PROPOSED LEGISLATION

Uniform Parental Rights Enforcement and Protection Act -- UPREPA -- Major revision of Title 14, Article 10, Colo. Rev. Stat. Legislation proposes to absolutely ABOLISH the concept and legal doctrine of "custody" of children after divorce or separation and in the case of children born out of wedlock. Declares the child's fundamental, inalienable right to access to BOTH parents in these situations. Declares status quo for the child as the presumptive "best interest." Removes all but the most minimal discretion of judges to act against family relationships. Specifies very narrow parameters for state intervention in family relationships. Automatically penalizes the parent who lies or introduces false allegations against the other parent, at any time, in order to gain an unfair advantage in any legal proceeding involving children. (Read UPREPA here.)

Addition to the penal code - Unlawful interference with parenting time. Adds statute criminalizing interference with visitation or parenting time with children by a parent or any other person. Modeled on an Illinois statute which has proven very effective in reducing vindictive and retaliatory visitation interference. Addition of mandatory imprisonment upon conviction, removal of judicial discretion in sentencing.

LAWSUITS

Muchnick v. Colorado Suit for permanent injunction against the State of Colorado and its judicial department employees (judges and justices) to permanently enjoin the enforcement of the "best interests of the child" statute, C.R.S. § 14-10-124, on Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection grounds. This statute requires a court to enter orders for "the allocation of parental responsibilities, including parenting time and decision-making responsibilities" of children and is the pivotal cause of custody warfare and the ultimate destruction of families and children's lives by the family court system. Read it here.

Stillman v. Colorado Suit for permanent injunction against the State of Colorado and its judicial department employees (judges and justices) to permanently enjoin the enforcement of child support "awards" and enforcement on Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection grounds. This statute sets a sum certain which must be "paid" by a so-called "non-custodial" parent to the other parent, with no accountability as to how the money is spent, for the putative support of their children, when the state otherwise has no Constitional right to tell any parent how much he or she must spend in a child's support. Read it here.

JUDICIAL IMPEACHMENT

    Impeachment petitions are currently underway against several state district court judges in the family law division and elsewhere for egregious violations of parents' civil and statutory rights to their relationships with their children after divorce or separation and other offenses. These judges are the main operatives and referees in the custody warfare raging in all family law courts, and other cases of corruption of justice, and are primarily responsible for the indiscriminate destruction of families and children's lives. Impeachment is the individual citizen's remedy to hold these civil servants accountable for the horrendous and, in some cases, irreparable damage they cause to the lives of children and their parents and other citizens who pursue their rights within the judicial system.

Pennsylvania: Petition for Impeachment of Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas Judge Alan M. Black.

Pennsylvania: Petition for Impeachment of Blair County, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas Judge Hiram A. Carpenter. By CCJ Member Robert G. Kearns, Jr.

More on judicial impeachment.

MEDIA

    Publication in major mass and political media on various issues regarding children of divorce, including among other titles:
"Legislators just can't say no to children," Colorado Statesman, 1998.
"A greater shame than deadbeat parents," Rocky Mountain News, 1998.
"The case for judicial impeachment," Colorado Family Magazine, 1999.

    Media coverage. A partial list:
Denver Post: Al Knight column, March 22, 1998 regarding Colorado House Bill 98-1183, sanitizing the idea of "custody" of children.
Colorado Springs Gazette, March 14, 1998, regarding executive director's involvement in suit for injunctive relief from application of the "best interest of the child" statute against the State of Colorado.
KCNC-TV Channel 4, Denver, March 13, 1998. News story by reporter Terry Jessup regarding suit to enjoin enforcement of the "best interest of the child" statute.
1999 -2000, Several guest appearances on nationwide talk radio shows on aspects of children's rights in non-intact families.
Denver Post, March 16, 2000. "Fatherhood is too often being given short shrift in courts," by Al Knight.
KUSA-TV, NBC affiliate, Denver, fall 2000. Top of the news story on Colo. Supreme Court child custody case.
Denver Post: Source, Al Knight lead editorial column, August 13, 2000, regarding the "best interests of the child."
Rocky Mountain News, Denver, March 4, 2002. Guest editorial by attorney Susan Knight cites the Center for Children's Justice as the only Colorado organization testifying in favor of CO House Bill 02-1190, concerning presumptive shared parenting.
Men's News Daily, May 23, 2002 "Father Challenges Colorado Child Support Law," regarding a Constitutional challenge to child support by a member of the Board of Directors of CCJ.
Men's News Daily, June 5, 2002 "Father challenges legality of `best interests of the child'," regarding a Constitutional challenge to the "best interests of the child" statute which forces judges to "allocate" parental rights in non-intact families.
KLSX-FM 97.1, Los Angeles, September 10, 2002, Tom Leykis Show. One hour guest appearance on nationally syndicated talk radio show, on the unconstitutionality of child support and unequal parenting.
The Denver Post, September 15, 2002. "Children often trapped, scarred in parental battles," regarding parental kidnappings.
Men's News Daily, Dianna Thompson & Glenn Sacks Internet radio show, September 17, 2002, on parental abduction and the unconstitutionality of the "best interests of the child" standard and child support.
Colorado Springs Gazette September 22, 2002, "Shared Parenting Can Help Combat Parental Kidnapping Epidemic". (Read it at http://www.glennjsacks.com/shared_parenting_can.htm.)
The Sunday Denver Post May 25, 2003, "Why tolerate PAS?"
Philadelphia Inquirer August 25, 2004, "County site lists those sought on warrants"

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