FATHERS PROTEST 'STATE BIAS'.(Local)

Byline: Timothy F. Schick Staff writer

About 50 "fathers rights" supporters marched for about 45 minutes Sunday in front of the governor's mansion in Albany calling for reform of what they called female-biased child custody and support laws.

"We feel the state has ignored problems men go through during a divorce," said Tom McGreevy, president of the Fathers Rights Association of New York.

Most of the demonstrators were men, although several women and children joined in the picket line.

Gov. Mario M. Cuomo was not home during the demonstration, said spokesman Matthew Monahan, adding, "He was at work in his office in the Capitol."

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