SPOTLIGHT REPORT ~ Fathers and Families, Inc. Files Suit Against Massachusetts’ Judges
Fathers and Families, Inc. along with 10 other Plaintiffs have filed suit against Massachusetts’ Chief Justice Robert Mulligan and all judges that might use the newly court ordered Child Support Guidelines. The Complaint from Fathers and Families, Inc., seen below, requests Declaratory Temporary Injunctive Relief (Memorandum on Temporary Relief) and Permanent Injunctive Relief against the judges in the State of Massachusetts.
Attorney Gregory Hession, attorney for Plaintiffs provided a Spotlight Report on March 16, 2009 to open the discussion on the critical issues. The Complaint alleges violation of Equal Protection, Violation of Due Process, Violation of Massachusetts Declaration of Rights Article XXX, and provides a long introduction on where he believes the Chief Justice went wrong in “unilaterally implementing the new child support guidelines.” Among other points, the “secretly” discussed guidelines, as stated by Hession, subject some of the Plaintiffs to a double and triple increase in child support without any finding of a change in circumstances.
SPOTLIGHTREPORT03-16-2009 Attorney Gregory Hession Discusses New Lawsuit [00:13:53m]: Play Now | Play in PopupFathers and Families, Inc. represents over 4000 members and is the largest shared parenting organization in the State of Massachusetts.
A complete list of legal documents are listed below the complaint. As the case unfolds, Get Your Justice Live will commit to reporting the entire case to its listeners and encourages supporters to contact their legislators in Massachusetts with this information as soon as possible.
Fathers and Families Inc., et al V. Hon. Robert A. Mulligan, et al
- Complaint Fathers and Families, Inc. et al v. Chief Justice Robert Mulligan et al.
- Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Injunction
- Memorandum of Law Supporting Plaintiffs’ Request for Injunctive Relief
- New Child Support Guidelines Administrative Order by Chief Justice Robert Mulligan
- Massachusetts Task Force Report on Child Support Guidelines “Majority Report” October 2008
- Massachusetts Minority Reprot By Ned Holstein of Fathers and Families 2008
From the Fathers and Families, Inc. Website: http://www.fathersandfamilies.org
Fathers and Families improves the lives of children and strengthens society by protecting the child’s right to the love and care of both parents after separation or divorce. We seek better lives for children through family court reform that establishes equal rights and responsibilities for fathers and mothers.
For more information about Attorney Gregory Hession, you can visit his website at http://www.massoutrage.com.
Please stay tuned to Get Your Justice Live for additional details as they unfold in this important issue.
Other Articles Covering this story:
Boston – WBUR: http://www.wbur.org/news/2009/83651_20090316.asp
go get them guy… bring this family court injustice to a stand still… fathers are tired of being exploited and losing their children, bring these creep judges down !!
Racketeering is a CRIME. Put these criminals in JAIL!
I would let Randy Kelton know about this one.
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Forwarded a copy to him and let him know a listener of his wanted him to have it. I do encourage people to spread the news to who they think will use it, that will cut down on time for me to resend out the same information more than a few times. Everyone can take part. Cut and paste my friends.
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This an amazing story, that a Judge can make a change to the law unilaterally with respect to guideline child support without due regard to the constitution and other law-making / legislature procedures and public consultation and parliamentary debate and passing.
This would not happen in Australia. We have what we call the “separation of powers” between the Parliament and the Judiciary.
This Grand Scale Racketeering 101 – tantamount to fraud and corruption.
To think that this happens in the United States of America is breathtaking. I thought it was the land of the free. This is the sort of thing that happens in fascist or communist states.
I hope CJ Mulligan is jailed for life for his hand in this and the Court is injuncted to use these guidelines.
Good luck. This calls for a Court Protest.
This is very interesting story, i go on feb 3rd to see what my visitation is going to be, and what my child support will be for my one daugther, i dont mind paying money for my daughter, but i dont want any of it going to her mother, because she has wanted money through all this, my daughter has minimal expenses, cuz my Ex’s parents are millionares and pay for everything, they actually live with them, so they dotn pay anything for rent, food, cloths, diapers, NOTHING….it will be interesting how much the judge makes me pay, i am a teacher and dotn make much
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the court is run like a fast food drive thru where quantity not quality matters-i feel for the fathers working legitimate “on the book” jobs, who find themselves paying through the nose and fathers (and mothers) who can manage to parent in a way that embodies the sentiment of “the best interest of the child(ren)” but as a single mom of three that has a controlling ex-husband that at one time owed thousands until I ignorantly made the mistake of state assistance while he owned his own business and put assests in his current wife’s name,- buying the children expensive toys and provided expensive outings, but the girls have to bring clothes and toiletries on visits because he refuses to buy them basics or promote structured (showers,weekend homework) he even made them sleep on the livingroom floor in front of the very big screen t.v. because it was not “fun”
to provide a bedroom with a bed. So maybe instead of working on the “figures” of the guidelines-work on mandatory disclosure-and penalties for perjury, and maybe a more intensive parenting after divorce program with a “reality” segment where maybe parents on both ends could realize that children have needs that do come with a price tag and in their best interest they should have everything that both parents can provide.