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BS KIDS BEAT VOLUME 8 FALL 2009 BS KIDS Fall is in full gear and with that comes the craziness of the holiday season. BS KIDS wishes you and your family the happiest of holiday’s this season and let’s hope that 2010 is a GREAT year for everyone. We’ve done some re-design on our website, when you have a few moments; check it out at www.bskids.net. We are looking for feedback, so if you have any ideas or suggestions about things you would like to see, please let us know! WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH FAMILY LAW 2010 looks to be a very interesting year! Child support guidelines in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire are up for review. In addition, shared parenting continues to be a *hot* topic in both states. In New Hampshire, HB 139: Relative to the determination of Parental Rights and Responsibilities has put to an interim study with Rep. Dan Itse Chairman of the Committee. The Committee is supposed to file their report for a House vote on January 6, 2010. If you have any thoughts, concerns or comments, please send your support to Rep. Itse at: itsenh@comcast.net. In Massachusetts, HB 1400 – the shared parenting bill will go before the Legislature after the first of the year. Enzo Pastore is spearheading this campaign and you can contact him at www. fathersandfamilies.org. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES The new Legislative Service Requests have been introduced in New Hampshire. Both the House and Senate have introduced over 700 bills for public sessions. Below is a listing of the critical LSR’s that BS KIDS will be tracking over the next year. Once these LSR’s have bill numbers we will publish them on our site. Until then, we can’t really tell the guts of the bills, just that they have been entered for upcoming Legislative Public Sessions. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE REQUESTS FOR 2010 2010-H-2032-R Relative to complaints against Guardians Ad Litem and Judicially-Appointed Psychotherapists. Prime Sponsor: Robert J L'Heureux 2010-H-2041-R Relative to administering psychotropic drugs to children. Prime Sponsor: Barbara H. Richardson 2010-H-2100 Relative to retired judges over 70 years of age. Prime Sponsor: Robert Rowe , Mary Gorman, William O'Brien, David Nixon, Frank Emiro, Peter Bragdon, Robert Letourneau 2010-H-2101-R Relative to approval of recommendations of marital masters and judicial referees. Prime Sponsor: Robert H Rowe 2010-H-2102-R Relative to appointments and reappointments of marital masters. Prime Sponsor: Robert H Rowe 2010-H-2194-R Establishing a commission to hear children and family law issues. Prime Sponsor: Carol M McGuire 2010-H-2209- Relative to the definition of allowable child care expenses for purposes of child support and establishing a legislative oversight committee relative to the 2009 New Hampshire Child Support Guidelines Review and Recommendations. Prime Sponsor: Mary Stuart Gile. 2010-H-2236-R Relating to parental rights. Providing that the state shall not abridge the responsibility of parents for the health, education, and welfare of their children. Prime Sponsor: Daniel C Itse 2010-H-2266-R Relative to child support cases of shared parenting. Prime Sponsor: David A. Bickford 2010-H-2267-R Relative to application of the self-support reserve in the context of determining child support. Prime Sponsor: David A. Bickford 2010-H-2268-R Revising child support guidelines based on the income shares philosophy of determining child support. Prime Sponsor: David A. Bickford. 2010-H-2269-R Urging the federal government to expand the earned income tax credit to both parents in appropriate cases. Prime Sponsor: David A. Bickford. 2010-H-2271-R Relative to the determination of parental rights and responsibilities. Prime Sponsor: Jayne E. Spaulding. 2010-H-2398-R Relative to access to records for child support enforcement. Prime Sponsor: Edward P Moran. 2010-H-2425-R Relative to liability issues associated with the juvenile diversion program. Prime Sponsor: Beth R. Arsenault 2010-H-2472-R House Address: for the removal of Michael Garner, marital master, from office. Prime Sponsor: Daniel C Itse 2010-H-2473-R House Address: for the removal of Lucinda Sadler, District Court judge, from office. Prime Sponsor: Daniel C Itse 2010-H-2496-R Relative to child support and responsibility for additional child-related expenses in cases of shared parenting. Prime Sponsor: Carolyn M Gargasz 2010-H-2579-R Prohibiting lobbyists from serving on judicial branch commissions, committees, boards, or similar government entities. Prime Sponsor: Neil M Kurk 2010-H-2582-R Establishing a committee to study education and career development programs for youths and young adults in the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. Prime Sponsor: Mary Stuart Gile. 2010-H-2583-R Extending the task force on work and families. Prime Sponsor: Mary Stuart Gile. 2010-H-2649-R Relative to adjustment of child support obligation in cases involving more than one child. Prime Sponsor: David A Bickford 2010-H-2650-R Relative to application of the child support guidelines. Prime Sponsor: David A Bickford 2010-H-2651-R Revising the child support guidelines based on the Melson formula for calculating child support. Prime Sponsor: David A Bickford 2010-H-2652-R Relative to grounds for divorce for persons with minor children. Prime Sponsor: William L. O’Brien 2010-H-2654-R Petition on behalf of David Johnson. Prime Sponsor: Alfred P Baldasaro 2010-H-2661-R House Address: for the removal of Philip Cross, marital master, from office. Prime Sponsor: Daniel C Itse 2010-H-2662-R Requiring a performance audit of the family court division. Prime Sponsor: Daniel C. Itse 2010-H-2663-R Requiring a financial audit of the division of child support, department of health and human services. Prime Sponsor: Daniel C Itse For current Massachusetts bills, please go to the Massachusetts Legislative website at: www. mass.gov. NEWS There have been many stories in the news recently regarding divorce and the stress that the current economy has put on these families. Whether or not it’s the lack of home sales, the unemployment crisis, couples are having a more difficult time separating when their marriages fail. For current news releases, please go to www.bskids.net and check out today’s headlines. Below are two sample news articles for your review: Divorce in America: Ind., Fla. counties are tops By TAMARA LUSH and DEANNA MARTIN, Associated Press Writers Tamara Lush and Deanna Martin, Associated Press Writers Thu Sep 24, 9:45 am ET ISLAMORADA, Fla. – It's easy to see why bookkeeper Linda Mortimer moved to the Florida Keys 20 years ago: the impossibly blue water, the year-round sunshine, a lifestyle so laid-back that every day is like a Jimmy Buffett lyric. What Mortimer didn't anticipate was falling in love — and then getting divorced less than two years after taking her wedding vows. "I discovered after we got married that my husband had been divorced four times," said Mortimer, as she finished a noontime burger while sitting at the bar at the Ocean View, a local party spot and Mortimer's place of employment. "I was his No. 5. He didn't understand why I got so upset."…….. NH lawmakers reject judicial power bills CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire lawmakers have killed bills meant to speed up the legal process for divorcing couples and to ease the backlog of jury trials by letting retired judges hear them. One bill would have expanded the powers of judges past the constitution's mandatory retirement age of 70. The judges would have been allowed to hear jury trials and sign orders without an active judge approving them. The House let it die. The other bill would have allowed marital masters to sign final orders in divorce cases without a judge's approval. The Senate voted unanimously to let the bill die. The state Supreme Court requested both bills………. GET INVOLVED Now more then ever, people need assistance. Especially around the holidays, there are a myriad of ways to get involved in your local communities. We strongly advocate getting involved, however you can. We appreciate that most people can’t monetarily get involved, but if you can donate a couple of hours a week or month, your generosity will come back ten fold. You may wish to check out your local churches or temples, local soup kitchens, local hospitals, wherever you can to help make a difference. You can check on our website under the Get Involved section to see several options. It does not take much to get involved, but the impact that you can make is so important. Make getting involved one of your New Year’s resolutions! E-MAIL ALERTS If you are interested in getting alerts from BS KIDS regarding news, legislative activity or getting involved opportunities, please sign up on our website at www.bskids.net COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS BS KIDS is looking to include areas of interest to our readers. If there is a topic or area of concern that you would like to learn more about, please let us know. You can e-mail us at info@bskids.net or call 781-756-1214. |