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What is your goal for reform? / NY Candidate for Governor supports "shared parenting"
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This is a message from a mailing list, members@kids-right.org Unsubscribe instructions at bottom of message. ====================================================================== Good People & People of Faith, This message contains info on: 1. Tom Golisano - NY State Candidate for Governor supports "shared parenting". 2. Goals - What will satisfy you as a goal for reform? 1. Tom Golisano - NY State Candidate for Governor supports "shared parenting". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parts of a News release below from the Campaign. Golisano is running as an independent, but has a significant amount of support in the state, app 17% by some polls. He will be involved in a moderated debate with the other candidates on Saturday Morning in New York City (WNBC-TV). Parents are welcome to attend and also to submit questions they would like asked via E-mail (details below). Following collection of news from Randall Dickinson (dickins895@aol.com) and David Friedman (dfbai@yahoo.com) ----- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Campaign Contact: Ernest Baynard (585) 419-9101 October 31, 2002 http://www.golisano.com/ Golisano Calls for Family Court Reform to Allow Children the Benefit of Both Parents Rochester Candidate for Governor, Tom Golisano today called for the reform of family court laws so that both parents will have the opportunity to participate fully in their children's lives when couples separate.... "As governor, I will do everything in my power to see that children have the right to have both parents involved in their lives," said Golisano. "This important issue should be addressed immediately and remain above the realm of partisan politics." The current inequity in our legal system, in many cases, has allowed the entire side of one spouse's family to be removed from a child's life upon the naked assertion by one party that joint custody would be difficult. This invariably works to the detriment of the child. Golisano supports legal reform which will strongly presume shared parenting over a system which, because of outdated case law, favors sole custody of children when a mother and father separate. The new presumption in favor of shared parenting would have to be rebutted by substantial evidence for sole custody to be considered.... ----- Saturday is a chance to meet Mr. Golisano, his staff and reporters from around the state and even the country. Oh, yeah, free T shirts, hats & signs too. --- Email Questions for the Debate to the WNBC moderator at: programming@wnbc.com >From the Golisano Campaign: Hi, it's another Debate Rally! This time it's at the NBC studios at Rockefeller Center. The debate is from 9:15am - 10am (early!) Let's get as many people we can so we can show our support. Bring the kids! Saturday morning, November 2, 8:15 AM NBC studios W. 49th & 50th (Rockefeller Center) Look for the Big Red Double Decker bus We will have: * Hot Coffee * Bagels and Donuts * Music * T-shirts & Hats * Warm Place to watch the debate 2. Goals - What will satisfy you as a goal for reform? ----------------------------------------------------- We are happy about a major political candidate endorsing Family Law reform, and Mr. Golisano has our vote, but as we read the news release above, a few questions came to mind: "The new presumption in favor of shared parenting would have to be rebutted by substantial evidence for sole custody to be considered..." 1. Does shared parenting mean essentially equal time with the kids? Is every other weekend and one night a week enough to qualify you as having "shared parenting." 2. Who decides when "substantial evidence for sole custody" exists? Is that the Judge alone? Many of you know how decisions were written in your cases. Do you think your Judge would have been able to find "substantial evidence?" 3. An even more basic question, "What is the substantial evidence about?" Is it enough that one parent is well educated, have a great job, and a beautiful home -- while the other does not? Do we have to prove that one parent is an actual threat to the kids? Or is it substantial evidence about the child's best interest? 4. What about the families hurt by our system of Child Abuse laws? Should the "solution" to Family Law Reform also include these families? Or do we need to take it slow? What we have on our site as our Goal is: "The right of parents & children to associate is an inalienable right. Equal access and participation is assumed. Anyone finding this right challenged has the protection of a jury, and required proof beyond a reasonable doubt." http://www.AKidsRight.Org/approach.htm We realized we don't answer all the questions above. What do you think? How should it read? We welcome your responses! Please keep them brief. We will try to take the top responses and turn them into an on-line poll at the site. Webmaster@AKidsRight.Org ================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list at anytime, send email to Majordomo@kids-right.org with the following 1 line in the BODY of the message (Subject is ignored). unsubscribe members
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