Promote family law based on modern research on relationships and family roles

Default divorce judgment of shared parenting, unless either parent can be proven unfit for parenting

To ensure parent's and children's relationships are not routinely terminated by divorce

Consistent and fair divorce rulings for child custody, child support, visitation

Ensure custodial parents can prove it’s "in the children’s best interest" before removing children from the other parent’s locale

Equal access to the grandchildren for all grandparents

Equal efforts for enforcement of child visitation as for child support

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

Penalties for false allegations of spousal abuse, or child abuse (loss of full custody)

Child support based on: objective "cost of parenting" data, not a percentage of real or hypothetical income

Capturing all parenting cost for both parents

Equal efforts for enforcement of child support when the recipient is a father

State compilation, reduction, and publication of court data (public record) for custody awards in cases where custody is disputed

Change our culture to value two parents raising their children

Change our culture to value fatherhood and fathers as more than a paycheck and a visitor to their own children

Eliminate "winner-take-all" divorce laws which encourage the breakup of the family and destruction of marriages

A family court system with specially trained professionals, which places an emphasis on family reconciliation where possible.

Where reconciliation is not possible, mediation or binding arbitration would be emphasized with the goal of  minimizing post-divorce animosity

Judges who have extensive training in family matters, child psychology, and related areas

A post-divorce parenting plan to complete any divorce where children are involved

Default divorce judgment of shared parenting, unless either parent can be PROVEN unfit for parenting

Ensure parent's and children's rights cannot be routinely terminated by divorce

Secure for separated or divorced parents the same parental rights as married parents

Laws which guarantee the rights of children to have an equal PERSONAL and legal relationship after a divorce with BOTH parents

Guaranteed equal access and visitation for all grandparents of children whose parents have divorced

Code of Alabama, 1975 (including Title 30, Marital and Domestic Relations statutes)