Children’s Rights Initiative for Sharing Parents Equally

 Message from Lary Holland: 

Don’t forget the http://dcfestival2008.com  This August 15th and 16th!

prediction for 2008? I definitely need your help.
Posted by: “Lary Holland” laryholland@sbcglobal.net   

Here is something to consider: “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” I have been trying to help all invent a future where we have equal access to our children and help as many as possible individually as possible. I don’t really talk about my case, my children, or much of anything other than focusing on the public policy issues and legal issues surrounding cases.

For the attention deficit folks… There is a short PSA that is included near the bottom of this message in PURPLE. So many of you think you have no control over what is happening to you. It is all about a personal case here or a personal case there, everyone’s personal case is going to solve the problems by “winning.” Hell many of you can’t even make it up to this sentence before you stop reading because is not about your personal case. I have a prediction if you continue down the path of one, you will end up as one.

My daughter’s birthday is Friday, August 1, 2008 (Esilanna) and she won’t be with me. I already missed my son’s birthday on May 20, 2008 (Lary Jr.) because of this system and my unwillingness to accept being just a visitor a couple of times a month. Her room was pink and his room was orange, we spent all weekend painting their rooms those bright colors one weekend. They are going to ask me later… Dad, why couldn’t you win, why couldn’t we be with you, why couldn’t you change the laws? My answer… I honestly don’t know at this point my friends. All I know is that we are losing by default of inaction and allowing special interests to be much louder than us.

A lot of detail and confidence has been put into this movement to allow for a DC event to move forward. What is your prediction since YOU are in control of the future. A friend of mine, philosophy PhD used to tell me:

Conceptualize, Visualize, Materialize

What is your prediction? Well, you might say… “I am not going or I am not getting involved” because I don’t think it will have a huge turnout. Do you see the irony in such a silly statement? Many of you have not even posted in a local forum, a local newspaper, or engaged in any public debate outside of the typical yahoo groups that are not made of general public but people flocking together for helping themselves. Who is contributing work product and who is just benefiting from such hard work?

How many of you have spread information to other sites about the national dc event? Post it back to the group so that people know OUTSIDE action is taking place. Provide links, provide information of OUTSIDE activities, show people that you are thinking outside the my case my case my case box.

I was just contacted that someone was going to run this ad on our behalf on a Michigan Radio station that covers a huge imprint. A slight variation of what we are going to be running around Washington DC when each state meets their meek minimums at this link. Maybe you think the ad below sucks, but what is your contribution and what are your suggestions? What public announcements, press releases, and outside interaction are you doing while hiding in your room confined by psychological barriers that don’t really exist?

“Nothing is more rewarding than spending
time with our children, however millions of children are prevented from
equal access with their own parents. As a result of divorce, legal separation, or false allegationschildren are caught in the cross-fire. Help remind our government that parental rightsare to be respected
and protected by all. In observance of the
importance parents play to society, a family
preservation festival at Upper Senate Park in Washington DC is to honor and provide free help to parents in need. Contact 800-883-9619or visit dcfestival2008.org to get involved.”

Fixing the issues begins with raising the awareness level, professionally, and persistently. Griping about something you don’t like is rarely as effective than promoting the importance of something. Are you going to help predict that this is going to be successful? Or are you part of the problem with why things are not getting fixed? You decide. It doesn’t always take money, it takes action. Please tell us what actions you are taking and how you want to get involved. So many things to do, so little time… my children are growing up fast and so are yours.

Lary
“It is infinitely more valuable to fight for the rights of others than to fight for your own.” I’m mad as hell and I truly won’t and can’t take it anymore.
DCFESTIVAL2008

Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by Semper Fi
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkQGo7fTceM

Here is a great video made by Tawnya at Split-N-Two to remind you of the DC Festival 2008 coming to Washington DC this August 15th and 16th.

Posted on July 15th, 2008 by Semper Fi
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DC Rally is coming this August.  Don’t forget to make your plans a head of time!

Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Semper Fi
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Semper Fi
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New Statewide Task Force Appointed to Improve Fairness, Efficiency in Family Law Cases
http://legaldocumentassistant.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-statewide-task-force-appointed-to.html

San Francisco—William C. Vickrey, Administrative Director of the Courts, today announced the appointment of members to the Elkins Family Law Task Force, a new statewide panel that will strive to improve efficiency and fairness in family law proceedings.

To be chaired by Associate Justice Laurie D. Zelon of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District (Los Angeles), the task force will conduct a comprehensive review of family law proceedings and recommend changes to increase access to justice, ensure due process, and provide for more effective and consistent rules, policies, and procedures.

“The diverse membership of this impressive group will permit a thoughtful and thorough review of the many challenges involved in family law proceedings,” stated Chief Justice Ronald M. George. “The courts and public we serve will greatly benefit from improvements to the administration of justice in this important area.”

“In the lives of the parties, the significance and importance of family law cases cannot be overstated,” Mr. Vickrey observed. “The courts have a vital role to play in these cases, where critical issues are involved. The parties deserve policies and procedures that can be understood and navigated, and the rules must ensure due process and the opportunity to be heard to ensure the trust and confidence of parties involved in family law proceedings.”

Justice Zelon noted, “I look forward to working with this impressive group of family law experts and to hearing from the many interested groups and individuals who care about improving the way we handle family law cases. It is my hope that this task force, as a group, will quickly come to understand the challenges faced by litigants in family court. More importantly, we will then determine how we can put in place rules, practices, and procedures to better serve the people of California.

“The Supreme Court and the Judicial Council have asked us to deal with important and challenging issues, and I am confident that we will discharge our responsibilities well,” Justice Zelon continued. “We need to ensure that the interests of all parties in family law cases can be served and that justice and due process for all remains paramount. In recent years, the number of parties who are self-represented in family law proceedings has increased dramatically. This fact adds complexity to the issues, but also creates an opportunity for innovation and new approaches.”

The task force was appointed in response to a California Supreme Court opinion, Elkins v. Superior Court, 41 Cal.4th 1337 http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/cal4th/41/1337.html, filed August 6, 2007. Authored by Chief Justice George, the unanimous opinion held that marital dissolution trials should proceed under the same general rules of procedure that govern other civil trials.

The ruling further provided: “We recommend to the Judicial Council that it establish a task force, including representatives of the family law bench and bar and the Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Family and Juvenile Law, to study and propose measures to assist trial courts in achieving efficiency and fairness in marital dissolution proceedings and to ensure access to justice for litigants, many of whom are self-represented. Such a task force might wish to consider proposals for adoption of new rules of court establishing statewide rules of practice and procedure for fair and expeditious proceedings in family law, from the initiation of an action to postjudgment motions. Special care might be taken to accommodate self-represented litigants. Proposed rules could be written in a manner easy for laypersons to follow, be economical to comply with, and ensure that a litigant be afforded a satisfactory opportunity to present his or her case to the court.”

Members of the legal community and public who wish to share ideas with the Elkins Task Force may do so by writing to Elkinstaskforce@jud.ca.gov.
 

Posted on June 14th, 2008 by Semper Fi
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