This bill just codifies what you already have a right to. You have a right to equal parenting, your child has a right to its parents having equal parenting.
Category: Parental Rights Bills
Texas Has Had 10 Proposed Equal Parenting Bills Over 12 Years – You Will be Surprised What was in Those Bills and What Legislators Have Been There the Entire Time
Texas has Killed 7 Equal Parenting Bills Over the Last Twelve Years! Two of Texas’ current equal parenting bills have made it further than it’s predecessor two sessions ago. But other equal parenting bills have made it as far as these two and have still died. Even when bills get scheduled to be heard on… Continue reading Texas Has Had 10 Proposed Equal Parenting Bills Over 12 Years – You Will be Surprised What was in Those Bills and What Legislators Have Been There the Entire Time
What are the legal rights of separated parents in Kentucky?
Kentucky passed a new child custody law FOR EQUAL PARENTING. Separating parents will get joint custody and equal parenting of their children as a default under a new bill, HB 528, signed into law by Gov. Matt Bevin last week, on April 26, 2018. According to 89.3 WFPL the new law, “goes into effect in July,… Continue reading What are the legal rights of separated parents in Kentucky?
Please Read My Letter – A Parent’s Plea to NPR
I was very moved today to write about the pathology of the Family Court to Representative Urban of Stonington, CT after hearing her speak on NPR’s “Where We Live” and share the trauma that this inflicts on children in Connecticut: (The following is what I posted on Facebook. Go to the end of this article and… Continue reading Please Read My Letter – A Parent’s Plea to NPR
Texas State Bar Lobbying Arm Caught Misleading Legislators
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 legislature warning that if the legislators passed… Continue reading Texas State Bar Lobbying Arm Caught Misleading Legislators
Texas Legislative Equal Parenting Packet
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.
A sad day in Connecticut
Virtually all of the parental rights bills that were submitted to the Judiciary Committee for the 2017 legislative session in Connecticut have died in committee. AGAIN. These are bills that Connecticut citizens have been trying to get passed for years and have had to unnecessarily recycle them, year after year. The bills all encompass the basic principle… Continue reading A sad day in Connecticut
Prove to Me Why You Should Get 50/50…
Are the days of having to prove why you deserve equal custody of your child coming to an end? Looking through the history of the child custody laws in the state of Washington, you might not think so. Over the years, Washington residents have had several changes to their child custody statutes and no doubt… Continue reading Prove to Me Why You Should Get 50/50…
Status Quo in Family Code Statutes are Going to Have to Change
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 Bills that several people are carrying to the… Continue reading Status Quo in Family Code Statutes are Going to Have to Change
Best Interest of the Child Senate Bill Fact Sheet
The National Family Law Policy Center evaluated and published their review of the newest Texas Senate Bill 816 sponsored by Senator Campbell affecting the Best Interest of the Child Statute. The Policy Center’s evaluation states that the “new text in the proposed bill appears to improve conditions for parents,” however, “it perpetuates presumptions that have been… Continue reading Best Interest of the Child Senate Bill Fact Sheet