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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/8/2013 5:06:00 PM Scott Woodruff--HSLDA Iowa--Calls Needed Before Tuesday to Protect Kids from Unwanted Visits |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Iowa--Calls Needed Before Tuesday to Protect Kids from Unwanted Visits Dear Iowa HSLDA Members and Friends, If you think it's your job to decide if your parents and your in-laws may visit your children, you're right--but you might not be right for long. Senate File (SF) 118 would empower a judge to push aside your wishes for the flimsiest of reasons and order you to let your parents and in-laws (and even grandparents) visit your children when and how he tells you. If there is some level of relationship between your kids and your parents (or in-laws) and the judge thinks you're acting selfishly, and he believes forced visitation would be best for your kids, SF 118 will empower him to order it. Your only chance to stop it at that point would be to hire a lawyer and prove that your parent or in-law is "unfit" or that visitation would risk causing physical or emotional harm to your child. This bill is not only a frontal assault on parenting as we know it, but it's an attack on the integrity of the extended family. Imagine you being in a position where--in order to protect your kids--you had to prove in court that your parents were a bad influence! This bill will lead to the destruction of many family relationships. The bottom line is that the government has no business telling you who should visit your kids. Our first opportunity to stop this bill is this Tuesday, when it has a hearing in a Senate subcommittee. We need your calls to stop this government intrusion into your hearth and home. ACTION REQUESTED Call your Iowa state senator before Tuesday, February 12. The subcommittee only has three members, but this bill is so dangerous that it's important to get the message out to the entire Senate. Your message can be as simple as: "Please do not support Senator Beal's grandparent visitation bill, SF 118. Let parents themselves decide who visits their children, as they always have." Keep in mind that your senator may not yet know anything about the bill. You should be ready to give a short explanation of what the bill does. You can use information from this email or use the links below to read SF 118 yourself and compare it to existing law. This bill threatens all parents. It is not necessary to identify yourself as a homeschooler when you call. Please pass this on to other parents you know! CONTACT INFORMATION To find out who your senator is and how to contact him or her, use this website: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17153 BACKGROUND Under current law, a court can order grandparent visitation only if one of your child's parents is dead. And even then, the judge can order visitation only under very limited circumstances--including cases when a parent has neglected or abused or been violent toward his child, or is a drug abuser or mentally ill. When we say "in-laws" in this e-lert, we mean only mothers-in-law and fathers-in-law. The Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators is united with HSLDA in opposing SF 118. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Scott A. Woodruff Senior Counsel Home School Legal Defense Association P.S. We greatly value you and your support--it is a privilege to serve you! If you or someone you know is not a member of HSLDA, will you consider taking a moment today to join or to recommend us as we defend the rights of homeschooling families? Join now: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17154 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your children's inheritance retain its value? 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