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For Immediate
Release
4/30/08
Contact:
Joe Sterns
717-787-5708
(Cell) 717-497-0806
Senate
Passes Folmer's Measure Protecting Child Custody
Rights of Deployed Servicemen
HARRISBURG – The State Senate has unanimously
passed Sen. Mike Folmer's (R-Lebanon) legislation protecting the child custody
rights of deployed military servicemen.
"Fighting for your country should not result in losing custody
of your children," Folmer said.
Under Folmer's legislation, if a motion for change of custody of
a child of a serviceman is filed with any court while the serviceman is deployed
for active duty, no court may enter an order modifying or amending any previous
judgment or order, or issue a new order changing the custody arrangement for
that child that existed as of the date of the serviceman's deployment.
If a custody order is changed, a court must require that upon
the return of the serviceman from deployment that the custody order in effect
immediately preceding the date of the deployment be reinstated. The court may
not consider the absence of the eligible serviceman by reason of the deployment
in determining the best interest of the child.
The failure of a serviceman to appear in court because of
deployment could not be sufficient to justify a modification of a custody or
visitation order.
The legislation – Senate Bill 1107 – will now go to the House
for consideration.
Additional Information:
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