Judge Judy
San Diego Reader
Dear Editors:
September 3, 1998Thank you for running the article on the Wade and Akiki cases. Carol Hopkins is a saint for standing up to the obscene injustice dealt to these innocent people.
When will you run an objective article on the abuse of Child Protective Services by women in Family Court? False allegations of abuse or molest run rampant here! And even though CPS usually finds nothing to investigate, an army of second class therapists (who can't make a decent living helping people with problems) milk the innocent into bankruptcy because Judges do not have the will to say "stop".
Judge Judy Sheindlin (Of TV's Judge Judy show) speaks of this in her recent book, "Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining" (ISBN 0-06-017321-1; $23.00; 238 Pages).
"American fathers are led down a primrose path every day in our family courts, often with disastrous legal results. They wind up in the Land of Gender Bias, where they are systematically stripped of their rights, often without the slightest idea of why it is happening to them."
"If you think the mother-father disparity is outrageous, consider the sexual abuse syndrome, and how it affects visitation and custody disputes. Here, the judicial impotence and chronic blindness to men's rights would appall you."
"Courts are supposed to approach cases of child custody, support payments, and visitation rights in what we call a gender-neutral posture. It sounds fair, and it is fair. But it is a myth. Judges are not enforcing these gender laws fairly, and few seem to care."
"We will see more of these problems until fathers organize to demand fairer treatment. So get it together dads: You have a legitimate legal beef and you need to make this a public issue. Right now the courts don't hear you."
Sincerely,
Jay Bowden