Michigan Att. Gen. Alienates Kids From NCP Fathers

From Glen Sacks:

Michigan's Top Cop Tells Kids: Denounce Your Daddy

Politically savvy Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has found a
good way to ride to a higher office--beat up on "deadbeat dads." Cox
has led a highly-publicized campaign against Michigan fathers which
has included prominent billboards boasting of jail time for fathers
struggling with child support obligations.

However, according to a recent Family Independence Agency study, 87
percent of all Michigan child support arrearages are owed by those
earning less than $10,000 a year.

This week Cox took his campaign to a new low by announcing a contest
to encourage custodial mothers to have their children draw billboard
designs critical of noncustodial fathers who have allegedly not paid
child support. According to the contest's rules:

"Entries must be original submissions produced by the child
him/herself. The Attorney General encourages parent involvement in
discussing the issue and assisting in crafting the message and visual
representation but the production of the image must be from the child
alone. Entries must be electronic or hand-crafted visual
representations that clearly convey the message of encouraging the
payment of child support." (Emphasis added).

In other words, custodial mothers are encouraged to coach their
children to make designs critical of noncustodial parents behind on
child support. And it doesn't take much imagination to figure out
which noncustodial father many mothers will be encouraging their
children to denounce. In family law that's called "Parental
Alienation." Many divorce decrees specifically instruct parents not
to denigrate or badmouth the other parent in the presence of the
children, and here the top law enforcement official in the state
of Michigan is holding a contest which encourages parents to do this!
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