AMENDMENT PROTECTS CUSTODY RIGHTS OF DEPLOYED TROOPS
February 22, 2008
February 22, 2008
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Michael R. Turner, R-Ohio (3rd CD), issued the following news release:
In January, a provision I sponsored was signed into law to protect the custody rights of our soldiers. In family court proceedings, judges had been using the military service and deployment of parents as grounds to change their custody arrangements. It is inconceivable to me that a parent's service to their country would ever be held against them for any reason. Last month, my p . . .
In January, a provision I sponsored was signed into law to protect the custody rights of our soldiers. In family court proceedings, judges had been using the military service and deployment of parents as grounds to change their custody arrangements. It is inconceivable to me that a parent's service to their country would ever be held against them for any reason. Last month, my p . . .