European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse N Page 2 stars and stripes thursday. February 6, 1986 army tightens Rule on child custody it la a so be harder for gis to Dodge family Pam Fri Buchl Washington Hurt Washington a revise a regulation will make it tougher for. Dicks to avoid paying financial support to their families or to Dodge child custody orders officials regulation entitled family sup port child custody and paternity i written to ensure that soldiers do not use their military status or duty location As away 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 problems Are Ai vat cd for family members when goes on an unaccompanied loud. Officials do not know of the problem of non Payam of financial support by Sordi Crbut it was consid ered enough Pya problem to be and docs cd a joke army s family action plan of Quigua said. In the general population a 1983 pm sus Bureau report showed Only half of the women entitled to financial support -1 the full amount. Slightly More Jfe Kent received less than the full amount Luay incr 25 percent received nothing7s-"there s no reason to tis tical breakdown would be an Cut within the army he 1"" a Arquilla is sure of one a Ladunc the number of Legal unhappy with the . A Survey showed 13 Perot believed the old regu lation and that More sex Plick a acc would save time and of actor 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 Teg said you were to pay an amount equal to your Basic allowance for quarters at the with do Pendents rate. But it did t say How that was Tolu when you had one child a had the other or from yours Etta family and were also Suva ring children from a bum the old regulation was Tutor Cable. He said Many commands especially those overseas often re Only one Side of the Story Andre ended to Side with their sol -.--�flnijk.dicrs. A pfc the seems to be limitless when tej believing the Many excuses services this Pream up for not paying support 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 old regulation also did not address the Issue of child custody and child kid we say now is that in the absence of a court order each Parent has equal right to the child Rouilla said. If he or she runs off to Europe with the child and there is no court order then that Soldier has done nothing wrong. This Reg addresses those that do that contrary to existing court orders it says that parental kidnapping is specifically prohibited As it is in almost All the intent of the new regulation is to put Teeth into the policies he said. Idle threats do not work Arquilla said. The old support Reg was enforceable Only against those soldiers who were willing to provide support were easily Jimi dated or were concerned about Pitary Are designed to get the Araby fall others As Well Ashe ,c2niinanders. The message from Lega Tammie attorneys was Clear keep the Regn pm punitive and give commanders on what is required of their sole that s what we be 22 Arab groups agree to form suicide Force if . Stages attack Tripoli. Libya a a group of 22 Arab revolutionary movements agreed tuesday to form a suicide Force to strike at american targets throughout the world if the United states should attack Libya or any other Arab decision came in a Resolution at a meeting of the Allied leadership of the revolutionary Force of Theara nation chaired by libyan Leader Moa mar Kha Day. The 22 movements Are believed to receive substantial subsidies from khad Afy. The 11-Point Resolution said secret decisions were take Nat the three Day conference including the creation of revolutionary intervention groups and suicide squads to strike at american interests within the United states and throughout the world. If the United states should Pareto launch an aggression against Libya or any other Arab and photographers were barred from the meeting inside khad Afy s heavily fortified a Zta bar Racks. The delegates approved the Resolution by acclamation. Palestinian delegates reported earlier that khad Afy opened the meeting sunday with a demand for a Campaign of violence in retaliate in for . Sanctions against his , the meeting attended by such relatively mod Erate palestinian hard liners As George Habash Ahme Jebril and Samir Goshe apparently turned Down Kheda by s demand for immediate and unconditional violent a the communique tuesday avoided any direct reference to acts of terrorism us. Sanctions were imposed after the dec. 27 terrorist attacks at Rome and Vienna Austria airports in which20 people were killed. Us. Officials blamed the attacks on the Fatah revolutionary Council 1 of Sabry Al Banna alias Abu Nidal the sanctions prohibit us. Economic dealings with Hadary s North african country and require the Esti mated 1,500 americans living Here to leave. Ships an aircraft of the us. 6th Fleet have conducted Maneu vers off the libyan sanctions and the simultaneous Sharp decline in Oil prices have reduced khad Afy s Oil income in recent week from an annual rate of j8 billion to an estimated Sti Bil Nidal was not seen at the meeting but his second in command Aba Nizato sat in the front Row of the approximately 200 delegates. Aba Rizal told reporters his movement s revolutionary struggle would continue but be also refrained from Mak ing any direct reference to acts of Resolution was read to the meeting by pro Moscow lebanese communist party Leader George Hawi who also is regarded As relatively moderate among the hard liners. It denounced the american sanctions and the Maneu vers of the 6th Fleet off Libya s coast but made no refer ence to any armed reprisal against the United Resolution praised khad Afy s courageous stand against american threats aggression piracy and economic blackmail and called on Arab nations to withdraw their deposits from american Banks in retaliation. A f a a Sake needy arrives Tor Moscow visit i update to reunion Mother gets custody Birmingham Ala. A a family court judge ruling in the Case of a 5-year-old boy who was reunited Whis Mother after seeing himself on to has decide that the woman has Legal custody. Judge Charles m. Nice said that under the terms of Jennifer Binder s divorce last june from Benjamin Studer she has custody of their son Benji who was taken fro her Home last january by his father. I feel pretty Good said Benin after the 30-minutehearing, fat ready to go Home with 1c there is to be any further Legal fight Over the boy Nice said it will have to take place in Covington ky., since that is where the divorce was granted and where mrs. Studer 30, was Given custody of Benji. The father said he plans to move Back to Covington establish residence and try to get custody of the boy. Judge ends Condor capture Washington a a Federal judge bos barred the government from capturing the five California condors remaining in the wild about 100 Miles North of los . District judge Harrington a Parker us. Fish and wildlife service maintained until a Little More than a month ago that there should be a wild population of the Broad winged scavengers the largest and Bird i North America and an endangered species. However the service executed an abrupt about fac and issued a permit authorizing the capture and removal of All surviving wild California condors said Parker the record offers no reasoned analysis nor any Strong justification for fwd s abrupt policy abused scouts Settle lawsuit Norfolk a. Up fifteen former and current boy scouts who were sexually assaulted by their troop Leader have settled their lawsuit against the boy scouts or America and the Chesapeake City schools lawyers said. Moscow a sen. Edward m. Kennedy arrive Din Moscow tuesday for a three Day visit and said be is looking Forward to meeting soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Kennedy a Democrat from Massachusetts was greeted at the Airport by Izvestia editor Ivan d. Laptev who also is a member of the supreme soviet. Kennedy is visiting atthe invitation of the parliamentary body. Kennedy declined to give details of his visit or say whence was scheduled to meet Gorbachev. He said be also expects to meet with soviet foreign minister Eduard . A soviet source said that Kennedy would meet with Shevardnadze wednesday morning and that his meeting with Gorbachev was Likely to take place asked whether his trip had any connection with reports that imprisoned jewish dissident Anatomy Shucha Ransky might be released in a major East West prisoner Exchange Kennedy would not commen Kennedy also did not respond when asked about the purpose of his visit. At a Brief Airport ceremony Laptev welcomed Kenne Dyon behalf of the supreme soviet and said i would like to express the Hope that your stay Here will be very responded that he is pleased to visit and i Hope our meetings will be very valuable and also thanked his hosts for accommodating his re Vised schedule. Kennedy initially planned to visit Moscow last week but be postponed the trip after the space shuttle challenger had the Opportunity to respond to this invitation of the supreme soviet and visit the soviet Union at this particular time and to take advantage of the Opportunity to talk with the Genera secretory and the foreign min ister Kennedy told american reporters after his Exchange with will have Only a Short time Here but it is a time of importance and i look Forward to these Heathen left with Bis hosts in a Small motorcade for Central has visited the soviet Union twice previously in 1974 and 1978. Scouts and school officials of negligence in a multimillion Dollar lawsuit. School officials were named in the lawsuit because Humphries troop 472 was sponsored by Chesapeake s Crestwood elementary school from 1972 to 1984.the settlement was reached during last minute negotiations in Federal court said Andrew sacks a lawyer rep resenting three of the boys. Sachs said he and other attorneys were bound by court order not to reveal the terms of the out of Coort settlement sex judge sentenced to five years new York a a former state judge convicted of taking bribes while on the Bench has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Federal c. Brennan 67, resigned dec. 13, one Day after be was convicted dec. 12 in Federal court of taking or soliciting some $50,000 in Cash bribes to fix cases involving gambling attempted murder and drug crime is More corrosive of our institutions than the bribery of a judge said . District judge Jack
