September 22, 2003

Updated September 19, 2004, for An unknown author's Dream

Daniel K. Chang, PhD, is an immigrant from China granted permanent residence in the US. He had started to become a US citizen. Mr. Changs' story involves 2 marriages and a court system deleteriously entangled in one of the marriages. In the court intervened 'best interest of the child' marriage, the mother received $15,000 cash, an award for $750, with an increase of 20 each year, a monthly child support and an award for $750 a month for his sisters assets. According to Daniel, all were based on some of his sisters' assets which his ex swore were his. She got the $15,000. Over the next two years she received child support. He was allowed the usual minimal and unconstitutional 'visitation'. His access was denied by his ex-wife when, after personal negotiations, to increase his time with his child and to make his child support based on his salary and not his sister's assets failed. He quit his job to obtain his PhD, so that he might be able to afford to pay the court ordered support. During one of the denied visitations, he was knocking on the door and waiting for his daughter. This resulted in a restraining order. He was arrested in court for failure to pay child support. He spent 108 days in jail.

From 1989 to 1999, he pursued his doctorate, could barely support his current family, and tried to stay clear of the court. After gaining his PhD, his daughter was no longer in the US. His ex-wife had removed herself and the child from the US and relocated in Taiwan. The child has no interaction with her father. She was denied her constitutional rights to her fathers interaction, love, direct caring and possibly full financial support in an early stage of life.

In the second marriage, there was minimal court interference. The court merely affixed its seal to an agreement between both parents. However, it is not a 14th amendment guaranteed equitable split of parenting. The divorce produced continuous financial, emotional problems and damaged parental rights to both parents and child. The child, Alice, still knew her father and got his support. Daniel is the father in both marriages, the families were equal in number. The only real difference was the mothers and the courts' intervention in one marriage. These are only the basic, essential facts presented by Daniel.

Daniel started working for his current employer in May 2001. In September 2001, Middlesex Count Child Support took his case and his company made payments directly to MCCS. At the end of 2001, his employer changed payroll and his child support money ceased to be sent to the MCCS. MCCS started to take action against him. They destroyed his credit rating. On March 14, 2002, Daniel paid them the full amount owed for that period. On April 30, 2002, MCCS revoked his driver's license. On May 10, 2002, he was arrested for non support. When he returned to work, his employers, unsure of what kind of heinous criminal they had employed, removed his access to the building. In October/November 2002, Daniel took a leave of absence, without pay, for personal reasons. He returned in November to find that not all of the money required had been transferred to MCCS. His drivers license was again revoked and another bench warrant had been issued for his arrest. He called and faxed MCCS multiple times trying to find out how much he owed. He was never told. He finally, had to go to his company records and figure out what he owed MCCS. He sent them a check for that amount on January 16, 2003, for $179.67. On January 31, 2003, for $179.67 which had already been paid, two sheriffs, after breaking down his door, stormed his house with guns drawn and pointed, ready to kill should the 'need' arise.

This injustice was the last straw. His child has a criminal for a father, his employer believed him to be a heinous criminal, only God and his neighbors know what they think of him after 2 sheriffs burst through his door in an early morning raid. Daniel started making plans for his death strike. When all things were considered, May 16, 2003, was the earliest date he could start.

(At the time this was written) Daniel is in his 11th day of surviving on water, salt and a vitamin. He owes $147,000 in past child support and interest. He has been paying $1000 a month 'child' support to his ex-wife for his 20 year old daughter whose time with him since the divorce can be counted in hours or days instead of weeks, months or the constitutionally granted years. At the current rate of paying his arrears and 'child' support, in three years his unknown daughter will be 23 and more than likely, he would be finished paying "child" support. After paying $45,000 for child support and arrears during those 3 years, he would only owe MCCS $180,000, approximately, $30,000 to $35,000 MORE than he owes now.

Dr. Daniel K. Chang may or may not be the perfect "poster boy" for fathers rights groups. Who among mankind is perfect? He is the typical 'Deadbeat Dad', who has tried to support his children, but, failing to pay 100% of a court ordered, strict, stringent, almost unreducable and sometimes unattainable amount, still makes him a "Deadbeat". Real fathers are not allowed to be angry at having their children stolen, getting sick, laid off, salary reduced due to the economy, miss work because of no drivers license, miss work to go to court, or lose a job. Only paying 100% makes you a real father regardless of denial of access to his children or inability to pay. Paying 99.9% makes you a DEADBEAT. The Constitutional Rights of children, family and the "paycheck parent" are secondary to the almighty dollar, feminists agendas and an attorney driven and legislated multi billion dollar divorce industry.

Daniel is angry, hurt, slightly depressed, feels a little guilty, but mostly tired of an unjust system. He is on his way to freedom from his injustice. Possibly his past actions could have been a little better. His present actions show the only route possible to isolated, dramatic, drastic, resistance required to stop this government . The suicide rate for divorced fathers is TEN TIMES the average persons suicide rate. Today, 70 more men/male children committed suicide.

The Constitution says that every person is entitled to a trial by jury for anything involving more than 20 dollars. Yet Family's lives are apparently valued less than 20 dollars by this current Distorted, Bastardized and Illegitimate government. I have talked to Non Custodial Parents, homeschool parents, and other "accused" families whose lives were decided on the whims of a judge, where no Constitutional Rights are allowed the "accused".

Is this a man that should have to DIE FOR INJUSTICE? Is society better off for his death? Should this man and thousands like him be ignored by the media and our government?

Ed Ward, MD, MT.

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