligen beställt 22 avsnitt,
men det har bara spelats in 17 eller 18 avsnitt.

Uffes kommentar
Vad jag gillar med Knight Rider 2008:

Tekniken
K.I.T.T., den artificiella intelligensen (A.I.),
i form av Val Kilmer´s röst.
Extremt intelligent, läraktig och på sätt och vis med
mänskliga känslor som han har lärt sig efter hand.
Meningen med artificiell intelligens är ju att
den är självlärande: den provar sig fram;
gör den fel raderar den den felaktiga raden eller algoritmen
och gör den rätt sparar den det i programmet.
KITT är intelligent, men ändå lika oskuldsfull som ett barn.
Jag antar att det är en del av charmen.

Nanotekniken är idag under stark frammarsch, även om den
nanoteknik som ingår i Knight Rider 2008 är datoriserad.

Bilen
En Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 KR -
behöver jag säga mer?
En fet kärra med drag under galoscherna…..

Skådespelarna
Inte mycket mer att tillägga än att
alla skådespelarna genom sina karaktärer
tillför serien trovärdighet och charm.

Musiken
Jag gillar punken och hårdrocken -
men jag hade kunnat undvara Nu Metal-en,
som jag hoppades var utdöd idag.

Uffes kommentar
När jag inte såg några nya inlägg efter den 14 februari
på Walters blog, förstod jag att något var galet.
Jag fruktade att min vän, mentor och medpappa
inte längre var med oss i livet.

Comment by Ulf
When I didn´t see any new postings after February 14th
on Walter´s blog, I understood that something wasn´t right.
I feared that my friend, mentor and fellow father
was no longer among us.

”Luke, trust your feelings”.
Star Wars – Episode IV_A New Hope (1977)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/

”I felt a great disturbance in the Force”.
Star Wars – Episode IV_A New Hope

Mina föraningar sa mig att något inte stod rätt till:
Walter är inte död, men han drabbades av en hjärtinfarkt
My premonitions told me that something was wrong:
Walter isn´t dead, but he had a heart attack

http://blog.fathersforlife.org/2009/02/19/heart-attack/

Efter denna erfarenheten har Walter skrivit om myter
och sanningen om hjärtinfarkter.
After this experience, Walter decided to write about
the hype and the truth about heart attacks.

http://fathersforlife.org/health/heartdths.htm

Djurskötaren som ger en fullvuxen lejonhanne massage
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article4449695.ab

Ha Surprise, Surprise eh folks? Notice also that they use the term ”parents” liberally
to disguise what they are really trying to say and that they also claim the
”parent who had left home was ”usually the Father”. The implication of course is
that the Father leaves home deliberately and willingly. We know this is not the case
but the Daily Mirror has its own particular kind of Spin. In Canada 71 % of divorces
and separations are initiated by the woman. And that’s the official government
statistic figure so you can pretty much guess its higher than that.
We all know the Father is thrust out of his children’s lives by force
of law and does not leave on his own accord. But who is listening?. And who cares?

JS

Family shock: 1-in-3 parents don’t see kids after splitting up

By Bob Roberts Political Editor

16/02/2009

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/tm_headline=family-shock-1-in-3-parents-don-t-see-kids-after-splitting-up%26method=full%26objectid=21127368%26print_version=1%26siteid=115875-name_page.html

Almost one in three parents never see their children after splitting
from their partner, a survey revealed yesterday.

The study of separated mums and dads found 29 per cent said their children had no contact with the parent who had left home, which was usually the father. Fiona Weir, chief of single parents’ pressure group Gingerbread, said: ”Findings show just how hard it is for separated families to achieve arrangements that work for all concerned. Families are struggling along with precious little help. Parents need to know that help is out there, and need to feel comfortable using services to help them resolve contact issues.”

Gingerbread and Oxford University found in a poll of 559 separated parents that nearly all have serious problems in keeping youngsters in contact with their exes.Mothers often worry children are not being properly cared for while spending time with dads.Children also complain about being sent away to see their father.Where kids do see both their parents after a split, 52 per cent have contact at least once a week, 28 per cent have contact once a month and 21 per cent have contact less often than once a month.

Few separated families go to family courts to sort out their differences.

The poll found 90 per cent did not use them to end rows over contact and few knew about mediation services available. The survey comes as the Tories are thought to be preparing a new crackdown on single mothers. Speculation grew after Sir David Freud, a Government adviser on welfare reform, quit to become a frontbench spokesman for David Cameron’s party.

Sir David has been behind attempts to get single mums back to work and is now thought to be preparing welfare reform policies for the Tories. Mr Cameron described his new recruit as ”a hugely impressive figure” who will be ”at the heart” of any new Tory administration.

The Tory leader told BBC1′s The Politics Show: ”One of the big challenges is going to be getting Britain back to work and getting these people who have been stuck on benefit for a long time back to work.”

52% of children from a split family see the separated parent at least once a week This shows just how hard it is for separated families to get arrangements that work for all.