Welcome
Welcome to the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition Web Site. This web site is designed to provide both members and non-members easy access to important legal information, free legal seminars, and up-to-date legal news.
Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, spokesman of the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition, runs the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition. If you want to volunteer or talk to Attorney Del Gallo, you can contact him on this site
GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK SUPPORTING SHARED PARENTING
Below is a link to You Tube of the first time Governor Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts, publically supported shared parenting. In fact, while shared parenting has enjoyed the success of many Massachusetts senators and representatives, it is the first ever a Massachusetts Governor has ever publically supported shared parenting. The video is of question by Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition spokesperson Rinaldo Del Gallo. The event was last year on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at Pittsfield High School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Below is a link to You Tube of the first time Governor Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts, publically supported shared parenting. In fact, while shared parenting has enjoyed the success of many Massachusetts senators and representatives, it is the first ever a Massachusetts Governor has ever publically supported shared parenting. The video is of question by Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition spokesperson Rinaldo Del Gallo. The event was last year on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at Pittsfield High School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. To read more about it click HERE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYxpaUcFG34
LEGAL HELP
We are developing a new section, LEGAL QUESTIONS for those wanting legal help for common family law related problems. Click HERE for answers to common questions about family law from Attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo.
While this section is currently in the process of being constructed (and probably will be on an ongoing basis), there is already a great deal of information there, especially on the subject of child custody. While there is some political commentary on the state of the law, it is only presented to give father’s a heads-up as what to expect and to develop realistic strategies. The purpose of this LEGAL QUESTIONS section is to present a straightforward analysis of the law, with a bent toward the non-custodial parent. Its aim is also to provide a reasonably thorough understanding of the law for the layperson. It clearly is aimed at Massachusetts law but will deal with many issues that have application across all jurisdictions.
There really is a need for this. Most legal websites from attorneys provide far too little information to be of much use—they are mostly trying to lure in a client by throwing out a morsel of information. Unfortunately, such practical information is also missing from almost all fathers’ rights groups, whose objective is to change the law and attitudes about fathers, and to decry the injustice they suffer--goals which will also serve in other parts of the website, just not in the legal help section. Father’s rights groups are much less focused on helping non-custodial parents through the legal maze, or at least doing so through their websites.
The information herein is very detailed, for which we are entirely unapologetic. Many people complain that there are not enough resources for pro se litigants (people representing themselves), or those who want to be education consumers—this is an attempt to close that gap. But even if you have an attorney, this will make you an educated consumer and will actually help you help your lawyer, by making you know what is important and what is unimport.
NEWS
We are constantly updating our NEWS SECTION.
We encourage everyone to come back to this site every couple of days to read the latest on family law news in Massachusetts, the United States, and the World. We have:
· Breaking Stories
· Legislative Updates
· Essays
· Ask Rinaldo Del Gallo
· Letters to the Editor
· Book Reviews
COLUMNS IN NEWSPAPERS
BY RINALDO DEL GALLO, III
The Berkshire Eagle, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Thursday, June 11, 2009. (Pittsfield, MA)
The North Adams Transcript, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Thursday, June 11, 2009 (North Adams, MA)
The Pittsfield Gazette
"Increasing Sales Tax May Backfire"
The Pittsfield Gazette, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Thursday, May 28, 2009 (Pittsfield, MA)
"An end to free-for-all searches"
he Berkshire Eagle, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. (Pittsfield, MA)
The Pittsfield Gazette
“Costly campaigns create concerns”
BY RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Pittsfield Gazette, Thursday, March 26, 2009 (Pittsfield, MA).
The Berkshire Eagle, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Saturday, March 7, 2009. (Pittsfield, MA)
The North Adams Transcript, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Saturday, March 2, 2009 (North Adams, MA)
The American Daily
"Why is VAWA in the stimulus package?: Keynesian Economics and Obama's New New Deal Gone Madly Awry."
The American Daily, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Monday, February 23, 2008 (Phoenix, Arizona)
The North Adams Transcript, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Wednesday, February 4, 2009 (North Adams, MA)
"What constitutes child support?"
The Berkshire Eagle, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Thursday, January 15, 2009. (Pittsfield, MA)
The Pittsfield Gazette
“DA’s ‘zero tolerance’ lacks sense” BY RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Pittsfield Gazette, Friday, January 8, 2008 (Pittsfield, MA).
"Restraining orders abused in many child custody cases"
Worcester Telegram and Gazette, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Wednesday, December 10, 2008 (Worcester, MA)
The Pittsfield Gazette
“City Should Ban (Farm) Animal Cruelty”
BY RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Pittsfield Gazette, Thursday, November 27, 2008 (Pittsfield, MA).
"Men Ignored In Homeless Debate"
The Berkshire Eagle, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Sunday, July 27, 2008. (Pittsfield, MA)
The North Adams Transcript, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (North Adams, MA)
The Intellectual Conservative
Intellectual Conservative, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Saturday, July 5, 2008
The Gloucester Daily Times, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Tuesday, July 1, 2008
The Berkshire Eagle, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Saturday, June 28, 2008. (Pittsfield, MA)
"The story that went unreported regarding Obama's Father's Day speech"
Men's News Daily, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Saturday, June 21, 2008.
"Obama's Father's Day Father Bashing Speech: Why is every holiday turned against fathers?
"Looking at labor, love on Father's Day"
The Springfield Republican, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Sunday, June 15, 2008 (Springfield, MA)
The North Adams Transcript, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Saturday, June 14, 2008 (North Adams, MA)
"Shared parenting should be law"
The Lowell Sun, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Saturday, June 14, 2008 (Lowell, MA)
"Celebrating Fathers: Protecting the Right to Provide"
The Washington Times, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Friday, June 13, 2008 (Washington, D.C.)
The Charlestown Gazette, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Sunday, June 8, 2008 (Charlestown, West Virginia)
"New York judges make more than enough"
Albany Times Union, By RINALDO Del GALLO, III, Friday, May 9, 2008 (Albany, New York)
"'She wouldn't lie' mentality tips scales in custody fights"
The Baltimore Sun, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Friday, April 25, 2008 (Baltimore, Maryland)
"Don't leave fathers out of custody cases"
The Boston Globe, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Tuesday, March 11, 2008 (Boston, Massachusetts)
The North Adams Transcript, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Tuesday, January 4, 2005 (North Adams, MA)
Buffalo News, By RINALDO DEL GALLO, III, Monday, January 3, 2000 (Buffalo, New York)
SEARCHING THIS WEBSITE
Suggested Searches:
To read the text of upcoming legislation, use “legislative text.”
To read about research type if “research”
To read essays from Rinaldo Del Gallo or other authors, use “essay.”
To read our bylaws, use “bylaws.”
To read letters to the editor, use “letter to the editor.”
To read about action alerts, use “action alert.” For meetings and legal seminars please go to the information tag on this home page.
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