Betrayal of the Child
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 3
Introduction 6
Notes to the First Edition 6
Betrayal of the Child Part I 1
Chapter 1 1
Family Dissolution and Betrayal of our Children’s Best Interests 1
Male Denial 1
Association of Children’s and Father’s Rights 10
The Disappearance of Fatherhood 15
Gender Warfare and Fatherlessness 22
Devaluation: Man as Thing or Person? 23
The Linguistic Merry-go-Round 24
Divorce and The De-Personalization of Fathers 28
The Psychiatric & Psychological Literature on the Child 33
Chapter 2 33
A Brief Primer on Gender Function, Child & Family 34
Our Man in Vienna: Freud and the Child 37
The Early Literature and Melanie Klein 37
Adler and Child Affection 39
Tender Years Doctrine 41
The Link Between Early Psychiatric Theory and Modern Family Law 41
Bowlby and the Theory of Attachment to Mother 44
A Critical View of The Works of Goldstein, Freud and Solnit 46
Interaction-The Literature and Male Judges 54
Later Research and Studies Challenging and Rebutting the Conclusions of Goldstein, Freud & Solnit 56
Modern Consensus on Joint Custody as the Least Detrimental Alternative 59
The Importance of Father 65
Maternal Nurturance Problems 71
Consequences of Parental Rights Deprivations on Children 75
Chapter 3 75
Psychological Damage Due to Enforced Father Absence 80
Short, Medium and Long-Term Damage 91
Parental Alienation Syndrome 95
Gardner and a Typical Case of Parental Alienation Syndrome 95
The Search for Father 101
Quest for the Missing Parent 102
Cycles of Deprivation 104
The Case of Duncan Brown and his Mother 105
The High Incidence of Anti-social behavior and crime 107
Loss of Economic and Educational Opportunity 110
The Myth of the Dead-Beat Dad 110
The Phenomena of Parental Child Abduction 115
Chapter 4 115
The Scandal of International & National Parental Child Abduction 115
The Three Models of Parental Abduction 118
Men don’t abduct children, women do! 122
Parental Child Abduction Laws 125
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 126
English Child Custody & Abduction Act of 1984 133
PKPA (Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act) 18 USC § 1204 133
The Conspiracy of Silence 134
State Department 135
Justice Department 141
Police 142
Obstruction of Justice 143
Female Underground Railroad Networks 147
Chapter 5 151
The Legal System 151
A Brief Historical Perspective 155
The Impact of Contemporary Divorce Law Reform 161
British Reforms 162
A Typical US State Reform 164
Concepts of the Wardship of Children 166
Some Distinctions in American and British Law 169
The English Children Act of 1989 171
Radical Changes and Corruption of Process from 1982 to the present 178
The Manifest Failure of ‘Best Interests of the Child’ Doctrine 185
Children’s Rights and International Law 192
Chapter 6 192
Deprivation of Human and Civil Rights of Children and Fathers 192
International Law: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 193
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 198
Modern Family Law Unjust Practices 206
Chapter 7 206
The Civil Rights Act: 42 USC 1983 206
Feminist Driven Anti-Child-Father Alliances 209
Custody and Visitation 212
Men don’t start custody power struggles 212
Unprincipled Reliance on Discredited Theories in the Psychiatric Literature 223
American Orders of Protection & British Ouster Orders Based on False Allegations of Sexual Abuse or Domestic Violence 228
Use of Sexual Harassment Laws as a Means to End Contact 234
Re-location Cases as Legalized Abductions 243
Rights of Unmarried Fathers 253
American Orders of Filiation and English Parental Responsibility Orders 255
Child Support 256
US Interstate Child Support Act & English CSA 261
A Father’s Guide to the Courts 267
Chapter 8 267
A Father's Guide to the Courts 267
A General Appraisal 268
Argument in the 'Star Chambers' of Family Courts 272
Shared Parenting and Full Joint Custody 273
Every Family is Unique or Is It? 277
The Use of Counsel 279
Selection (finding the good lawyer) 281
Instructions 283
Overseeing and Management 290
The Pro Se Option 291
Assistance of Counsel 292
Case Preparation 293
Transcripts & Filing Fees for Pro Se Fathers 294
Appeals 295
Further Applications & Orders to Show Cause 296
Enforcement of Visitation-Contempt of Court Orders 297
Witnesses and Evidence 298
Children’s Evidence 299
General Examination and Cross Examination 302
Expert Testimony 303
Analysis of a Psychiatrist’s False Expert Report 305
Guardian-ad-Litem 316
Parental Child Abduction Cases 322
Support Groups, Lobbies, and their Limitations 322
Out of Court Settlements 325
The Use of Pre-Nuptial Agreements 327
The Historic Development of the Family 328
Chapter 9 Part II 328
From 1900 through the Industrial Revolution 330
The Social Revolution of the Sixties 332
The Nuclear Family 1965-1984 338
The Post Nuclear Family 1984-Present 349
The Consequences of the Destruction of Intact Families 368
Chapter 10 368
Consequences of the Destruction of Intact Family Models 368
Implications of the Replacement of Intact Families by Female Headed Single-Parent Families 369
The After Affects 375
Repudiation of Human Rights and Liberation 376
Conclusions 380
Chapter 11 380
Matriarchy vs. Patriarchy 381
State Action to Support Intact Families & Protect the Rights of Children 386
State Abstention from Sexual Regulation 388
Civil Disobedience and Passive Resistance 389
The Betrayal of the Child 390
Appendixes 395
Appendix A: Best Interests of the Child 395
Appendix B: The Effects of the No-Fault Matrimonial and Children Act Custody Law: and the real cost to the nation in human and economic terms. 404
Appendix C: US Government Statistics 409
Appendix D: The Nature of Abduction & Anomalies in Law 412
Appendix E: Paper on the Impact of Shared Parenting on Legal Presumptions and on the Issues of Child Abduction 418
Appendix F: Ankenbrandt v. Richards 421
Appendix G: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 429
Appendix H: President Clinton Letter on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 446
Appendix I: An End to Visitation 447
Appendix J: Internet Legal Resources 449
Appendix K: Fathers & Joint Custody-Source Material 459
Index 462
Copyright © 2000 Stewart Rein. All Rights Reserved.
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