The latest articles posted on Fatherand.Co’s Substack page.
- by Michael PhillipsThe Verdict Nobody Agrees On
- by Michael PhillipsA draft federal rule would let an income-eligible married household collect roughly $9,000 per child each year in federal money so one spouse can stay home with the kids.
- by Michael PhillipsThe internet has spent the past several days fighting about Lindsay Clancy as if the jury fought about the same thing.
- by Michael PhillipsVirginia wrote a law in 2023 to stop exactly this.
- by Michael PhillipsMaine’s high court just settled who runs family court disputes over religion — and the answer applies to almost everything else parents fight about.
- by Michael PhillipsA father in West Virginia wants his children vaccinated on schedule.
- by Michael PhillipsA Rough Transcript of the 911 Call at the Center of the Lindsay Clancy Case
- by Michael PhillipsBy Michael Phillips | Father & Co.
- by Michael PhillipsHow a viral plea, a Secretary’s tweet, and a PCS order collided with a legal gap that has nothing to do with either one
- by Michael PhillipsBy Michael Phillips | Father & Co.
- by Michael PhillipsThere’s a specific kind of tired that comes from explaining yourself to someone who has already made up their mind.
- by Michael PhillipsWhen a diagnosis becomes the difference between murder and ‘not responsible.’
- by Michael PhillipsMassachusetts is again being asked to decide that postpartum psychiatric illness deserves formal legal mercy — in criminal court.
- by Michael PhillipsPatrick Clancy buried all three of his children in 2023.
- by Michael PhillipsHow “unbundled” representation quietly redraws the access-to-justice gap in family court instead of closing it
- by Michael PhillipsI’ve been losing paid subscribers lately, and I want to tell you why, instead of pretending it isn’t happening.
- by Michael PhillipsSupport orders come with an entire federal enforcement architecture behind them.
- by Michael PhillipsCalifornia mandates 40 hours of evaluator training. None of it requires the one lesson that would matter most.
- by Michael PhillipsDolly Parton died today in Nashville at 80.
- by Michael PhillipsTwo real cases, pulled from the published clinical literature.