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Historic Bill Submitted

For the first time in Tennessee, and possibly any state, a bill has been introduced which would ensure parents an equal opportunity to raise their child. Law and judicial practice have always favored an award of sole custody, and based almost completely on gender. Until the mid-1800�s this favored dads, then from the late 1800�s to the late 1900�s moms . Presently more fathers are being awarded custody, and this is just as bad of an idea as sole mother custody households. Having one parent as the primary caregiver for the duration of childhood is the problem.

Not only does this provide lessened outcomes for children, but United States and Tennessee Supreme Court rulings indicate it is far outside of constitutional mandates, and so it must be changed. This has been a vexing problem because there was no ready answer of how to meet the requirements of constitutional guarantees and work in the real world.

Other states have experimented with joint custody laws to varying effect. 
These are easily thwarted by those in the legal community who wish to retain a system where most mothers receive sole custody simply by asking for it, lack protections against abusive and alienating parents, and still reside outside of constitutional law.

A bill has been introduced in the General Assembly which may remedy all of these problems. It is HB2338 by Rep. Bowers, and SB2406 by Sen. Dixon. 
These are respected legislators, and if enacted the bill will provide a positive option to allow a child to be raised by both of his or her parents, which does not exist in Tennessee, or any other state today. And by ending the practice of awarding the child as a prize, one of the major sources of injury to children parental conflict over them, is expected to almost completely disappear. This will lower the income of attorneys and social workers who specialize in parental conflict, but result in healthier children and less costly government programs.

See the bill header at the Tennessee General Assembly's website: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BillCompanionInfo.asp?BillNumber=HB2338

And the text: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB2338.pdf

Daniel Lee
CBI President
ACFC Associate Director
CRC Member
http://childsbestinterest.org

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