An Act To Retain the Position of Parent Coordinator in the Judicial Branch - LD47 has died

Just in case you thought it was not true - here is the time line and links to the state website:

Senate Docket
Jun 3, 2013    Accepted Report    ACCEPTED REPORT MAJ (ONTP) REP - PREVAILS

House Docket
May 21, 2013    Accepted Report    ACCEPTED REPORT MAJ (ONTP) REP - PREVAILS

Committee
May 20, 2013    Reported Out    ONTP/OTP-AM

This bill and the role of Parental Coordinator has been defeated. The role of Parental Coordinator will die out on Jan 1, 2014. If you consider what we were up against - Established and seasoned Representatives and Senators, Guardians ad litem and members of the divorce industry. They have power, money and influence and yet we were able to overcome this obstacle.

Parental Coordinators and Judges Routinely Violate Parental Rights

Are divorcing parents being discriminated against by Parental Coordinators and the courts? There have been and are cases in Maine where there has been unwarranted removal of a child from one parent to another. In doing so the Parental Coordinator and by default the courts are preventing a parent from exercising their parental rights. These rights are protected substantively under the Constitution of the Untied states.

When a Parental Coordinator makes this kind of recommendation to the courts and the courts enforces this recommendation (as we have seen time and again) - placing a child under primary control of one parent. It is being done so through the use of unchecked and unsubstantiated use of the state's power. This is discriminatory and prevents a parent from passing on his/ her beliefs to their child(ren).

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