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OHIO PROTECTIVE PARENTS

ASSOCIATION
1933 Wedgewood Circle, Springfield OH 45503

PARENTAL EQUALITY ACT

“All Parents and guardians regardless of custody determination shall


have equal access to participate in programs and resources of the child’s
life and related activities and All Parents and guardians shall enjoy
Parental Equality”

The PARENTAL EQUALITY ACT ensures both parents equal access to participate
in the child’s enjoyment of life and related activities.

Author: Assembly “name here”


Sponsor: Ohio Protective Parents Association; Lady Justice League,

The Parental Equality Act To Eliminate Custody Discrimination

BACKGROUND
The problem of custody abuse is pandemic across the nation. Custody litigation
is big business and best interest of the child is eclipsed. A formula of frauds is
used by unethical attorneys representing an abuser where they collude with
others within the justice system to stack the deck against the protective parent
thus neutralizing their efforts to protect the children. In the end courts end up
placing children in the custody and control of the abuser while the protective
parent’s loss of equal protections holds them hostage on the sidelines. The
protective parent is labeled non-custodial and although never being ruled “un-
fit” is regarded as such in the eyes of the community. Schools often favor the
custodial parent and overzealously apply privacy laws with the effect it excludes
the non-custodial parent from programs and services such as records and parent
teacher conferences. This is primarily due to misconceptions of what “custody”
implies as opposed to the view of Parental Equality supported by existing state
and federal laws.

SOLUTION: The PARENTAL EQUALITY ACT removes the incentive to “win”


custody by use of such abusive legal practices which are a pervasive problem in
our family courts. For without the ability to dominate over and deny the “a non-
custodial” parents rights there is little motive to “win” custody over the
protective parent in the first place.

EXISTING LAW Your state’s law here ( Example Ohio Revised Code
3109.051(H)(1) )
PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED LAW:
To eliminate Custody Discrimination and ensure both Parents Enjoy Equal Access
to services and accommodations that benefit parent and child.

The PARENTAL EQUALITY ACT reinforces existing policies and mandates, to


guard against “de jure custody segregation; that masquerades as providing
separate but equal accommodations but is inherently unequal. In Brown v. Board
of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), separate public schools for black
and white students were ruled unconstitutional. Here also if the non-custodial
accommodations and treatment is inferior to that of the custodial parent., that
before he/she may enjoy the activity is placed at a significant psychological and
social disadvantage from custodial parents which violates of the Equal
Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States
Constitution.

The PARENTAL EQUALITY ACT corrects the harmful misinterpretation that only a
custodial parent is deemed worthy of participating in the child’s education and
activities, or that a non custodial parent is “un-fit" to parent. Discrimination on
the basis of “custodial status” is a pandemic problem across the nation but also
impacts the entire family and excludes other important relationships of the child,
including grandparents, other extended family members, and others in the
child’s support system.

The PARENTAL EQUALITY ACT complements and unifies existing laws in a way
that clearly states both parents are entitled to enjoy equal access to activities
and accommodations granted to parents of children.

The PARENTAL EQUALITY ACT removes the incentive to engage in abusive and/or
harmful practices which are a pervasive problem in our family courts. Without
the ability to dominate or deny“ a non-custodial” parents rights there is little
motive engage in such tactics.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION


Kimberley Bukstein
(651) 558-6864 rule11stillapplies@hotmail.com

Ohio protective Parents Association (OPPA) ; The OHIO PROTECTIVE PARENTS


ASSOCIATION is a judicial watchdog and advocacy group dedicated to promoting
justice for parents, children, and families that have been adversely impacted by
abusive legal practices, ploys or scams in relation to custody proceedings. We
strive to prevent re-victimization, provide peer support, raise public awareness,
and effect systems change.

OHIO PROTECTIVE PARENTS ASSOCIATION, 1933 Wedgewood Circle, Springfield


OH 45503
Ohioprotectiveparents@gmail.com

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