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Promote family law based on modern research on relationships and
family roles |
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Default divorce judgment of shared parenting, unless either parent
can be proven unfit for parenting |
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To ensure parent's and children's relationships are not routinely
terminated by divorce |
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Consistent and fair divorce rulings for child custody, child
support, visitation |
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Ensure custodial parents can prove its "in the
childrens best interest" before removing children from the other parents
locale |
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Equal access to the grandchildren for all grandparents |
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Equal efforts for enforcement of child visitation as for child
support |
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Provide a better role model for children, by
awarding custody to a parent who is working and able to
support and care for their children if the other parent is on public welfare
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Penalties for false allegations of spousal abuse, or child abuse
(loss of full custody) |
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Child support based on: objective "cost of parenting"
data, not a percentage of real or hypothetical income |
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Capturing all parenting cost for both parents |
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Equal efforts for enforcement of child support when the recipient
is a father |
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State compilation, reduction, and publication
of court data (public record) for custody awards in cases
where custody is disputed |
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Change our culture to value two parents raising their children |
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Change our culture to value
fatherhood and fathers as more than a paycheck and a visitor to their own children
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Eliminate
"winner-take-all" divorce laws which encourage the breakup of the family and
destruction of marriages |
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A family court system with specially
trained professionals, which places an emphasis on family reconciliation where possible.
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Where reconciliation is not
possible, mediation or binding arbitration would be emphasized with the goal of
minimizing post-divorce animosity |
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Judges who have extensive training
in family matters, child psychology, and related areas |
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A post-divorce parenting plan to
complete any divorce where children are involved |
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Default divorce judgment of shared parenting, unless either parent
can be PROVEN unfit for parenting |
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Ensure parent's and children's rights cannot be routinely
terminated by divorce |
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Secure for separated or divorced parents the same parental rights
as married parents |
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Laws which guarantee the rights of children to have an equal
PERSONAL and legal relationship after a divorce with BOTH parents |
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Guaranteed equal access and visitation for all grandparents of
children whose parents have divorced |
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Code of Alabama, 1975 (including Title 30, Marital and Domestic
Relations statutes) |