National Parents Organization - Newsletter August 29, 2013

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August 29, 2013

National Parents Organization improves the lives of children and strengthens society by protecting every child's right to the love and care of both parents after separation or divorce. We seek better lives for children through family court reform that establishes equal rights and responsibilities for fathers and mothers.

Attend the Connecticut Child Support Guidelines Hearings
By Rita Fuerst Adams, National Executive Director, National Parents Organization

National Parents Organization of Connecticut is seeking volunteers to respond to Connecticut’s Department of Social Services proposed amendments to the child support guidelines. We need volunteers to attend the hearings and help get other members to attend the hearings.

Please email us if you will attend a hearing or are interested in getting more members to attend.

The Connecticut Executive Committee is writing National Parents Organization of Connecticut’s formal response representing our views and recommendations. It will be posted on the website when it is competed.

From our experience in Massachusetts, we have learned that attendance is important.
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Establish an Affiliation in Your State

National Parents Organization is working to build a strong affiliate in every state. What will it take to bring National Parents Organization to your state? Leadership. It takes a team of volunteers to organize in your state and to reach out to legislators, media, and other groups who will work with us to make shared parenting the norm.

If you are ready, please contact Rita Fuerst Adams, National Executive Director. Together we can build an affiliate in your state.

Partnering with Massachusetts Rotary Club
By Lorraine Corbeil, Member, National Parents Organization of Massachusetts

Roy and I spent a lovely Sunday afternoon at the Westford, Massachusetts Rotary Club’s Annual Pig ’n Pepper community event, the last weekend in August. As a Community Partner, we had a booth to promote the mission of National Parents Organization. Read more...

Courier-Mail Pleads Guilty in Case of Abducted Italian Girls
August 28, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.
As an old song once said, “it’s a sign of the times.” Surely this story gives us some idea of the misplaced values and downright strangeness of the times we live in (Brisbane Times, 8/23/13). Read more...

Fifteen Years After Daughter Recanted Rape Charge, David Kelly Still in Prison
August 26, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.
My last post was about Elizabeth Paige Coast who was just sentenced to two months in prison for perjury. Read more...

Woman Who Sent Man to Prison Four Years to Serve Two Months for Perjury
August 25, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.
One of the greatest obstacles between fathers and their children is the by-now-entrenched habit of issuing no-contact orders based on nothing but allegations of domestic violence or child abuse. Read more...

Father Comes Forward to Claim Infant Abandoned by Mother
August 23, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.
Last week, an as-yet-unnamed Houston mother abandoned an eight-month old baby boy at a local fire station. Read more...

Fathers: To Walk or Not To Walk, That is the Question
August 22, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.
This article (San Francisco Appeal, 8/19/13) and this article (The Independent, 8/18/13) tell us a lot about what fathers face every day. Read more...

Scientists and Activists from 14 Countries Demand Action on Shared Parenting
August 21, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.
Social scientists, mental health professionals and advocates for family law reform from 14 different countries have called for governments to actively promote shared parenting following divorce or separation. Read about it here (Two Homes.com, 8/13/13). Read more...

The opinions expressed herein are those of our guest authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Parents Organization or its Board of Directors.

Volunteer Testimonial

“Children deserve both parents. National Parents Organization is committed to making this common-sense concept the norm in the United States. When we succeed, children will no longer be victims of a system that fosters conflict between parents and traumatizes children in the process. No one should have to endure the experiences that I had as a child, or what my daughter has been experiencing for most of her life.”

Lee Ryan Miller, Member, California Executive Committee