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The Double Standard of Family Court: Enforcing Support, Ignoring Custody

    By Michael Phillips | The Thunder Report & Father & Co. On June 30, 2025, the Maryland Supreme Court issued a sweeping, unanimous decision in In the Matter of the Marriage of Houser, affirming that parents cannot waive child support—even by mutual agreement—because child support is a right of the child, not a bargaining chip between parents. The ruling makes one thing clear: when it comes to financial obligations, the court has no hesitation asserting its power in the name of the child’s “best interest.” But here’s the question no one in the Maryland judiciary dares ask: If child support is a right that cannot be waived because it belongs… Read More »The Double Standard of Family Court: Enforcing Support, Ignoring Custody

    Elon Musk Custody Battle: Battling exes in family court—and losing. Elon's billions can’t buy custody, control, or common sense.

    Elon Musk Custody Battle: Even the Richest Man on Earth Can’t Hack Family Court

      Elon Musk, the richest man on Earth, can build rockets, engineer AI, and shape global markets with a tweet. But in family court? He’s just another dad caught in the gears of a system that breaks even billionaires. With custody battles against exes Grimes and Ashley St. Clair, Musk faces accusations of neglect, court order violations, and retaliatory parenting. Despite his influence, he’s learning what millions of fathers already know: money and power don’t mean much when the judge bangs the gavel. If Musk can’t win in family court, what chance does the average dad have?

      Dee v Couloute

        The American court system is an adversarial forum.  Two opposing parties duke it out before competent authority and the best legal warrior wins.  A made for TV propagandist description which overlooks reality.  Every now and again there is a twist where drama triumphs over law. Let’s take the lowly court battle between Family Support Magistrate Julie A. Dee of Erie County, NY. and the arrogant Matthew Couloute, Esq.  Dee is not a real judge, but she is a lawyer appointed magistrate who handles rather administrative functions of child support; ensuring forms are filled out, math is correct and amounts ordered.  Simple, cookbook, turn the crank process which is the same… Read More »Dee v Couloute