Joint Custody being considered by Senate

A joi޲nt cus޲tod޲y res޲olu޲tio޲n is now޲ bei޲ng con޲sid޲ere޲d by the޲ U.S޲. Sen޲ate޲ -- S. Con޲. Res޲. 59,޲ int޲rod޲uce޲d by Sen޲. Dan޲iel޲ Aka޲ka (D-޲HI)޲. It was޲ int޲rod޲uce޲d in the޲ Hou޲se las޲t Fal޲l -- H. Con޲. Res޲. 241޲, by Rep޲s. Ros޲coe޲ Bar޲tle޲tt (R-޲MD)޲ and޲ Nei޲l Abe޲rcr޲omb޲ie (D-޲HI)޲. The޲ res޲olu޲tio޲ns exp޲res޲s the޲ sen޲se of Con޲gre޲ss tha޲t the޲ sta޲tes޲ pas޲s mor޲e joi޲nt cus޲tod޲y law޲s.



You޲ can޲ vie޲w the޲ Res޲olu޲tio޲ns on the޲ Lib޲rar޲y of Con޲gre޲ss "Th޲oma޲s" web޲sit޲e. You can Contact Your U.S. Congressman by using this site
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

Ple޲ase޲ wri޲te to you޲r Hou޲se Mem޲ber޲ som޲eth޲ing޲ lik޲e thi޲s in you޲r own޲ wor޲ds:޲

Dea޲r Con޲gre޲ssm޲emb޲er _______ {fo޲r Hou޲se mem޲ber ޲Rep.}

Ple޲ase޲ co-޲spo޲nso޲r H. Con޲. Res޲. 241޲, a res޲olu޲tio޲n tha޲t ask޲s the޲ sta޲tes޲ to pas޲s mor޲e joi޲nt cus޲tod޲y law޲s. Chi޲ldr޲en do bet޲ter޲ in sch޲ool޲, exp޲eri޲enc޲e les޲s pov޲ert޲y and޲ les޲s inv޲olv޲eme޲nt in cri޲me and޲ dru޲gs,޲ whe޲n the޲y hav޲e two޲ par޲ent޲s in the޲ir liv޲es,޲ eve޲n in div޲orc޲e or nev޲er-޲mar޲rie޲d sit޲uat޲ion޲s. Joi޲nt cus޲tod޲y/sh޲are޲d par޲ent޲ing޲ for޲ fit޲ par޲ent޲s wou޲ld hel޲p ass޲ure޲ tha޲t mor޲e mom޲s and޲ dad޲s, as wel޲l as gra޲ndp޲are޲nts޲, are޲ mor޲e inv޲olv޲ed in chi޲ldr޲en'޲s liv޲es.޲ Ple޲ase޲ let޲ me kno޲w if you޲ can޲ co-޲spo޲nso޲r H. Con޲. Res޲. 241޲.



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Posted: 11:03 PM Jan 30, 2008
Last Updated: 11:03 PM Jan 30, 2008
Reporter: WSAZ NewsChannel 3
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West Virginia's Parenting and Family Law could be in for a major overhaul. Whether that's good or bad news depends on who you talk to.

State legislators, parenting experts and advocates met to discuss the proposed changes Wednesday. Fathers' rights groups and equal parenting advocates say the new laws benefit children by having kids spend more time with both parents, but some family groups say the new laws don't fit every situation and could make matters worse for victims of domestic violence.

 
"We know now what works best we used to not know we used to think mom with children when they were young we now know children brought up without with equal time with mom and dad do better," Equal Parenting Author Warren Farrell said.

By Justin Cox
Killeen Daily Herald
Posted on: Sunday, December 16, 2007

A child's life becomes much more complicated following a divorce, but particularly so in Bell County.

The civil court system is filled with child-custody cases, but when single-parent soldiers get deployed, they voluntarily relinquish their rights as primary custody holder to another person.

While provisions are often built into the divorce decrees, requests to modify those orders have filled the courtrooms in Bell County, especially recently as the Army re-enters into the deployment cycle.

Judge Gordon Adams, 169th District Court judge, is one of four Bell County judges who hear custody cases involving deployed soldiers. He said such a case occurs just about every week.

By father’s/men’s rights advocate:  Lloyd W. Selberg

From ancient times to modernity, political philosophy has grappled with the sensitive relationship between the child, family, and state. In The Republic, Plato wrote:

“The wives of our guardians are to be common, and their children are to be common, and no parent is to know his own child, nor any child his parent. . . . The proper officers will take the offspring of the good parents to the pen or fold, and there they will deposit them with certain nurses who dwell in a separate quarter.”

In Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton observed:

“In short, the democratic faith is this: that the most terribly important things must be left to ordinary men themselves—the mating of the sexes, the rearing of the young, the laws of the state.”

Like Plato, modern-day utopian thinkers have always looked upon the parent-child relationship with suspicion at best, and more often as the crucial obstacle to ultimate state power over the individual.   Respect for the autonomy of the family is as central to the democratic ideal as popular sovereignty.

The democratic experiment is founded on an optimism in the ability of the people to manage their own affairs, in their capacity as citizens with authority over “the laws of the state,” and in their capacity as parents with authority over “the rearing of the young.”  Therefore, restoring parental rights to its original firm foundation in U.S. constitutional law is crucial to the democratic ideal of citizenship.

Over the last century, the concept of family has been redefined subsequent the end of suffrage and enactment of the Civil Rights Act which legally mandated, “equality” for women.  A patriarchal society has rapidly been replaced with a matriarchal society.  Radical feminist, seeing patriarchal oppression everywhere, have waged a jihad against men and everything masculine using the state to promote matriarchy.   The marriage contract is now meaningless and marriage has become a sort of heterosexual lesbianism with the man as little like a man as possible while having complementary genitals.   By promoting divorce  in the name of  women’s liberation and establishing how the state determines custody in divorce, feminist seek to insure female control over the young,  and thus over future civilization.  

As written by Alec on his official website...

"This entire website (alecbaldwin.com) will close on June 30, 2007.

Hopefully, if all goes according to plan, it will reopen in the Fall and will be reconstituted to discuss only my book projects and any of the relevant topics associated with them.

In the meantime, for anyone wishing to forward to me information regarding PAS or any related divorce/custody experiences, you may contact us by e-mailing to eldorado@eldoradopictures.com.

Include your address and your appropriate contact phone number.

Thanks to all who shared messages of support."

Lawmaker wants to protect children caught up in divorce disputes.

BROOKE MEIER
Capital News Service

LANSING -- Divorce can be hard on a family, especially when children are caught between two parents in a bitter custody battle.

Rep. Glenn Steil Jr., R-Cascade Township, has introduced legislation to require judges to order joint custody in most child custody disputes.

The bill would grant legal and physical joint custody to divorcing parents unless a judge determines that one parent is incompetent or unwilling to care for the child.

Also, if one parent lives outside the district where the child attended school the previous year, joint custody would not be awarded.

Steil said, "Ensuring children have a balanced and nurturing upbringing with equal attention and influence from both parents is the priority and motivating factor behind this legislation. Children should not have to choose between two parents and two loving, stable homes."Rebecca Climie, his legislative aide said, "We are really looking at what is best for the child and the family as a unit."

Climie said Steil reintroduced the bill because the original sponsor wasn't re-elected last November.

Climie said Steil knows the advantages that joint custody can give children because Steil reached a joint custody agreement outside of court during his own divorce.

Current laws do not mandate joint custody. In most cases of joint custody, the parents have agreed to the arrangement.

In disputes, a judge makes the final decision on who gets custody, whether it's sole or joint custody.Climie said judges use 12 factors to decide what's in a child's best interest. They include the child's school record, the mental and physical health of the parents and the ability of the parents to provide a loving and stable living environment.

However, some decisions cause undue hardships for the parents and children, she said, "We want what is easiest on the child and kids."

The Family Law section of the State Bar of Michigan and some domestic violence groups have criticized the bill.

Domestic violence groups argue that the change could make victims of violence vulnerable when dropping off or picking up their children from their ex-spouses.

By Kalani Pe'a, Assignment Editor

Please read People for Equal Parenting’s analysis of government abuses of families under a federal money kickback program called Title IV-D. This is one of the principal reasons the custody system remains unreasonable and counterproductive.

On July 12, 2006 PEP member Alan Phillips testified to the Texas State House of Representatives Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee ( http://www.house.state.tx.us/committees/340.htm).

On May 3, 2006 PEP members Doug Conley, Alan Phillips, and Dan Simon testified to the Texas State Senate's Jurisprudence Committee (http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c550/c550.htm). The membership of the committee proved receptive to the testimony and PEP expects a positive, productive, ongoing dialogue to develop.

• Doug Conley

• Alan Phillips

• Dan Simon

On March 22, 2006 PEP members Doug Conley, Alan Phillips, and Mark Bitara
testified to the Texas State House of Representatives Juvenile Justice and Family Issues Committee (http://www.house.state.tx.us/committees/340.htm).  PEP expects a positive, productive, ongoing dialogue to develop.

• Doug Conley

• Alan Phillips

• Mark Bitara