European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday february 5,1986 army tightens Rule on child custody it la a so be harder or is to Dodge family payments by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington a revised army regulation will make it tougher Tor sol Diers to avoid paying financial support to their families or to Dodge child custody orders officials said. The regulation entitled family sup port child custody and paternity is written to ensure that soldiers do not us their military status or duty location As a Way to deny financial support to family members or to evade court orders on child custody said it. Col. Fred Arquilla command judge advocate for the army s Community and family support enter. Arquilla said the problems Are aggravated for family members when a Soldier goes on an unaccompanied tour  do not know the extent of the problem of non payment of financial support by soldiers but it was consid ered enough of a problem to be addressed in the army s family action plan Arquilla said. In the general population a 1983 Cen sus Bureau report showed Only half of the women entitled to financial support received the full amount. Slightly More hut 25 percent received less than the full amount and just under 25 percent received nothing there s no reason to believe this statistical breakdown would be any differ ent within the army he said. Arquiza is sure of one statistic the number of Legal assistance attorneys unhappy with the old regulation. A Survey showed 73 percent believed the old regu lation was too vague and that More explicit guidance would save time and Effort for them and their clients. The problem with the old Reg was that the rules on financial support the amount of Money that a Soldier is required to provide to his wife and children from former marriages were not very Clear he said. The Reg said you were to pay a amount equal to your Basic allowance for quarters at the wild dependents rate. But it did t say How that was to be split up when you had one child and the wife had the other or when you were estranged from your present family and were also supporting children from a previous  said the old regulation was unenforceable. He said Many command ers especially those overseas often received Only one Side of the Story and frequently tended to Side with their sol  gullibility of commanders seems to be limitless when it comes to believing the Many excuses Servic members dream up for not paying support one Lega assistance officer said. The new regulation specifically Indi Cates who is to be supported and How much Money is to be provided in supporting every conceivable family situation Arquilla said. The old regulation also did not address the Issue of child custody and child kid napping. What we say now is that in the absence of a court order each Parent has equal right to the child Arau Alamid. If he or she runs off to earlobe wit the child and there is no court order then that Soldier has done nothing wrong. This Reg addresses Thote that do that contrary to existing court orders. It says that parental kidnapping is specifically prohibited As it is in almost All states. The intent of the new regulation b tout Teeth into the policies be said. Idle threats do not work Arqula Masaid. The old support Reg was enforceable Only against those soldiers who were willing to provide support Wen tarty,.intimidated or were concerned about their military careers. T the new provisions Are designed Roget the attention of All others As Well As the attention of their commanders. The message from Legal assistance attorneys was Clear keep the regulation punitive and give commanders explicit guidance on what is required of their  s what we be  80,000 Public employees continue Brief warning strikes in Germany pm a Tvan Idt / and Ca. Oft inn  t a Vii. Frankfurt a some 80.000 Public employees staged Brief warning strikes tuesday bringing morning Rush hour commuter rail traffic to a virtual standstill in Many urge cities and disrupting garbage collections an Street cleaning. It was the second Day of warning strikes by Mae Cotta Public employees in support of demands for a 6 percent wage  ,.bite transport unit stopped of fiatau of the powerful Public employees and transport laying some flights Inion said about 80,000 workers struck in big a Teisuke the action disrupted garbage Sun sch Berlin Hamburg and Hannover and in major  be Industrial areas. Most of the worker struck for Het 4n a 5.i.rtv"T Union said about i Munich Humour Ami Nan Noyer a i Rindus Tria s Struc betwee one and three Houn. Tuesday s action included train and bus driven garbage collectors Street cleaners nurses in Public hospitals and employees of the Federal rail ways and the Federal Post office. The Union has 1.2 million members but it is represent ing 2.7 million Blue Collar Public employees in contract negotiations with the government. In Stuttgart Karlsruhe Ulm Pforzheim and Eslingen up to 8,000 workers arrived late for jobs in big Industrial concerns As commuter trains and buses came to a Stop. Father son both earn their eagles by Donna m. Beach Worms. Germany the Eagle ceremony for col. James a. Van sickle turned into a double Eagle ceremony when us 17-year-old son received the Eagle scout award. Van sickle received bit Eagle insignia As a full colonel monday and his son Terry became an Eagle scout the elder Van sickle is a member of the Washington army National guard currently on Active duty As the National guard Reserve component adviser for 5th Sig Nal Cpd. He will assume new duties next week As chief of the army National guard information management Agency in Falls Church a. Terry is a Junior at Mannheim american High school and a member of troop 137. For his Eagle scout project he made maps of american facilities in the Worms area. 11 Hij 8? i of tray is try different from living in the United  the teen Ager said. In the states if you need to go Shopp Inaa local store or mall is always Here when you Needle. This is not the Case in Germany. American Post exchanges and commissaries Are spread out and sometimes a Little difficult to  p he included maps to Canadian. American and French a 5omrniane. Long with their Hureo operation and phone numbers. The maps Are available at the army Community service Center in Worms. The younger Van sickle had a tight schedule to main Tain in order to bring about the double ceremony a i. Star a it. Puhac Aimira onto. He Sunart come bomb kills Soldier in Northern Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland a a bomb planted near a Border Village exploded monday As a military patrol passed killing a Soldier police reported. Pvt. John Early 22, took the full Force of the bom Bidden behind a Mil near Belcoo in county Fermanagh the report said. Five other soldiers in the patrol escape injury but were treated for Shock. The soldiers belonged to the Ulster defense regiment a locally recruited mainly protestant regiment of tie Brit ish army. Tie Irish Republican army claimed  a statement circulated u Edfast. In  7 German congresswoman to Host,.1 students at 2-Day Bonn seminal Darmstadt Germany is German building 946 at Johnson Barracks. T Tion will begin at 8a.m. In pay or me by be inspected weekdays Ling feb. 21, from 8 . To noon and from i pjn.1 few lore information Call Nuernberg ets /l7106/7039 or civilian 0911-713935. " Poland devalues its currency by 15.6% against the . Warsaw Poland a the poll govern has devalued the zloty by js.6 percent again lp3 Dollar and other Western currencies. Of film . It now costs 170 zlotys to buy a Dollar it Prev oui official Exchange rate of 147.dotyi.u Dollar. Pap mid. It said the Toly has been devalued by � fat Munji