DADS and of Michigan PAC
Alert!
dadspac@dadsofmichigan.org
March 17, 2006
DADS of Michigan PAC,
It has been a very busy
3 weeks with a lot of
legislation moving very
actively. The small
team that goes to Lansing
is putting in a lot
of time. Your lobbyist
has earned his pay.
You can help by reading
and understanding the
bills and telephone
your Legislators and
tell them your story,
and that you want change
in family court. DADS
of Michigan PAC has
opened the door for
you. Now we need your
voice.
We will also be sending
alerts to more then
200 Region Directors
and Coordinators in
the state. We need you
to recruit more people
and have them send an
email to
dadspac@dadsofmichigan.org
to sign up.
Legislation supporting
Shared Parenting HB
5267 has been somewhat
quiet this last two
weeks as other bills
have perculated to the
top of the legislative
agenda. Recent activities:
responded to several
edits to the bill (many
other groups submit
edits to the bill and
we have to respond to
them), Tim O'Brien published
a very significant editorial
in the Detroit News,
met with several legislators
and committee chairs,
established dialogue
with the Michigan Bar
Association (MBA) Family
Law Section (FLS) to
gain their support (DADS
PAC members attended
the MBA FLS meeting
in Lansing), established
dialogue with FOC Representatives
to gain FOC support,
many of you have contacted
your legislators (we
hear about that), established
a Shared Parenting web
site, provided legislators
with very significant
studies and reports
on shared parenting,
submitted an article
to the MBA FLS journal,
and more. Please, please
contact your legislator
and express your support.
We testified on HB 4161
Affidavit of Parentage
and fought with some
success on this. The
big success is the presumption
of Mom parentage in
unwed situations has
been removed. We had
people testify at committee
hearings and provided
written testimony. Is
it a home run, no. Is
it progress, absolutely.
The bill still must
pass the floor vote
and signed by the Governor.
A great deal of credit
goes to our Policy Team
on Custody and Visitation.
The Paternity bill HB
5088 and SB 467 was
heard in committee and
again we provided a
significant and powerful
package of written testimony
and had people come
in for testimony. We
are adding a section
to our web site on paternity
issues (stay tuned).
Our Policy Team has
written numerous articles,
appeared on TV and radio
programs, provided testimony,
researched other bills
from around the country,
and much more.
The Parenting Plan bill
HB 5701 is also high
on our priority list
and has gone through
a lot of transformation.
We are working with
Citizens for Traditional
Values (CTV) and the
Michigan Family Forum
(MFF) to shape this
legislation. This would
allow for written parenting
plans prepared by parents.
It is a lot more complicated
then that, but it will
allow your parenting
plan to have more influence
then the Michigan parenting
time guidelines (see
our web site for the
guidelines)
Marriage Package. We
are working with Citizens
for Traditional Values
(CTV) and the Michigan
Family Forum (MFF) to
shape this legislation.
See the bills below.
We continue to challenge
the arguments of those
groups and organizations
that constantly batter
family friendly legislation
which would support
"The Best Parent
Is Both Parents"
Who shows up at
the meetings, the usual
suspects…..DHS, NOW,
DV groups, Family Court
Judge, MFF, FRC,); Dads,
Family Law Section,
MCC, FOC.
Bicycle for Shared Parenting:
Robb McKenzie will extend
his bicycle challenge
for shared parenting
beginning June 14th
from Lansing to Washington,
DC. Robb is running
and working out every
day to get tuned up
for this trek. We have
linked up with ACFC
affiliates along the
way to provide escorts
for Robb. Stay tuned
for maps and details
of Robb's Ride For Shared
Parenting. A national
publicity program is
being prepared and will
be available for distribution
shortly.
PAC Action: Many of
you can not commit the
time to be in Lansing
for legislative sessions
and we have engaged
a very effective lobbyist
to get in front of the
legislators. We need
your financial support.
With many of the pending
bills reaching a critical
stage, DADS of Michigan
PAC engaged a lobbyist
to further these issues.
This is not free and
we need you to make
a monthly financial
commitment of $10, $15,
$25, $50, $100, $500,
$1000 per month for
the next year. We can
process these via credit
card each month. Please
call our hotline at
248-559-3237 today to
make your pledge or
email
dadspac@dadsofmichigan.org.
Repeal the Bradley Amendment
by Phyllis Schlafly
- Feb 27, 2006
Posted in
News by ANCPR
on the February 27th,
2006
Townhall.com :: Columns
:: Repeal the Bradley
Amendment by Phyllis
Schlafly - Feb 27, 2006
When our supposedly
compassionate federal
government pokes its
nose into areas that,
under our principle
of federalism, should
be none of its business,
the result is often
unintended consequences,
gross injustices, and
of course massive costs.
A prime example is the
1986 federal Bradley
Amendment, which mandates
that a child-support
debt cannot be retroactively
reduced or forgiven
even if the debtor is
unemployed, hospitalized,
in prison, sent to war,
dead, proved to not
be the father, never
allowed to see his children,
or loses his job or
suffers a pay cut. (more...)
2 Comments
Events and Calendar -
Show Your Support:
Judge Kathleen McCarthy,
Wayne County Circuit
Court Judge, Thursday,
March 23, 5:00-7:00
PM, Delux Cocktail Lounge,
350 Monroe, Detroit,
MI 48226, $100.00
Senator Michael Bishop,
Thursday, March 23,
7:00 PM, Rochester Mills
Beer Company, 400 Water
St, Rochester, MI 48307,
$35.00.
Keith A. Butler: There
is going to be a Meet
& Greet Keith A.
Butler for U.S. Senate
There is NO COST to
attend. The new date
is Friday, March 24th
from 7:00 -9.00 in the
Family Center at Life
Christian Church, 3193
Rochester Rd. Troy,
MI 48083 There will
be light refreshments
served.
***Pizza
& Politics on the
Road***
A
special event for Precinct
Delegates and grassroots
activists!
Precinct Delegates are
the driving force of
our party. Join us for
FREE
regional pizza parties
to thank our 2004 delegates,
and sign-up to be delegate
for 2006!
Notaries Public will
be on hand to notarize
your affidavit to become
a delegate!
West
Michigan Event
Tuesday, March 21st
6 - 9 PM
Kent County GOP Headquarters
264 Leonard NW, Grand
Rapids 49504
Northern
Michigan Event
Wednesday, March 22nd
6 - 9 PM
Spicy Bob's Italian
Express
1290 W. Main St., Gaylord
49735
Southeast
Michigan Event
Thursday, March 23rd
6 - 9 PM
Elk's Club #1523
2401 E. 4th St., Royal
Oak 48067
Precinct
Delegate
Become a Precinct Delegate
for your legislative
district and vote in
your political party
on important policy
and agenda issues. DADS
of Michigan PAC is supporting
a state wide initiative
to have a Precinct Delegate
in every legislative
district. Sign up by
completing the form
and sending to the DADS
of Michigan address
on our home page. We
will help ensure that
this is correctly registered,
or you may register
yourself.
Precinct Delegate Form,
Instruction.
Or check our web site
under PAC.
Legal
Updates
The Michigan Supreme
Court recently denied
leave to appeal in Muller,
leaving intact the trial
court order restricting
the presence of unrelated
members of the opposite
sex during parenting
time.
http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/documents/SCT/PUBLIC/ORDERS/20060308_S130041_61_130041_2006-03-08_or.pdf
Family
law
Updated Bills or Resolutions:
-
HB 5698 of 2006
Family law; marriage
and divorce; divorce;
require a divorce
effects program before
entry of judgment
of divorce.
-
HB 5699 of 2006
Family law; marriage
and divorce; prerequisites
for issuance of a
marriage license;
require premarriage
program or longer
waiting period. TIE
BAR WITH: HB 5700'06HB
5702'06HB 5703'06
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HB 5700 of 2006
Income tax; credit;
marriage preservation
tax credit; provide
for. TIE BAR WITH:
HB 5699'06HB 5702'06HB
5703'06
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HB 5701 of 2006
Family law; child
custody; child parenting
plan; create. TIE
BAR WITH: HB 5698'06
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HB 5702 of 2006
Family law; marriage
and divorce; individuals
who can accept payment
and perform marriage
and family counseling;
expand. TIE BAR WITH:
HB 5699'06HB 5700'06HB
5703'06
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HB 5703 of 2006
Family law; marriage
and divorce; recording
of certain information
on marriage license
and certificate; require.
TIE BAR WITH: HB 5699'06HB
5700'06HB 5702'06
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HB 4086 of 2005
Family law; marriage
and divorce; solemnization
of marriage; allow
all county clerks
and their designees
to conduct. Amends
secs. 7 & 16 of
1846 RS 83 (MCL 551.7
& 551.16).
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HB 4161 of 2005
Family law; child
custody; provision
regarding presumption
of custody in acknowledgment
of parentage act;
repeal. Repeals sec.
6 of 1996 PA 305 (MCL
722.1006).
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SB 0120 of 2005
Criminal procedure;
evidence; prior acts
of domestic violence;
allow to be admissible
as evidence. Amends
1927 PA 175 (MCL 760.1
- 777.69) by adding
sec. 27a to ch. VIII.
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DADS of Michigan PAC
"Fathers are responsible
parents too…because
the best parent is both
parents"
