*UPDATE AS OF APRIL 27th, 2010* The bill failed. Please continue to show your support on DADS of Tennessee via Facebook pages @ http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1123056772563#!/pages/DADS-of-Tennessee/366276263080
*If you wouldn't mind, please include your Tennessee county in the comment section. Mr. Bell stated that he doesn't think this problem is statewide; let's show him that it most definitely is!*
Don't forget to sign the petition for SB 2881:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/17/in-support-of-sb-2881-without-the-rowland-amendment
House Bill 2916
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 1, relative to equal parenting.
Section 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 36-6-01, is amended by deleting subdivision (a) (2) (A) (i) in its entirety and substituting instead the following:
(i) Except as provided in the subdivision (a)(2)(A), the court shall have the widest discretion to order a custody arrangement that is in the best interest of the child. At any hearing to determine custody of a minor child, the court shall order that the child get equal time with each of the child's parents unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that one (1) or both of the parents are unfit to care for the child. This section shall not be construed to prohibit both fit parents from voluntarily entering into a parenting plan that does not give the child equal time with each parent. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the court from giving the child less than equal time with a parent that does not seek equal time with the child. For the purpose of assisting the court in making a custody determination when a parent has been proven to be unfit, the court may direct that an investigation be conducted.
Please sign this petition for all the children that don't have both parents in their life then pass it on to the next parent that misses tucking their children in at night.
