Beatdead Dad
by Paul Riggs
Step #1 in the lawyer handbook obviously says to claim abuse and ask for the moon. I was falsely accused of assault and battery, thereafter, being removed from my residency and my sons lives. The allegations were "unfounded" and no recourse is left when the followup whammy of divorce ensues. I managed to keep my job and weather the initial inquiries into the allegations, but the damage was done and hostile family members were right there with my X enabling her to abuse our children and cause much heartache ie.. calls to social services claiming abuse/molestation against my roommates 7 year old son thus causing me to quit my extra job to help pay down the ever-growing legal fees (justice ain't cheap) and ruining Xmas that year. The commonwealth of Va has done everything in its power to enpower women and grease the wheels of justice with the much needed money required to look after the "best interests" of the children. Translation: money is more important than fathers in child rearing. People can be PC and dance around the issue, but ALL courts are predisposed to side with the women in all circumstances regarding children, unless they have are those rare child killers, or some other extreme circumstance. It has become an issue of money for the State and payback for women's rights in my opinion, but who am I to make such claims...I'll tell you my mother raised my brother and I with no help from our dad (paid child support 7 times before stopping) and she struggled greatly, but on the flipside I struggle extremely hard to maintain a relationship with my sons through countless obstacles and have never made an issue of mistaking money for time with my children. Thus, I am a beatdead dad, beaten down by a justice system that metes out "justice" on a whim.
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