by Sherry Palmer | Mar 6, 2017 | Child Custody, Children's Rights, Constitutional rights, Divorce Laws, Equal Parenting Bills, Family Code, Family Law, Parental Rights, Texas, Uncategorized
TFLF (Texas Family Law Foundation) continues to make arguments against equal parenting bills in Texas. This year it’s HB 453 and last year it was HB 2363, even though the current laws have been shown to hurt children and parents. Representative White asks The...
by Sherry Palmer | Mar 3, 2017 | Divorce, Divorce Laws, Family Code, Family Law, Legislature, Parental Rights, Uncategorized, Wyoming
This Bill, HB0153, sponsored by House Representative Mark Jennings, is just waiting for the President of the Senate and then the Governor to sign. Once that is done, this bill goes into effect on July 1, 2017. Parental rights receive protection in...
by Sherry Palmer | Feb 25, 2017 | Divorce, Divorce Laws, Equal Parenting Bills, Family Code, Legislature, Parental Rights Bills, State Bar, Uncategorized
The Texas Family Law Foundation (TFLF), a lobbying arm of the Texas State Bar, made a recent attack on parental rights bill, HB 453 in Texas; a Bill that puts an equal parenting time option into the family code. TFLF circulated a flyer to the members of the 85th...
by Sherry Palmer | Feb 22, 2017 | Child Custody, Children's Rights, Divorce, Divorce Laws, Equal Parenting Bills, Family Code, Family Law, Legislation, Legislative Talk Sheet, Legislature, Parental Equality, Parental Rights, Parental Rights Bills, Parents Resources, Policy, Texas, Uncategorized
You can get this packet for free from The National Family Law Policy Center here. Take with you when you are discussing why and how equal parenting protects children.
by Sherry Palmer | Feb 16, 2017 | Child Custody, Divorce, Equal Parenting Bills, Family Code, Family Law, Legislation, Legislature, Parental Rights Bills, SAPCR, Uncategorized
This is a continuation of the last blog I wrote yesterday on how the Standard Possession order statutes managed to turn into minimum possession orders and weaved their way through the Family Code in Texas to whittle away at parental rights. So we have written 4 new...
by Sherry Palmer | Feb 14, 2017 | Caselaw, Child Custody, Children's Rights, Clear and convincing evidence, Constitutional rights, Divorce, Evidence, Family Code, Fundamental rights, Parental Rights, Preponderance of the Evidence, SAPCR
Judge Puryear, a Texas appellate court judge, believes that “preponderance of the evidence” standard is too low for determining infringement of the care, custody, and control of a child. What is Preponderance of the Evidence? Preponderance is a very low...
