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  • Senate Leader Pulls Anti-Child Bill in Face of Huge Opposition

    08/17/2004 11:32:40 AM PDT · by PercivalWalks · 1 replies · 754+ views
    MND Newswire ^ | 8/17/04 | Pat Cangelosi
    In the face of enormous opposition, California Senate President Pro Tem John Burton (D-San Francisco) has decided to withdraw a bill which would have granted custodial parents an almost unlimited right to move children far way from their noncustodial parents. The bill, SB 730, would have abrogated the California Supreme Court's recent LaMusga move-away decision. In that decision, the Court affirmed custodial parents' presumptive right to move but ruled that courts have the power to restrain moves which run counter to children's best interests. Opposition to the bill and unrestricted move-aways was led by the Alliance for Children Concerned About...