DADS and MOMS of Michigan eNewsletter
November 2007
We thank you for all of your support this year. We are doing well and now have over 15,000 registered contacts. We exceeded our goal for this year. Obviously there is a lot more to do. We will double our contacts next year like we have every year. We have become more connected and respected within the community, working on real change. Be sure to attend the Midwest Fathers Conference January 26. If you want to make a difference then attend the National Fatherhood Summit in Grand Rapids on January 3-4.
Dads and Moms of Michigan has strengthened its focus on education to expand education programs around the state. We meet monthly with the Board of DADS and MOMS University and are recruiting more people to teach classes. We have partnered with some new groups. For information and to help, call 248-559-DADS (3237).
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Dads and Moms University Presents
FAMILY FORUM
BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HOUSE,
380 S BATES, BIRMINGHAM,MI 48009
| 7:00 - 7:30: |
Dads Presentation |
| 7:30 - 8:30: |
Guest Speaker - Divorce Recovery |
| 8:30 - 9:30: |
LEGAL ROUNDTABLE |
| For information, call 248-559 DADS (3237) |
Tuesday, December 4, 2007: 7:00 PM Lashon Williams, Divorce Recovery
CHILD'S HOPE is sponsoring the SAVE OUR CHILDREN SUMMIT 2007, November 30, 2007
Date & Time: Friday, November 30, 2007: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
The University of Michigan - Dearborn
Fairlane Center-North
19000 Hubbard Drive
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
Addressing the Crisis in Michigan Foster Care. This event is the who's who in Michigan.
Here is a sample of the list of speakers:
Brenda Baker-Mbacke, Michigan Foster Care Review Board
Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press
Hon. Maura Corrigan, Michigan Supreme Court
Verlie Ruffin, Office of Children's Ombudsman
Hon. Mary Beth Kelly, 3rd Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan
Ishmael Ahmed, Department of Human Services.
Tickets are $15.00, You may register online at: www.childshope.org
Child's Hope
19000 Hubbard Drive Suite 264
Dearborn, MI 48126
313-583-6401
NATIONAL FATHERHOOD SUMMIT, January 3-4, 2008
http://www.dcrally2008.com/events/2008-National-Fatherhood-Summit.php
When: January 3rd Check-Iin
Registration 3 - 8 pm
January 4th - Fellowship, Prayer & Unity
Where: Abundant Life Ministries
1725 Division SE,
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Price: $20.00 Advance - $25. 00 At the door
Agenda:
8:30 - 9:30am - PRAYER BREAKFAST
10:00am - 12:00pm - SPEAKERS
12:00pm - 1:00pm - LUNCH
1:00pm - 3:00pm - BREAKOUT SESSIONS
3:00 - 4:30pm PRAYER - FELLOWSHIP - UNITY
This event is for 2nd wives, Non - Custodial Mothers and Fathers and
Custodial fathers.
We are beginning the year on one accord and interjecting the Spiritual aspect of fatherhood combined with activism.
This is the first of a series of events leading to dcrally2008.
Midwest Fathers Conference
Saturday, January 26, 2008
North Farmington High School, Farmington Hills, Michigan
32900 West Thirteen Mile Road (West of Orchard Lake Rd)
Register now at: http://partnershipfordads.org/
Keynote Speaker: Lem Barney, Detroit Lions Superstar & Pro Football Hall of Fame Legend
Featuring 24 all-new workshops and our first-ever Kids Panel, with children of all ages
talking about what their fathers mean to them.
Breakfast and lunch are included
Child care available through the Farmington YMCA
Cornell Law School – A Child Born Out of the Unites States
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001431----000-notes.html
A2000-Pub. L. 106-395 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
"(a) A child born outside of the United States, one of whose parents at the time of the child’s birth was an alien and the other of whose parents then was and never thereafter ceased to be a citizen of the United States, shall, if such alien parent is naturalized, become a citizen of the United States, when-
"(1) such naturalization takes place while such child is unmarried and under the age of eighteen years; and …
Combined Federal Campaign 
Again in 2008, Dads of Michigan is an approved charity through the Combined Federal Campaign. CFC is the world's largest and most successful annual workplace giving campaign. Pledges made by Federal civilian, postal and military donors during the campaign season (September 1st to December 15th) support eligible non-profit organizations that provide health and human service benefits. To learn more about giving through CFC, enter http://www.opm.gov/cfc/. On your application, indicate CFC #62174.
Groups
http://www.singlefathersofcamden.org/
Links
http://www.myspace.com/afatherschoice
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qm631gWUG_8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rFYL9kSASBU
To learn more about healthy fathering of girls, visit: www.DadsandDaughters.org
CHILD CUSTODY ACT OF 1970 (EXCERPT)
Act 91 of 1970
MCL 722.23 "Best interests of the child" defined.
Sec. 3.
As used in this act, "best interests of the child" means the sum total of the following factors to be considered, evaluated, and determined by the court:
(a) The love, affection, and other emotional ties existing between the parties involved and the child.
(b) The capacity and disposition of the parties involved to give the child love, affection, and guidance and to continue the education and raising of the child in his or her religion or creed, if any.
(c) The capacity and disposition of the parties involved to provide the child with food, clothing, medical care or other remedial care recognized and permitted under the laws of this state in place of medical care, and other material needs.
(d) The length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment, and the desirability of maintaining continuity.
(e) The permanence, as a family unit, of the existing or proposed custodial home or homes.
(f) The moral fitness of the parties involved.
(g) The mental and physical health of the parties involved.
(h) The home, school, and community record of the child.
(i) The reasonable preference of the child, if the court considers the child to be of sufficient age to express preference.
(j) The willingness and ability of each of the parties to facilitate and encourage a close and continuing parent-child relationship between the child and the other parent or the child and the parents.
(k) Domestic violence, regardless of whether the violence was directed against or witnessed by the child.
(l) Any other factor considered by the court to be relevant to a particular child custody dispute.
History: 1970, Act 91, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 434, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1981 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1993
Dads and Moms of Michigan (www.dadsofmichigan.org) includes Dads of Michigan, Moms of Michigan, and Dads of Michigan PAC. These are volunteer responsible parenthood education organizations for fathers and mothers. They instruct on the importance of involved biological parents to the successful development of their children. Dads of Michigan PAC is an independent volunteer political advocacy group dedicated to legislation keeping both biological parents actively engaged in the lives of their children despite divorce and custody, in most instances. They believe men and women should be viewed equally under the law and their credo is: "fathers are responsible parents too...because the best parent is both parents." Dads of Michigan, the Michigan affiliate of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children, is also the developer of the Dads and Moms University of responsible education for teenage, divorced, and unmarried parents. This educational program employs several features to either directly or indirectly benefit nearly 2 million men, women, and grandparents and just under one-half million children each year in Michigan. For more information, please contact us at (248) 559-DADS (3237) or email info@dadsofmichigan.org.
DADS and MOMS of Michigan Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.
"Fathers are responsible parents too...because the best parent is both parents"
