CPR TV Show Reminder - Watch - Every Weds in June

TOPIC:           Family Court:  A Culture of Rejection

                        "We are a 3rd world country where the family is concerned -- no real protection for children of divorce"

 

 ATTN:               Advocates of Family Law Reform

                          Information is Power – two ways you can watch CPR TV – on TV or on the WEB - don’t miss it!

                          BIG NEWS -  CPR TV has expanded out-state MN and IOWA - stay tuned for more states being added - see details below.

 

Featured Guest:  Dr. Patrick Fagan, Sr. Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, Part 1,  June 2010   Dr. Patrick F. Fagan is a Senior Research Fellow of the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. He is a leading national authority on family and religion, crime, abuse, adoption, and foster care, and studies the impact of family life and religious practice on the key social indicators of America's well being as a nation such as physical and mental health, education, crime, and income

 

1) CPR TV Streaming on the Web If you do not have access to cable TV you can now watch CPR’s TV shows online via web streaming at:  www.acfc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cprtv.   2) Don’t forget to watch the June 2010 Episode of CPR TV Every Wednesday Night, Metro Cable TV Channel 6 from 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm June episodes will be aired June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Please remember to watch AND tell others about this month’s shows. If you don't get cable, have a friend, neighbor, or relative tape it for you!   SPECIAL NOTE FOR THE FAMILY COURT REFORM ADVOCATE: YOUR ACTION ITEMS! ·         WATCH SHOW. Educate yourself by watching the show multiple times – This nationally known speaker provides great insight! (You can’t catch it all the first time!) Information is Power. ·         TELL OTHERS. Forward this email reminder to anyone you know that is interested in family law reform, or should be interested in family law reform!  Tell others about the show. ·         HELP US ADVERTISE THE SHOW. Help us advertise this show by volunteering to distribute our very color full 8x10 flyers and post them for us at coffee shops, grocery stores, churches, cafes, and any other community bulletin boards.  This show is shown every week in over 80 cities but unless we advertise, people don't know it.  This show is the best way to build public awareness about the problems in family court.  The more public awareness we raise, the more public outrage we drive; it is this outrage from a critical mass that will lead to change.  Request your flyers at info@cpr-mn.org and help us get the word out.  We also have brand new 3 inch post cards available to hand out as well. ·        WHY WATCH THIS SHOW. What makes this show unique?  It is against the law for any Minnesota lawyer to speak out against the family court.  But we are able to do this on our show every week. ·       GET YOUR OWN COPY. With a $25 donation you get your own DVD copy of this episode of CPR TV... for $40 donation, you get 2 copies – mail your donation to P.O. Box 130776 Roseville, MN 55113 ·        LISTEN IN YOUR CAR.  Audio CD’s of the show are now available with a $15 donation – it makes it easy to listen to the show in your car!   SPECIAL NOTE: BIG NEWS - WATCH THE SHOWS FOR BRAND NEW UPDATED CONTENT.    We have been producing new segments and are continually adding new content and powerful hard hitting PSA's.  Many short video clips are gradually being added to YouTube for mass distribution.  These YouTube videos carry a very strong family law reform message you can forward to anyone over email.  (See www.cpr-mn.org for the latest list of all YouTube videos by CPR).   SPECIAL UPDATE FOR 2010: CPR TV EXPANDING COVERAGE - stay tuned for more locations being added! Siince 2006, CPR TV has aired every Wednesday night on Metro Cable Network Channel 6 in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. The show is aired in 80 communities with over 1.25 million potential viewers.    Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN Metro and Suburbs ·         Includes 7 county Metro: Anoka County, Carver County, Dakota County, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Scott County and Washington County.  The show is aired in 80 communities with over 1.25 million potential viewers. ·         Wednesday Nights 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm ·         Metro Cable Network (www.mcn6.org) Channel 6   Because of the long-term success, and the generous donations of time and money from CPR TV supporters, we are able to leverage the show and expand into the following areas:   Alexandria, MN ·         Check listings/Contact station to request details and airtime in your local area   Buffalo, MN and Western Suburbs ·         Includes: Albertville, Big Lake, Buffalo, Cokato, Dassel, Dayton, Delano, Elk River, Maple Lake, Monticello, Otsego, Rockford, St. Michael, and Watertown. ·         Tuesday Nights 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ·         Charter Communications Public Access Cable Channel 6   St. Cloud, MN  ·         Includes: Waite Park, Sauk Rapids, Sartell, St. Joseph ·         Wednesday Nights from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm ·         Charter Communications Public Access Cable Channel 12   Duluth, MN ·         Thursday (1st & 3rd) 10am, 3pm, 10pm ·         PACT Channel 20   Willmar, MN  ·         Sunday Nights from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm ·         WPS Channel 19 (see Willmar Regional Access Channels for details, or call 320-231-0594)   Des Moines, Iowa ·         Wednesday Nights 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm ·         MediaComm Public Access Cable Channel 17   Denver, Colorado ·         Check listings – make request to station (www.denveropenmedia.org, phone: 720-222-0160) ·         Denver Open Media, Public Access Channel 56, 57, or 219   Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, MN ·         Sunday through Friday 12:00 pm ·         City of Fargo Access TV, Channel 99 (“Access 99”) Cable One and Midcontinent

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Friends of Fathers Detroit Workshop

Dear Friends:

 

The purpose of this email is to introduce you to my new business affiliation with Friends of the Fathers as a men's life coach...providing assistance to fathers navigating issues through the Michigan Friend of the Court (F.O.C.).  These types of issues frequently play havoc with all parents...but especially fathers.

 

Although traditional legal assistance can address many of these issues, it can however be very expensive or even unavailable for many.  While everyone has the right to litigate their own F.O.C. issues, this can easily prove to be a time consuming and frustrating process. This is where we come in. 

 

Friends of the Fathers is a men's life coaching organization providing instructional guidance and direction to parents with unresolved Friend of the Court domestic-relations issues.  We do not give legal advice or practice law; instead, we coach you in helping yourself. 

 

You are undoubtedly aware of my previous experiences working with parents and children as founder of Dads & Moms of Michigan, the National Family Justice Association and Accurate DNA Testing, LLC.  This latest effort is but a natural evolution in my career of helping responsible parents (especially fathers) to remain actively engaged in their children's lives. 

 

If we can be of assistance to you or if you know of someone who needs our help, please contact us at your earliest opportunity or refer them as appropriate.  Also note this month's workshop announcements following. Thank you for your past and future support.

 

Best wishes,

 

Murray Davis

Life Coach# 326          &        Managing Partner

Friends of the Fathers            Accurate DNA Testing, LLC

645 Griswold St.                   26677 W 12 Mile Rd.

Detroit, MI 48226                  Southfield, MI 48034  

(313) 983-0044                     (888) 362-0080

 

email addresses:

mdavis@friendsoffathers.com   accuratedna@aol.com

 

web sites:

www.friendsoffathers.org        accuratednatestingLLC.com

 

 

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Friends of the Fathers
"Strengthening Men and Empowering Fathers"

Fathers Navigating
through the Friend of the Court Series:

Helpful Hints & Tips
for Addressing Child Support Payments & Issues

Are you underemployed or unemployed? 

 If you answered "yes," contact Friends of the Fathers to attend our upcoming event

Do you know your rights and responsibilities with the Friend of the Court

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Upcoming Workshop In Detroit, MI
"This workshop could save you hundreds even thousands of dollars"

Workshop Topic:  
"How to File a Motion to Change Parenting Time"

Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to do the following: Complete a motion form to Change Parenting time and Create a Parenting Time Plan 

One-on-one consultations available on site to assess your needs!

When:    Friday, June 25, 2010
Time:     9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where:   Downtown Detroit - Penobscot Building
                 645 Griswold St. Ste. 1300 Detroit, MI 48226
Phone:     313.983.0044  

$100.00 Registration Fee ($10.00 off with the Web Ad)
     
     Upcoming Workshop in Pontiac, MI

When:    Saturday, June 26, 2010
Time:     9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where:  Refuge Center of  Pontiac 
              Community Outreach Center 
              404 Cesar Chavez Pontiac, MI 48342 
Phone:    313.983.0044  
    $100.00 Registration Fee ($10.00 off with the Web Ad)

                 Hosted by Bishop Lorenzo Turner, Pastor
                             "The Lord Jesus Church"

 

 

  *Client testimonies:

I received a call from child protective services, informing me that I had a son in their system.  The mother was being investigated and they needed me to come to do a DNA test.  I was the father, but there was child support case.  Friend of the Fathers helped me to get my parenting time.
                                                                Westland, MI
 
I was paying $500.00 per month in child support for my two sons.  I was picking them up from school every day, taking them to after school activities, cooking dinner and then taking them back home to their mother.  I didn't feel this was fair. So, I call Friends of the Father.  And now, my sons live me with me and now the mother pays me child support.  Thank you, Friends of the Fathers.
                                                                Detroit, MI

My daughter has been living with me (father) for a few years, attending school from my home, and I was paying child support and did not know what to do.  I visited Friends of the Fathers.  And now, I have full physical custody and joint legal custody.  Thank you FOF! You guys are great!
                                                                Detroit, MI

Deny visitation? You could lose your license

 

Subject: Herald Palladium: Deny visitation? You could lose your lice <http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2010/03/28/local_news/1307403.txt> http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2010/03/28/local_news/1307403.txt Deny visitation? You could lose your license(s) Law allows judges to suspend driver's, occupational, even hunting and fishing licenses for violating court-ordered visitation By SCOTT AIKEN - H-P Staff Writer Published: Sunday, March 28, 2010 1:09 PM EDT ST. JOSEPH - A parent who refuses or neglects to allow an ex-spouse to spend time with their children could lose his or her driver's or occupational licenses. A new state law allows judges to suspend those licenses, as well as hunting and fishing licenses, for violations of court-ordered parenting time. Laws that go into effect this month also allow a court to order a parent's car immobilized by "booting" for such violations. Tom Watson, director of Berrien County Friend of the Court office, said the provisions are among nine new laws enacted in late 2009 pertaining to children of divorced or separated parents. The Friend of the Court office is responsible for making recommendations to Berrien County Trial Court about child support, custody and parenting time arrangements. The office also enforces court orders for those matters. Speaking to Berrien County commissioners Thursday, Watson said Michigan is one of a handful of states that require parents who divorce or don't live together to allow former spouses to have designated time with their children The times are spelled out in court orders, and for violations, judges now have the discretion to suspend licenses and "boot" vehicles. License reinstatement requires payment of a $45 fee and a certificate from the FOC stating that the parent is in compliance with the court order. Other law changes Another change in the law reduces the maximum income withholding for child support from 65 percent to 50 percent of a payer's net disposable income. Legislation also eliminated an automatic assessment of surcharges for unpaid child support. Starting Jan. 1, 2011, courts will have the authority to assess surcharges on a case-by-case basis if there's a finding of willful noncompliance with a court order. Watson said a law that went into effect in 1996 assessed an 8 percent surcharge twice a year to any unpaid support. The idea was to give non-custodial parents an incentive to pay support, Watson said, "but it's buried people." The surcharge amount was reduced in 2006 to tie it to the five-year average of interest rates on treasury notes. Aside from the impact on individual payers, Watson said, the high interest rate and frequent compounding created a huge statewide total of IOU money that is unlikely to ever be paid. At the end of 2009, the statewide total of unpaid child support was more than $9 billion, and half of the amount is surcharges. Surcharges totaled $250 million in 2009 alone. Many people who pay court-ordered child support earn low wages and, for them the surcharges are particularly burdensome. Watson said 54 percent of child support payers in Michigan report income of less than $10,000 annually. They account for 77 percent of the total past due support payments. <mailto:saiken%40TheH-P.com> saiken@TheH-P.com. Copyright C 2010 - Herald Palladium   James Semerad DADS and MOMS PAC Washington DC Representative 5815 Woodlawn Gable Dr, Apt I Alexandria, VA  22309   6632 Telegraph Road, Suite 110 Bloomfield Hills, MI  48301 ( phone: 248-467-1204 www.dadsmomspac.org info@dadsmomspac.org Darrick Scott-Farnsworth Executive Director www.AChildsRight.net www.daddyblogger.com  Work 269 353-5041 Cell 269 209-7144 or Nextel DC ID 130*112*19287 True Conservative: Pro-Life, Liberty and Property

 

Fathers Rights Educational Manual

 

Thanks to George McCasland for this one.   Fathers Rights Educational Manual http://docs. dads-house. org/Dads- House-Manual. pdf   James Semerad DADS and MOMS PAC Washington DC Representative 5815 Woodlawn Gable Dr, Apt I Alexandria, VA  22309   6632 Telegraph Road, Suite 110 Bloomfield Hills, MI  48301 ( phone: 248-467-1204 www.dadsmomspac.org info@dadsmomspac.org   Darrick Scott-Farnsworth Executive Director www.AChildsRight.net www.daddyblogger.com  Work 269 353-5041 Cell 269 209-7144 or Nextel DC ID 130*112*19287 True Conservative: Pro-Life, Liberty and Property

 

MHBCCC Emploee records hard to come by

Big Brother gets bigger and bigger… time to think outside of the box and vote for libertarian or constitution party candidates.

Employee Records Hard to Come by at Mysterious State Child Care Agency

By Tom Gantert | June 5, 2010

The Michigan Home Based Child Care Council (MHBCCC), a controversial government agency that the legislature attempted to defund but was kept alive by the Michigan Department of Human Services, said in a June 2 letter it doesn't have a job description for its $80,000 executive director position and doesn't track the hours of its top executive.

But once contacted by Michigan Capitol Confidential, MHBCCC Executive Director D. Elizabeth Jordan stated Saturday in an e-mail the agency would provide a job description. Jordan's e-mail said there were no time sheets.

The government agency replied to a Freedom Of Information Act request by the Mackinac Center For Public Policy in a June 2 letter. It stated:

"Executive Director Time Sheets or other records which demonstrate hours spent on the job on MHBCCC-related business and which explain the fulfillment of the aforementioned job description and requirements. Please be advised that no such documents exist."

Jordan signed the June 2 letter that stated there were no documents on her job. Jordan's salary is $80,000 a year.

The MHBCC was created by the Michigan Department of Human Services and Mott Community College to act as a so-called employer of the state's 40,000 home-based child care providers and business owners. The MHBCCC signed a contract with a government employee union called Child Care Providers Together Michigan that allows the MHBCCC to collect union dues from the home-based workers and employers.

Earlier this year, the state legislature cut the funding for the MHBCCC but the Department of Human Services kept it alive by find other funds within its budget.

--
Dennis Lawrence
Child and Family Rights Advocate
www.miparentalrights.ning.com
616-848-0664

MPR Update

Michigan for Parental Rights Protecting from abuse of the child welfare system A message to all members of Michigan for Parental Rights Here is a list of updates for Michigan for Parental Rights   TELEVISION SHOW-  Our T.V. show will be making it to the cable airwaves of comcast (Wyoming, Kentwood, Gaines township) on channel 25. The show will air Wednesday's at 3:30 p.m., starting June 2. We hope to secure a better time slot in the future. We hope to expand to other cable outlets and U-Verse this fall. We are still in need of additional production crew memebers come on down and give it a try.  NING SITE- As you may have heard in July the Ning site will be a paid service. I have been able to secure funding so the Michigan for Parental Rights site will be going nowhere. I have been real pleased with this social network. Please keep the blogs and info coming in.  TEA PARTY- I have been invited to speak at the West Michigan Tea Party meeting this thursday in Grand Rapids. I believe this is a opportunity for recruitment for our cause. There are many out there that do not know what is going on. When we talk about the family court and child welfare it's socialism. There are very limited court actions one can take for justice to previal.  POLITICAL- Judith Faye has informed me that she will interviewed on Newscenter 8. We do not have a confirmed date but we will keep you posted. OF SPECIAL NOTE: I wanted to mention one of our members and a dear friend Kim Braily lost her 16 year old son on thursday, at the hands of Judge Gardner. I have heard so many stories about Judge Gardner. This is the 21st victim of this Judge that we have ran accross. GARDNER MUST BE STOPPED AND THROWN OFF THE BENCH. If anyone else has had a encounter with this Judge contact our friend Deanna at www.abusedswan.com. We must continue to network togather to become stronger and a force to battle this corrupt system. Also another good person to network with is Darrick Farnsworth http://www.dadsmomspac.org/pacnews.html . Visit Michigan for Parental Rights at: http://miparentalrights.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network   To control which emails you receive on Michigan for Parental Rights, click here

Mom, Son Reunited After CPS Nightmare; Jury Awards Man $16 Million for Ex-Wife's False Molestation Claim

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	http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=80782170&msgid=983815&act=9WI1&c=386094&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fathersandfamilies.org Mom, Son Reunited After CPS Nightmare; Jury Awards Man $16 Million for Ex-Wife's False Molestation Claim June 1, 2010 Top Stories Mom, Son Reunited After 2-Year CPS Nightmare By Robert Franklin, Esq., Board Member, Fathers and Families The case that's dropped jaws all across the U.S. and Canada is finally coming to an end. Judge Kip Leonard is finally allowing Noah Kirkman to return to his native Calgary after two years in foster care in Oregon.  Read about it here (Yahoo, 5/29/10). We've covered this outrageous case extensively. Noah Kirkman is now 12 years old.  When he was taken into foster care by Oregon authorities two years ago, he had not been abused; he had not been neglected.  No one has ever claimed that his mother Lisa Kirkman (pictured) or his stepfather John Kirkman has ever been anything but a good parent to him.  That's reflected in his grades which are straight A's despite Noah's severe  ADHD. No, in their zeal to substitute foster care for parental care, Oregon child welfare authorities decided that Lisa Kirkman had abandoned her son.  How did they figure that?  Well, he was living with his stepfather in Oregon, that's how.  Make sense to you?  After all, John has been the boy's steadfast and true dad for 10 of his 12 years on this earth.  How Oregon child welfare workers and Judge Leonard concluded that a boy, who's never been abused or neglected in any way and who's living with his stepfather, had been abandoned is one for the record books.  In all the annals of state intervention into families, has there ever been a case more arbitrary or capricious? Recently, Lisa Kirkman asked what Oregon child welfare authorities do with kids who go to summer camp.  She had a point.  If a stepfather has no parental authority, does a camp counselor?  Can we look forward, in the upcoming weeks, to child welfare sweeps of Oregon summer camps for kids? In the meantime, we can also inquire as to what's changed to make the judge allow Noah to return to Canada.  Is he in some way less “abandoned” now than he was two years ago?  Have Lisa and John miraculously become better parents?  I doubt it.  I think the extreme level of public and media-based outrage at the highhandedness of the judge and the Oregon DHS forced them to do the obvious - the thing that any non-zealot would have done from the very first day - send Noah home to his dad and move on to real cases of children who suffer from parental abuse or neglect.  In other words, Oregon DHS should have done its job. Amazingly enough though, Judge Leonard didn't return Noah to John and Lisa; he returned him to his grandparents in Calgary.  How that makes sense is anyone's guess, but it looks suspiciously like a judge trying to make himself look like a little less of a fool than most people probably think.  He actually maintains the fiction that the Kirkman's household may not be the best thing for Noah, although he doesn't mention why it wouldn't be. Whatever the case, I have a couple of pieces of advice for the Kirkmans.  First, once your son is beyond the jurisdiction of the Oregon court, bring him home to your house.  He can see his grandparents any time and he'll be beyond the reach of Judge Leonard's draconian grasp. Second, talk to an Oregon attorney about suing the state's DHS under Oregon's tort claims act.  My antennae tell me that there was a lot of negligence involved in the decision to take your son.  And you can count on a sympathetic jury.  Almost every one on it will sit in court listening to the evidence while the sentence “There but for the grace of God go I” runs through his/her head. Jury Awards Man $16 Million for Ex-Wife's False Molestation Claim By Robert Franklin, Esq., Board Member, Fathers and Families In this case, a mother's claim against her husband that he sexually molested her daughter went slightly awry. Thirteen years after the fact, a federal appellate court has upheld the verdict in his civil cause of action against her and her police officer husband. The verdict was for $14 million in compensatory damages and $1 million each in punitive damages for a total of $16 million. Back in 1991, Ted White married Tina (whose name is now McKinley) and attempted to adopt her two children by a previous marriage. But the children's father refused to give up his parental rights, so there the issue stayed. In 1995, he had a change of heart, though, and agreed to the termination of his rights. Why the about-face? It seems that Tina had informed him that if he didn't, she'd file charges of child sexual molestation against him. Too bad Ted White didn't know that. Because about a year later, his marriage to Tina was on the rocks and, unbeknownst to him, she was seeing another man. That man was Richard McKinley, a police officer for the Lee's Summit police department. Apparently they hatched a plan to get White out of their lives and those of the children for whom he was the adoptive parent. Tina charged him with sexual molestation of her daughter, Jami, and who do you suppose investigated the matter for the police? That's right, Richard McKinley. And during his investigation, certain exculpatory evidence went missing. That included Jami's diary, in which the girl said she thought White was a great dad and that he was more caring about her than was her mother. After Tina leveled her charges at White, McKinley also interfered in Jami's interview with the Center for Protection and Children that's charged with interviewing children in molestation cases. White was convicted, fled to Costa Rica, was captured and spent over five years in prison successfully appealing his conviction. First, he discovered the withheld evidence and got a new trial. That resulted in a hung jury that voted 11-1 for acquittal. On retrial, he was acquitted. He then sued his former wife, her current husband Richard McKinley and the City of Lee's Summit. The city settled out of court and the jury found both Tina and McKinley liable to White and awarded damages. Because he was a police officer acting under color of law, the suit was for violation of White's civil rights under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1983. (We've seen that little gem used to sue the State of California for denial of parental rights for bypassing a father and placing a child in foster care.) White has already gotten paid by the City of Lee's Summit, although how much we don't know. Will he ever see a dime from the happy McKinley couple? I doubt it, although he may agree to be paid a few cents on the dollar. Still, it's an instructive tale. False allegations are not legal. Prosecutors aren't often interested in pursuing them in criminal court, but individuals always have the civil courts in which to try to gain some form of justice.       Join Fathers and Families http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=80782170&msgid=983815&act=9WI1&c=386094&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fathersandfamilies.org Fathers and Families is a family court reform organization with a comprehensive strategy, an impressive history of legislative and fundraising success, and the largest reach of any advocacy group of its kind: ·      Get Involved ·      Contribute to Fathers and Families ·      Become an F & F Activist/Supporter by Filling out Our Volunteer Form   What's Happening Australian Study Asks Children Their Ideas About CustodyHYPERLINK "http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=80782170&msgid=983815&act=9WI1&c=386094&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fathersandfamilies.org%2F%3Fp%3D7624" \o "Permanent Link to Aussie Paper Misrepresents Study in Order to Oppose Shared Parenting" Aussie Paper Misrepresents Study in Order to Oppose Shared ParentingHYPERLINK "http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=80782170&msgid=983815&act=9WI1&c=386094&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fathersandfamilies.org%2F%3Fp%3D7604" \o "Permanent Link to What's Best for Little Sydney? Another Sad Case of International Parental Abduction" What's Best for Little Sydney? Another Sad Case of International Parental AbductionHYPERLINK "http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=80782170&msgid=983815&act=9WI1&c=386094&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fathersandfamilies.org%2F%3Fp%3D7656" \o "http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/?p=7656  CTRL + Click to follow link" Judge Reads Riot Act to Mom in Custody Hearing Ninth Circuit: CPS Must Tell Dads of Allegations of AbuseHYPERLINK "http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=80782170&msgid=983815&act=9WI1&c=386094&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fathersandfamilies.org%2F%3Fp%3D7647" \o "http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/?p=7647  CTRL + Click to follow link" New Minnesota Program Tries to Lower Divorce Rate A New Idea--Take Your Dad to Work Day   CA Legislative Update F & F Bill to Protect Disabled Parents' Child Custody, Visitation Rights Passes Senate by Unanimous Consent, Moves to Assembly Fathers & Families' mission is to protect children's right to the love and care of both parents after divorce or separation. We often hear from disabled or partially disabled parents who have been driven to the margins of their children's lives because the other parent has used their disability/partial disability as a pretext to deny them custody or visitation with their children. While some disabled people are truly unable to care for their children, many are not. California Senator Rod Wright's (D-Los Angeles) SB 1188 will address and help solve this problem. Fathers & Families has joined with the American Retirees Association in co-sponsoring SB 1188, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent on May 19. Fathers and Families has helped garner the support of disabled rights groups, the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and others for SB 1188. Existing California family law codes do not address the issue of disabled parents, leaving the door open for unnecessary and often expensive litigation, even in cases where the disabled parent had been successfully parenting the children for many years prior to the separation or divorce. SB 1188 will add Section 3049 to the Family Code. It will read: 3049.  In any proceeding to determine child custody or visitation under this part, in which at least one parent is disabled, the disability of that parent may not form the basis for an order granting custody or visitation to another party, or for an order for imposing any condition or limitation on an award of custody to or visitation by the disabled parent, unless there is a finding by the court that  a grant of custody or visitation to, or a condition or limitation on custody or visitation by, the disabled parent would not be in the best interest of the child. This section applies to any proceeding regarding custody or visitation, including, but not limited to, a request for a modification of an existing order for custody or visitation... SB 1188 shifts the burden of proof onto the parent who raises the disability as an issue, serving as a deterrent to a parent seeking to raise the issue as a way to cause unnecessary litigation. It also reduces disabled parents' litigation costs and helps reduce court calendar time and costs at a time when California is struggling with budget woes. If you are a disabled parent, we want to hear from you–please fill out our form here. If you have a family law problem or feel that your disability has been used against you, please also fill out the last two boxes of the form.   Become an F & F Activist/Supporter by Filling out Our Volunteer Form Missed an E-Newsletter? Read Them All Here

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