John Tudor
My name is
John Tudor and I
have been a member of Iowa Fathers since the summer of 2008. I am
married to my beautiful wife Jenn and together we have two children. I
also have three boys; two from a prior marriage and one from a previous
relationship.
My experience as a non-custodial parent started in 1999. On numerous
occassions since then I had wanted to "fight back" against a system that
often seemed stacked against me. If you're feeling that way now or have
in the past, then you're in the right place.
I had to choose to grow through the challenges of my life. A major
turning point was participating in a christian program offered at my
church called Celebrate
Recovery. The primary focus was to work through the hurts,
habits, and/or hang-ups I had experienced. The prayers and support of
mentors and a new found relationship with God, not only put me on a path
to recovery from emotional hurts of the past, it prepared me to see life
from a new perspective. It prepared me to "fight for what is right."
Several years later in the summer of 2008, my wife's mom introduced to
the group Iowa
Fathers. After meeting on and off that summer with guys like; Bryan
Iehl, Matt Weichers, Rob Hampton (to name a few) I began to realize many
non-custodial parents had similar experiences in the courtroom or
working out differences of opinions raising their children or being left
out of the decision making process altogether by the
custodial parent. I
didn't have thousands of dollars to hire an attorney... but I was
motivated to fight for what was right. And that's what I am doing to
make a difference for tomorrow in my life and hopefully for others as
well.
My hope is to educate and inspire others by what IowaFathers
represents. Encouraging others to share their story and realize that
together we're not just making a difference for today, or only with our
children... but changing how society, the judicial system, and
legislators honor the rights of all parents with equality in the
courtroom and everyday life.
I currently serve on the Child Support Advisory
Committee (CSAC) representing IowaFathers and all non-custodial parents.
Please feel free to contact me at
john.tudor@iowafathers.com.