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Our objective in 2008 is to increase public awareness of shared parenting. We
will disseminate shared parenting information. To kick off the year, we testified
before the Judicial
Branch’s Public Service and Trust Commission -- Public Hearing,
12/03/07
- The courts routinely
and unnecessarily eliminate completely fit parents.
- Currently,
6 states: Alaska,
Iowa, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas,
and Wisconsin,
have legislation which promotes equal access when both parents are
fit.
- Judges
need to ask each parent “what have you done to encourage active
involvement of the other parent.”
For details of the testimony, click Patterson
and Clapp.
In 2007 we fought for the presumption of substantially equal
joint decision making and parenting time . See SB 1120 . Here is
a summary of SB1120 with SPC’s recommendations for changing the language
so as to encourage active involvement by both parents.
In 2006, a
new relocation law takes effect (October 1, PA06-168)
shifting the burden of proof when one parent wants to relocate with the
minor children. Under the new law, the relocating parent must consider the effect
that relocation will have on the Parental Responsibility Plan and on the
relationship of the children with the other parent.
In 2005 a law (PA05-258) redefines
the best interests of the child to include active involvement of both
parents. The law outlines six requirements for Parental Responsibility
Plans to govern the physical companionship and decision making authority of
parents.
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