DADS was created by divorced, separated, and unwed fathers for the benefit of all FATHERS. DADS INDEX Visitation Page Paternity Page Fathers Online Domestic Violence Oregon Capitol Chapter News Free Subscriptions Must have links Web Pages Purpose Charitable Services DADS Bookshelf Quotes Interesting Articles DivorceNet.com

Welcome to DADS Against Discrimination Oregon Canada Become a DADS America Member Download the Membership Form DADS America in Action Oregon House Bill 2941 (html | pdf) would permit man to petition court to reopen issue of paternity if blood tests show zero percent probability that man is father of child. Establishes conditions under which court may render judgment of nonpaternity. Every father in Oregon should support HB 2941! Listen to the public testimony by DADS America (RealPlayer®) supporting HB 2941 (html | pdf) which was held on Wednesday April 6, 2005. Read the Oregon Paternity Bill HB 2941 (html | pdf). Listen to the public testimony by DADS America (RealPlayer®) opposing Senate Bill 234 (html | pdf ) on February 24, 2005. Forward to the 1 hour 3 minute mark for the start of testimony on this bill, DADS testimony starts at the 1 hour 18 minute mark. Oregon Dads with paternity issues WE WANT YOU Contact Matt at oregonpaternity@aol.com DADS America needs fathers to show support for HB 2941 (html | pdf), if you want to help please email dadsorcapital@yahoo.com Family Law Programs and Services in Oregon Enforcing Your Parenting Plan in the State of Oregon Parenting Plan Information Oregon Family Law Forms Oregon Child Support 1-800 numbers (800) 850-0228 touch tone phones (800) 850-0294 rotary phones What if I Have a Grievance? As a public service, DADS Oregon provides the Oregon Child Support Grievance form in .pdf format. If your browser supports .pdf files this will open up in your browser, otherwise download this file then open in the Adobe Acrobat reader then print. Oregon ranks 5th in the nation in removing children from their homes. A DNA catch 22, and who ever said Discrimination against Dads never happens...check out this fathers story. Bright aftermath follows father's bruising battle for baby daughter. Note that the SCF policy is only for mothers, what about fathers? Project Vote Smart has included the Fathers Online report card scores on its web site for Oregon Legislators. The Oregon Supreme Court rules ‘best interest of child’ main factor in custody disputes. See the two most recent rulings where the fathers were granted custody. 5-20-99. An Oregon father won custody of two children that are not his biological children. The mother was having an affair with another guy, and thought that she would get custody. S43959 Sleeper and Sleeper S44155 Moore and Moore A must read from the Florida Law Review LAGGING BEHIND THE TIMES: PARENTHOOD, CUSTODY, AND GENDER BIAS IN THE FAMILY COURT Read Cathy Young's book review titled "Book rebuts divorced dad myths" on the book Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myth, written by Arizona State University psychologist Sanford Braver with Diane O’Connell. Fatherless youth at higher risk for jail - study. We've said it once and we'll say it again - Fathers Are Families Best Bet! "Men Also Victims of Domestic Violence" This article from ABC News titled Beating Up on Battered Men, talks about JAMA and the absence of data on battered men. For more information see DADS page on domestic violence. For the last 3 years DADS of Benton County has requested that Helen Berg, Mayor of Corvallis, Oregon, proclaim the week after Father's Day, FATHERHOOD WEEK. For 3 years Mayor Berg has refused our request. Listen to this years refusal by Mayor Berg, simply downloading the files below. Helen Berg, Corvallis Mayor Email mayor@council.ci.corvallis.or.us berg1.wav - Mayor Berg declining to proclaim a FATHERHOOD WEEK. 7 seconds, 72 KB berg2.wav - Mayor Berg stating that she has "never known" anyone who did not recognize the importance of fathers. 6 seconds, 68 KB U.S. SHOULD STUDY LINK BETWEEN FAMILY BREAKDOWN AND CHILD ABUSE. A leading U.S. social scientist issued an urgent call for state and federal policy-makers to "come to grips with" the extraordinarily high statistical link between single mothers with live-in boyfriends and the incidence of child abuse. Teen Crime and Fatherlessness...read the report from the Calvert Institute for Policy Research, titled, How the Townsend Report Fails to Address the Roots of Juvenile Crime and What to Do About It. View the report Statistical Analysis Report: Fathers' Involvement in Their Children's Schools, September 1997 (NCES 98-091) At the request of DADS, the Corvallis Police Department recently implemented Operational General Order 41.6 concerning Custodial Interference Investigations. What is your local Law Enforcement's policy on visitation enforcement? See DADS humor with, "See Darling? Daddy is leaving us!"

Social policies in the United States have never included support for fathers in keeping their families together. While trillions of dollars are being spent on welfare for women, (mothers?) and children, nothing is being spent for FATHERS. Resources such as United Way exclude services for FATHERS. State court systems have circumvented Fathers since before 1880, (See Hart vs. Hart 14 Philadelphia Reports 352) while bureaucrats, and politicians create families, (mostly women and children) headed and ruled by the state, leaving a social service void for FATHERS.

Minority Report and 53 Policy Recommendations to the U.S. Commission on Child & Family Welfare, July 1996. This commission rebuffed the specific concerns and issues of 90% of all non-custodial parents and failed to fulfill its congressional mandate. Testimony of Cynthia L.Ewing, Senior Policy Analyst, Children's Rights Council, before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, 2-6-95. This revealing testimony highlights the fact that states with a high percentage of "intact families" are high in child wellbeing, while states with a low percentage of "intact families" are low in child wellbeing. Minority Report by John Guidubaldi on the Commission on Child & Family Welfare (July 1996) - This report identifies flaws and biases in Commission procedures and the Commission's failure to evaluate and include empirical research on the relationship of father involvement to healthy child development. Fathering: The Man and the Family - Executive Summary - The Department of Health and Human Services' Response to President Clinton's June 16, 1995 Memorandum to Strengthen the Role of Fathers in Families.

"Public Policies and Procedures that Work Against the Two Parent Family." This 34 page, 1995 internal document by the Department of Health and Human Services is a must read for all local, state, and federal politicians and policy makers.
U.S. SHOULD STUDY LINK BETWEEN FAMILY BREAKDOWN AND CHILD ABUSE, A leading U.S. social scientist issued an urgent call for state and federal policy-makers to "come to grips with" the extraordinarily high statistical link between single mothers with live-in boyfriends and the incidence of child abuse.
Full text of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling which struck down the legislative law of child support for a child going to college because it violated the equal protection clause. Also is the Brief of Philip H. Kline.
Politically Correct Fathers Day, by DADS President, Victor Smith.
Paternity Information Page
DADS provides an online example of a Prenuptial Agreement
DADS Do's & Don'ts during family breakup
Article on a recent New York visitation/child support case.
Fathers Suing the Government over child support - fill in the blank form
DADS Testimony at the Task Force on Gender Fairness

meeting in Eugene, Oregon, 12-13-96
Case Law Research & Fathers Rights Directory
Visitation Page
FATHERHOOD WEEK Proclamation
DADS WEEK Proclamation
Colorado Governor's Initiative on Responsible Fatherhood
Article titled County reaching out to make social services 'male friendly'

DADS' purpose is to off-set the existing anti-male gender bias in our public social service funding, and expenditures by providing an opportunity of a tax deduction for your contributions supporting the services that we offer FATHERS.

DADS' essence is a belief that FATHERS need an informational resource concerning FATHERS rights and remedies during the stressful periods of family breakup. Because states provide men and women no choice of marriage contracts with their marriage license, DADS herewith pledges to PRESERVE, PROTECT, and DEFEND the FATHER headed family, and to pass the history of FATHERHOOD to subsequent generations.

• Provide a telephone crisis line for FATHERS:
  • To listen to FATHERS problems and complaints;
  • To prevent domestic violence by listening;
  • To provide experienced information about FATHER's options.
• Provide a "Call-in" "Talk" cable TV program called the "DADS Television Network", and distribute video tapes throughout the nation.
• Provide a national forum for fathers' support groups and fathers' issues through the publication "FATHERS' NATIONAL REVIEW", published by DADS.
• Provide meetings for FATHERS to become informed, about governmental regulations on the family and Judicial orders in dealing with the family.
• Provide general court forms, paralegal services along with typing, and professional referrals to attorneys and psychologists.
• Promote the concept of "SHELTERS FOR FATHERS" kicked out of their homes with COURT ORDERS.
• Promote professional research into the positive impact of FATHERS on the family life.

DADS Bookshelf

The Divorce Sourcebook by Dawn Beadley Berry, JD	The (almost) Painless Divorce by Jeannie Garden	Why men Don't Date by Otto Haugland
Fathers & Grandfathers Under Siege by Sal Farielo	The Father's Almanac by S. Adadms Sullivan	The DADDY TRACK by Goeffrey Grief
The Father's Almanac by Daniel Amneus	The Custody Hoax by Wayne Anderson	The Child Abuse Industry by Mary Pride
	Fathers Under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement

• The Washington Post article, "Uncle Sam Has All Your Numbers - Huge Net for Deadbeat Dads Catches Privacy Criticism" 6-27-99

• A similar article in the Washington Post titled, "Uncle Sam Has All Your Numbers" 6-27-99

• Cathy Young has another stellar column titled, "Dissin' dads." 6-25-99

• The Miami News Times chronicles the horror story of a dad that has been ordered to be quiet. Read Daddy Dearest, it could happen to you. 4-29-99

• The Boston Globe tells the story about Child support data sifted were they found that part of the problem is that many of the fathers of these children are also poor. 4-23-99

• Cathy Young from the Detroit News pens another stellar article titled, Absent dads aren’t always to blame for the problems. 4-7-99

• He was on the cover of Time Magazine, now read the next chapter of his story. Two girls are back in Rosemont with their father, who has custody, after nearly two years with their mother. 4-18-99

• An article from the MSNBC web site on the nation Heading toward a fatherless society. 3-25-99

• Another article from MSNBC, Labor Day, Where are all the fathers?

• Fathers killing sons a rarity, experts say. 2-25-99

• Kathleen Parker's Column titled, "Deadbeat dads more myth than reality" 1-24-99

• WNBA's McGee finds herself in custody fight Please note the banter about a double standard. Finally, working women are being held to the same standard working men have been held to for years. 9-20-98

• Read Kathleen Parker's column: Common sense lost in custody case. 7-15-98

• The Boston Globe's article titled, "Hearts and wallets: Government explores new ways to hook dads". 7-4-98

• The San Fransico Chronicle has an article titled, "Double-Duty Dads, A Growing Number of Single Fathers Work Overtime to Combine Career and Family in a Way Unimaginable Years Ago". 6-15-98

• June 16, 1998, Minnesota Court rules that administrative child support process is unconstitutional.

• The Boston Globe's 3-part series on Men plus an additional article on the conspiracy about restraining orders.
  • Part 1 - Men on the Verge, 5-17-98
  • Part 2 -A new sexual harassment dynamic: In counteroffensive, the accused are now suing their accusers, 5-19-98
  • Part 3 - Divorced dads emerge as a political force, 5-19-98
  • An attack on restraint. 5-20-98

• The Detroit Free Press chronicles A father is suing sex-abuse evaluators at a U-M clinic, claiming that leading questions and a false report damaged his daughter. 11-3-97

• USA Today "Woman tackles 'deadbeat-dad' glitches". 5-2-98

• Time Magazine Cover Story, "Give Me Back My Kids!". 5-11-98

• DA: We erred on child-support 'wanted poster' is the title of the article from the Sacramento Bee. 4-4-98

• Harsh punishment for the denial of access to children is long overdue, is the name of this article which appeared in the Canadian Online Explorer. 3-5-98

• The Washington Post article titled, GOP Plan Would Fund Father Programs"2-25-98

• Article in the Detroit Free Press titled "Hospitals urged to help find fathers. Effort is to reduce unpaid child support".2-7-98

• On the domestic violence front The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) conerning battered men that tells of a new study that indicates men are victims of domestic violence as often as women. 8-97

• A MUST READ - REASON Magazine has an article by Cathy Young titled,"Domestic Violations", The war against spouse abuse runs roughshod over rights and common sense. 2-98

• USA WEEKEND's article titled, Who's healthier: men or women? Just when women think they're making progress, the men's health movement demands new money and attention. Is "his vs. her" medicine really necessary? 1-4-98

• Johns Hopkins University has an article titled, "Beware False Memories Created by Hypnosis" 9-25-97

• "On the road to androgyny", from the Chicago Sun-Times. 9-30-97

• The New York Times has an article titled, "College Textbooks Dwell on Bad Aspects of Marriage, Study Says", written by TAMAR LEWIN. 9-17-97

• Kathleen Parker's editorial, "Exaggerating domestic violence". To access this article you will have to register and then perform a search for this article, it's worth it! 9-3-97

• The Web Magazine SWOON talks with DADS President Victor Smith in an article titled, "Where's Papa?".

• The Reno Gazette-Journal talks to DADS President Victor Smith in an article titled, "Fathers' advocacy group spokesman: Men get little support". 8-11-97

• The Urban Institute published the 1997 Report: Evaluation of the STOP Formula Grants Under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, by Martha R. Burt, Lisa C. Newmark, Krista K. Olson, Laudan Y. Aron, and Adele V. Harrell. Caution: This is a long report. 9-4-97

• View the article "Fathers wrestle for their rights", where USA Weekend talks with DADS President, Victor Smith. 6-1-97

• The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article titled "Stepfather cleared in abuse case", where a man who claimed he was the victim of a bitter custody battle was acquitted of more than 2,300 counts of sexual abuse against his stepchildren. 7-11-97

• The Detroit News profiles a story called "Spotlight on female abuser: For 13 years, he never hit her back". 4-20-97

• A Follow up article in the Detroit News titled, "State satisfied with way shelters serve battered men". 6-15-97, see below for original report.

• Check out Southern California's TV Channel 2 News Special Assignment, "The Parent Trap", which documents complaints from parents who say they are paying their child support, but their driver's licenses are still being taken away. 6-1-97

• The Detroit News has a Special Report - No Place to run for male victims of domestic abuse: Shelters, support groups rare for men. 4-20-97

• The Urban Institute released their study titled Tougher Statutory Rape Laws Expected to have Limited Impact on Teen Childbearing. 4-16-97

• "Abusing the Truth" Bad, bad men! Two reports in a man's Life on how domestic violence has been manipulated to massage a hostile and aggressive agenda. Contributions by James Morrow, Cathy Young and Tom Zoellner.

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