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Appellate Judge Believes Fit Parents Are Entit ...


According to Appellate Judge Puryear, in a concurring opinion in 2005 in Texas, the trial court judges have been applying the wrong standards and getting the in ...


Best Interest of the Child Senate Bill Fact Sh ...


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 ...


Civil Rights Attorney Wins Big Again Against C ...


Tammi Stefano of The National Safe Child show interviews California civil rights Attorney Shawn McMillan who talks about how even he was at risk of having his c ...


APA Says Joint Custody is Healthier for Childr ...


Right now most state laws do not require a judge to order equal custody. That makes state laws contrary to the best interest of the child. The most recent stud ...


Equal Parenting Bill HB 453 in Texas has a Com ...


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 ...


New Bill SB 816 Filed to Challenge Best Intere ...


Senator Campbell just filed a Bill yesterday that has the potential to put an end to the abuses created by “best interest of the child” standards. S ...


Monica Contreras Sexually Assaulted by Family ...


Monica Contreras was sexually assaulted following a hearing in her divorce case. In August of 2011, Marshal Ron Fox sexually assaulted this mother in the Clark ...


GAL Program Found to Be Operating Unethically ...


A volunteer Guardian Ad Litem, Cynthia Bemis, and its VGAL program was found by Judge Anita Farris in Washington State, Snohomish County Superior Court to be en ...


Bullying abounds at big law firms, but it ofte ...


Workplace standards in many law firms remain in the Dark Ages. According to this study, bullying and lack of respect plagues many law firms. The study does not ...


Iowa Proposed Joint Custody Bills Getting Majo ...


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 Senat ...


Equal Parenting and Mental Health


Download, print, and take this Legislative talk sheet with you to present to your legislators: Equal-Parenting-Effects-on-Mental-Health


Missouri’s Proposed Equal Parenting Bill ...


Missouri has filed a House and a Senate Bill this year for equal parenting. Senate Bill (SB 377) was the newest Bill to be filed. This Bill adds an equal paren ...


Legislative Bills in Texas – Find a Bill


If you want to find a Bill currently being proposed in Texas, you can Find your Bill number here. The current proposed equal parenting bill is HB 453 sponsored ...


Teen Mom 2 Kailyn Lowry and Javi Marroquin Set ...


Kail and Javi settle on 50 50 parenting and no child support. These two young parents, Kailyn Lowry and Javi Marroquin have settled on equal parenting, 50/50, a ...


Live Stream Video and Audio of Testimony on Le ...


Go here for live Recordings and Broadcasts of Floor and Committee Meetings and Hearings www.txlegis.com Proceedings Floor proceedings of the senate and the hou ...


How do you Register to Testify for a Bill in T ...


If you want to testify on a particular Bill in Texas, you can start your registration process early. (For more help on putting your testimony together, click he ...


Legislative Dates and Status of Bills in Texas ...


You can follow the status of Bills, how to contact your legislator, find important Bill dates, and how a legislator voted all through this link: Texas Legislatu ...


Noncustodial Parents in Illinois Can Receive C ...


See the case In Re Marriage of Turk (Illinois Supreme Court 2014). The court ruled that the custodial parent can be made to pay the noncustodial parent to allev ...


Illinois has a New Way to Calculate Child Supp ...


“Up until now, Illinois has followed the “Percentage of Income” model of child support, calculating support based on a flat percentage of only the non ...


Which legislators are interested in family law ...


  There are multiple bills sponsored already in Texas that affect the parent-child relationship in one way or another. One bill makes it criminal for a Gua ...


Education Suffers when Parents are Denied Equa ...


Remember that many Ph.D.’s will refer to “shared parenting”. Don’t let them get away with that. Insist on equal parenting as the startin ...


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