by monicas | Feb 22, 2017 | Connecticut, Divorce, Legislation, Parental Rights Bills, Uncategorized
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...
by Sherry Palmer | Feb 21, 2017 | Child Custody, Divorce, Equal Parenting Bills, Legislation, Parental Equality, Parental Rights, Parental Rights Bills, Uncategorized
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...
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 13, 2017 | Child Custody, Divorce, Divorce Laws, Family Code, Family Law, Legislation, Parental Rights Bills, Policy, SAPCR, Uncategorized
The National Family Law Policy Center evaluated and published their review of the newest Texas Senate Bill 816Â sponsored by Senator Campbell affecting the Best Interest of the Child Statute. The Policy Center’s evaluation states that the “new text in the...
by Sherry Palmer | Feb 11, 2017 | Children's Rights, Divorce, Family Law, Legislation, Parental Rights, Parental Rights Bills, Uncategorized
In most states equal parenting bills are not addressing the problems that best interest leaves in place when it comes to a judge using best interest to get out of issuing an equal parenting bill. We have been complaining about best interest making equal parenting...
by Sherry Palmer | Feb 8, 2017 | Legislation, Parental Rights Bills, Uncategorized
It looks like Iowa is trying to move closer to an equal parenting presumption and their idea of an equal parenting law. Iowa has a House Bill and a sister Senate Bill that propose joint physical care. equal parenting bills that are getting quite a bit of...
