The war that is being waged against fathers receives it's ammo from the laws currently on the books. Everything from unequal laws that turn one person into a criminal while allowing the same behavior for another. Unconstitutional debtors prison, arbitrary standards in deciding support awards. Forcing one group of people to pay for post-secondary education under penalty of law while not forcing another group of people to do the same. The list goes on and on.
Groups like NOW, MAFIA and private CS collection agencies have used their voice and resources to push for more laws and our politicians are to afraid of being called anti-children they go right along with it. Until the laws are changed, I will keep fighting for just that. Societal beliefs can not be legislated, laws can be enacted and changed to conform to the constitution and fairness. If you can't see that, then I'd say you are the one who isn't pro-father but pro the current child support system.
Man surrenders after interview September 09, 2002
A man who evaded police for a week after allegedly holding his ex-wife's lawyer hostage has surrendered to police - after conducting a media interview.
Warren Gordon McCarthy, 52, has been on the run since last Monday night when he allegedly used a rifle and knife to hold family lawyer Carol Webb, 57, and her husband Reg, 59, in their upmarket Perth home.
Police said McCarthy was arrested as he left the Seven network's Perth studios after giving an interview.
He was being questioned by police and was likely to be charged later today, a police spokesman said.
McCarthy rang veteran Seven network reporter Alison Fan early today saying he wanted to tell his side of the story.
Ms Fan said she interviewed McCarthy, who explained he was a crusader for men who have been treated badly by the family court.
It was not immediately known whether he considered himself affiliated with the controversial Black Shirts group, a militant men's group which stages neighbour campaigns against women involved with family court disputes
"He said that he doesn't think he should go to jail because he doesn't think he's done anything wrong," Ms Fan said.
McCarthy's arrest comes after the West Australian Law Society took the unprecedented step last week of applying to the Family Court to release publicly the procedural details of McCarthy's case.
Legally, personal details of Family Court matters cannot be published or broadcast unless special permission is gained from the court. It is done only rarely, and usually only in connection with missing children.
The constraints do not necessarily limit general comments by friends or relatives, and friends of McCarthy have told the media he is a loving and caring man who was merely tipped over the edge.
But the Law Society said last week that the effect of the public receiving one-sided information about the matter was to bring into question the integrity of the Family Court system.
Law Society President Clare Thompson said the application to make public the procedural details of the case was before the court today.
The society would pursue the application despite McCarthy's arrest, she said.
During the alleged incident last Monday night, Ms Webb and her husband were held at knife- and gunpoint, and Ms Webb allegedly was doused with petrol as the couple fled the house.