From: John Murtari (jmurtari@akidsright.org)
Date: Wed Feb 28 2007 - 10:01:51 EST
Good People & People of Faith, This message has info on: 1. "Equal means Equal" - BLOG from Teri Stoddard 2. "Family Law reform helps children" - Tim Fittro and Stephen Baskerville 3. State Activity - Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, & New Hampshire 1. "Equal means Equal" - BLOG from Teri Stoddard ------------------------------------------------ Pretty self-explanatory. Read her latest BLOG entry at: http://MensNewsDaily.com/author/teri/ teri@AKidsRight.Org 2. "Family Law reform helps children" - Tim Fittro and Stephen Baskerville -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Stephen Baskerville <sbaskerville@cox.net> The following article was published Feb 26th, in the Charleston Gazette located in West Virginia. It discusses the status of the "Joint Parenting Act", legislation introduced in the West Virgina House and Senate as HB 2943 and SB 504. Read the article for full details: http://www.wvgazette.com/section//2007022517 3. State Activity - Iowa, Nevada, Michigan, & New Hampshire ---------------------------------------------------------- Collected by: Terri Stoddard <teri@AKidsRight.Org> A) IOWA: http://www.IowaFathers.com/ support@IowaFathers.com Please send an email to the following Senate Education Committee members and ask them to support Senate File 127. With the funnel date quickly approaching, it is imperative you do this ASAP! In the subject line, please type "Please Support SF 127". The more email the legislators receive from different parents, the greater the chance of passing this legislation. Any questions or concerns, please advise! Sincerely, Bryan Iehl support@IowaFathers.com Brian.Schoenjahn@legis.state.ia.us staci.appel@legis.state.ia.us jeff.angelo@legis.state.ia.us daryl.beall@legis.state.ia.us nancy.boettger@legis.state.ia.us mike.connolly@legis.state.ia.us bill.heckroth@legis.state.ia.us david.johnson@legis.state.ia.us keith.kreiman@legis.state.ia.us Herman.Quirmbach@legis.state.ia.us becky.schmitz@legis.state.ia.us Frank.Wood@legis.state.ia.us brad.zaun@legis.state.ia.us mark.zieman@legis.state.ia.us ----------------------------- B) NEVADA: http://www.NevadansForEqualParenting.Org/ Nevadans for Equal Parenting (NEP) and our sister organizations have been meeting with our State Legislators regarding the sorry situation with Family Courts in this State. We have submitted a request to form an advisory committee to study the problems in the Court. We need your help to show our lawmakers that there is support for this proposal. Please contact the senators listed below and tell them you support the INTERIM STUDY PROPOSAL -- Creation of Advisory Committee Concerning Alimony, Child Custody and Support Enforcement requested to Senate Committee on Legislative Operations February 15th, 2007. Here is a list of the Senators to contact: Mark Amodei 775-852-3900 mamodei@sen.state.nv.us Mike McGinness 775-684-1442 mmcginness@sen.state.nv.us Dennis Nolan 775-684-1421 dnolan@sen.state.nv.us William Raggio 775-684-1419 wraggio@sen.state.nv.us Randolph Townsend 775-684-1450 rtownsend@sen.state.nv.us Maurice Washington 775-684-1480 mwashington@sen.state.nv.us ------------------------------- C) MICHIGAN: http://www.DadsOfMichigan.org/ jimsemerad@cs.com Legislative Forum, Lansing, MI Thursday, March 1, Lansing, Michigan, 8:00 -10:00am, House Office Building, 5th Floor Mackinac Room Come and meet your Legislators on this day of remembrance of our core values to our family. We will meet and greet Legislators and provide inspiration to help them turn the legislative tide against building, strengthening and nurturing family. Too much of the emphasis is about finding fault with Dads, Moms, Grandparents, Stepparents, and children that have been ostracized from their family ties. http://www.dadsofmichigan.org/ For more information please contact Jim Semerad: James Semerad Dads and Moms of Michigan, An ACFC Affiliate 215 Nakomis Trail Lake Orion, MI 48362 (248) 693-0558 jimsemerad@cs.com 6632 Telegraph Road, Suite 110 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 www.dadsofmichigan.org (248) 559-DADS (3237) phone ------------------------------------------ D) NEW HAMPSHIRE: david1@worldpath.net About 8 people showed up to testify last Tues. and it went great. Between all of us I think we covered all the bases why college costs should not become incorporated into a divorce however they intend to have a subcommittee look at it further. We'll have to keep an eye on that. Here's the lineup of bills that need attention this coming week. HB 470 is the shared parenting bill that passed the House unanimously last session as HB 529 but the Senate said they weren't ready for it yet. They want to hear from people that feel the system is still not working since RSA 461-A went into effect Oct.1, 2005. David A. Bickford 183 Brackett Road New Durham, NH 03855 (603) 859-7899 david1@worldpath.net HB 410, establishing a commission on child support issues. Keeps the review of child support in the hands of a commission as opposed to H&HS. HB 463, relative to the awarding parental rights and responsibilities to a stepparent or grandparent. Requires stepparents and grandparents to get custody of children through the guardianship process rather than interfering with the parents case between each other. HB 470, determination of parental rights and responsibilities. Shared parenting bill that requires evidence to be used in order to deny comparable parenting and then putting in writing why, which improves chances of being able to successfully appeal the finding. HB 704-FN-A, relative to the commission on the status of men and making an appropriation therefor. Reinstates the Men's Commission and appropriates funds for staff. The Commission on the Status of Women promotes legislation, has been around for about 35 years and is funded with $118,000 per year. Men need equal opportunity and an equal voice before the legislature. SB 170-FN, establishing an office of mediation and arbitration within the judicial branch. This bill raises the question of whether the courts are taking control of mediation and arbitration which has always been an independent alternate to the judicial system. -- John Murtari ____________________________________________________________________ Coordinator AKidsRight.Org jmurtari@AKidsRight.Org "A Kid's Right to BOTH parents" Toll Free (877) 635-1968(x-211) http://www.AKidsRight.Org/ ======================================= Newsletter mailing list Newsletter@kids-right.org subscribe/unsubscribe info below: http://kids-right.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter
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