Barry County Equal Parenting Symposium
This symposium took place in June 2007. Carol Rhodes, Author of "Friend of the Court Enemy of the Family", explained that as a Friend of the Court worker, she was instructed to violate the law and lie to fathers and mothers. Jay Fedewa, Executive Director of Family Rights Coalition, discussed the status of Michigan family law. Lary Holland claimed that Federal Title IV-D Funding obstructs equal parenting. He explained that Title IV-D funding created a financial incentive for the Michigan Friend of the Court and other state child support enforcement agencies to create problems between parents, triggering enforcement actions for which they could collect federal dollars. Holland advocated Title IV-D reform, including income eligibility requirements to focus child support collections on low income children who he stated were being "drowned out" by a focus on collections for middle-income and high-income families. He argued that funding issues were a significant factor in preventing state legislatures from passing equal parenting bills. Michigan Representatives Glen Steil, Rick Jones and Fulton Sheen advocated equal parenting. Robert Pedersen discussed equal parenting and a bike trek for equal parenting.
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