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California Senate President Pro Tem John Burton
(D-San Francisco) is trying to sneak a "stealth"
bill through the legislature which would harm
children and the fathers they love and need by
destroying the California Supreme Court's recent
decision in In re Marriage of LaMusga (2004). The
Burton bill would give custodial parents the right
to move children wherever they want, whenever they
want--without even needing to obtain a court
order.
In LaMusga, a custodial mother sought to move
two young boys 2,400 miles away from their father.
In a wise, moderate, and eminently sensible
decision, the Supreme Court ruled for the father,
stating “the likely impact of the proposed
move on the noncustodial parent's relationship with
the children is a relevant factor [among
others] in determining whether the move would
cause detriment to the children…”
(Note: She took the children out-of-state
anyway.)
Supporters of the newly formed Alliance for
Children Concerned About Move-Aways bombarded
Burton's office with calls, faxes and e-mails. By
noon, Burton's principal consultant Anthony
Williams contacted ACCAMA and invited its
representatives to meet and discuss the
situation.
Like most in Sacramento, Williams is accustomed
to only hearing the feminist viewpoint on family
law, and was no doubt stunned at the avalanche of
opposition. More importantly, because of the large
response, it will no longer be possible for Burton
to slip the bill through unnoticed. Browse the
ACCAMA site's information page. www.ACCAMA.org
or contact@accama.org
or Take
action. 
The Alliance for Children Concerned About
Move-Aways (ACCAMA) believes that children’s
need for frequent and meaningful contact with both
parents after a divorce is paramount. Present
efforts by certain members of the California
Legislature to attempt to weaken or abrogate
altogether the new California Supreme Court’s
decision in In re Marriage of LaMusga (2004) run
counter to this need.
The Alliance for Children Concerned About
Move-Aways seeks to defeat legislative attacks on
LaMusga. ACCAMA recognizes that there are some
situations where custodial parents should be
allowed to move, particularly in cases of dire
economic need or domestic violence, or when
noncustodial parents show little interest in their
children or do not avail themselves of their
visitation time. What ACCAMA does oppose are
frivolous, selfish, vindictive, or bad faith moves
which tear children away from loving noncustodial
parents.
ACCAMA urges all those concerned about the
welfare of children to take action to protect the
LaMusga decision. Take
action.
We
Wrote to Senator Burton on his Web Site and
said:
What does the (California) legislature have
against non-custodial parents (primarily fathers)?
Here we try to get fathers more involved with their
children, only to see proposals making it easy to
get revenge on fathers to their detriment and the
detriment of their children - and in the end, to
the detriment of society. Have you noticed that the
numbers are decreasing rapidly of men desiring to
marry and/or have children. What's it going to look
like in another couple of generations? Will we see
more children being born through a mother and have
a test-tube for a father? What will the legislature
propose then?
Response
We haven't heard anything directly back from
Senator Burton to date. However, on August 18,
2004, we understood that the bill has been removed.
While this is good news, know that it will most
likely be put back on the agenda in the next
session under a different number, name and author.
These kinds of things don't go away on their
own.
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