Shared
parenting is still under attack
by extreme feminists who will
stop at nothing by complete
control of children despite
the facts and studies that
show this is not on not good
or children, but actually
dangerous to their development
n many ways.
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Submitted by: "Derek
Meche" <wdmim2@cox.net>
Dear Group;
Please inform your Louisiana
members about HB
92 that would SCRAP shared
parenting!! WE need an all
hands out on this one. Write
the members of the House Civil
Law and Procedure Committee
and ask them to KILL this
BILL!!
Derek Meche, La Dads Director
Louisiana Legislature Website:
http://www.legis.state.la.us/
HB 92 on web site
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=291660
Rep. Bowler's Page
http://house.louisiana.gov/H-Reps/members.asp?ID=78
Page of the House Civil Law
and Procedure Committee.
They will hear
and can
KILL this bill.
http://house.louisiana.gov/H-Reps/clcommittee.asp
Letter to Media
Children have a right to be
raised and supported by both
fit parents. Why do members
of the Louisiana legislature
want to take away the right
of parents to share in raising
their children? Why do we
want government telling us
we can not share in the most
fundamental right of the family?
Representative Shirley Bowler
and friends want to do just
that. She is introducing HB
92 which would make obtaining
or keeping shared parenting
virtually impossible in this
state.
Why do this when the family
court judges, family psychologists,
legal scholars, federal government,
and other state's government
representatives recognize
the importance to keep both
parents in children's lives.
And why would you want to
create the known harm if both
fit parents do not share in
their children's lives.
Example: Last year the governor
of Iowa stated, "The
most important legislation
I have signed in Iowa was
the bill to promote the improved
shared parenting law for couples
divorcing."
The bill was
overwhelmingly passed by the
Iowa legislature.
Studies strongly support shared
parenting for our children.
The first shared custody statute
was signed into law in Indiana
in 1973, and since then shared
parenting has spread to all
states in the U.S. "Inherent
in the express public policy
is a recognition of the child's
equal right to equal access
and opportunity with both
parents, the right to be guided
and nurtured by both parents,
the right to have major decisions
made by the application of
both parents' wisdom, judgment
and experience." -Judge
Dorothy T. Beasley, Georgia
Court of Appeals, In the Interest
of A.R.B., a child, July 3,
1993.
"One clear message from
the accumulated divorce research
is that children profit by
continued exposure to both
parents." Journal of
Divorce, Vol. 8, No.2 Winter
1984
"The application of shared
parenting planning serves
to lessen the negative effects
of divorce on children by
95.7%."
Report on the
National Survey of Family
Court Judges, Journal of Divorce
and Remarriage, Robert L.
Fischer, 1997, Haworth Press
Why then would the state seek
to make shared parenting legally
more difficult? Why do our
legislative representatives
want to promote more conflict
in the family, rather than
less? And ultimately, why
would anyone want to remove
and separate a child from
fit parents?
The citizens of Louisiana
need to find out the answer.
Call the
governor's office, call your
legislative representative,
and call Mrs. Bowler.
This House Bill 92 is wrong
for the families of Louisiana.
It represents another example
of "backward" thinking
by our legislative representatives,
and gives every family another
reason to leave Louisiana.
Louisiana Children and Families
Foundation
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