Fathers’ Rights in New York

Mace Greenfield Gender Bias

Understanding fathers’ rights is the foundation of my practice because I have lived the process having been a dad who went through a custody battle before I became an attorney. I have also seen the topic evolve over the past 20 years or so in both the legal arena and in people’s minds. Many of the initial inquiries I receive …

Gender Bias Kills Child?

Mace Greenfield Gender Bias

GENDER BIAS KILLS CHILD? By: Mace H. Greenfield In or about September 2003, I read about a Long Island Father, Brian Ramirez, suing the Nassau County Child Protective Services (CPS) for failing to protect his daughter. One year after his ex-wife ran off with their daughter, Mr. Ramirez reported to CPS the whereabouts of his missing ex-wife, that she smoked …

Gender Bias Continues

Mace Greenfield Gender Bias

GENDER BIAS CONTINUES by: Mace H. Greenfield I am truly sick of the continued gender bias in the Courts of this State. When I was awarded sole custody of my daughter over 11 years ago (she was 3 years old then) in the State of Virginia, the Judge said to me: “Hey, Mr. New Yorker, if you were back in …

Paternity Fraud

Mace Greenfield Gender Bias

PATERNITY FRAUD August 24, 2004 In the summer of 2004, in a California Court case, a man filed in court to set aside the order of paternity and order of child support which were both on default against him five years earlier. The appellate court did set aside those orders, once paternity testing proved him not to be the father. …

Gender Bias Persists In Courts

Mace Greenfield Gender Bias

GENDER BIAS PERSISTS IN COURTS by: Mace H. Greenfield The August 2002 article in Newsday, “Gender Bias Found to Persist in Courts,” by Robin Topping, was interesting, but misleading. Gender bias does persist in the Courts, but not against women, against men. The studies are based on interviews of women and women advocates, who have self-serving agendas. The Courts always …

A Closed Minded Bench, Is A Biased Bench

Mace Greenfield Gender Bias

A closed minded bench, is a biased bench Too often, when a couple settles a custody matter, deciding on joint legal custody, regardless of residential custody, the judge says: “Unless you provide for who has final say if the parties do not agree, I will not approve it.” When asked why, the response is: “Because from my experience, joint custody …

Mace in Your Face

Mace Greenfield Gender Bias

Mace in your Face by Mace H. Greenfield (written in 1994) Okay people, you think with a title like this, I’m going to be brash, abrasive and bat everyone in the head. Just what kind of outrageous, loony stuff will be found here, right? Wait a minute, this is only a website. He is just trying to get our attention. …