Matt Hale, Member of the National Board of Directors and member of the Kentucky chapter of NPO and Dr. Ryan Schroeder, Professor of Sociology are interviewed by Spectrum News on Kentucky’s first in the nation shared parenting law. Watch the video here.
Category: NPO in the media
Member of the Board of Directors and Member of the Kentucky chapter of National Parents Organization, Matt Hale, writes in The Daily Independent about the fantastic election successes of Kentucky lawmakers who supported Kentucky’s first in the nation shared parenting law. Read the whole article here.
Spectrum News 1 in Louisville, Kentuck has an article and video on Kentucky’s first in the nation shared parenting law as well as the story of Matt Hale and his family, who worked for six years to get this momentous law passed. From the article:” ‘Children their best interest is seeing both parents equally as long as the parents meet a list of 11 factors and those factor include such things as positive mental and physical health proximity to each other and there can be no domestic violence things like that,’ Hale said.” Read the entire article and watch the video here.
The Virginian-Pilot has published an op-ed by Christian Paasch, Co-Chair of the Virginia chapter of National Parents Organization, on the successes of a law passed in Arizona and how passing a full shared parenting law would similarly benefit Virginia. Paasch writes, “Shared parenting is a flexible option that gives judges wide latitude in ordering parenting time arrangements, while still allowing judges to protect victims of abuse, when required. It is the modern, responsible solution today’s families and children need from the family court system.” Read the full op-ed here.
NPO Executive Director Petra Maxwell penned a letter to the editor appearing in the October 12, 2018 edition of the Columbus Dispatch (Ohio):
“NPO has worked tirelessly to promote true shared parenting of children when parents live apart.
“The women leaders of NPO want to make clear that this issue is not “boys vs. girls” or “moms vs. dads.” To try to cast it as a skirmish in the gender wars is to diminish its significance and ultimately hurts children, which no reasonable person would want.”
The Oldham Era in Oldham County, KY has an article on the first in the nation Kentucky shared parenting law and its roots in Oldham County through National Parents Organization Chair of the Kentucky chapter Matt Hale, as well as bill sponsors Rep. Jason Nemes, and Speaker Pro Tempore David Osborne. The article also notes the bill’s bipartisan support in the legislature and its popularity among those in Kentucky. Read the full article here.
In honor of Suicide Awareness Prevention Month, Dan Deuel of National Parents Organization of Utah has an op-ed in the Standard Examiner on the increased risk of suicide in divorced men and how NPO’s advocacy for family court reform that would maintain parent-child relationships is good for all parents. Read the op-ed here.
The NPO Ohio County Parenting Time Report is getting a lot of recognition by the media! The Columbus Dispatch has an op-ed by Chair of the Ohio chapter and Member of the Board of Directors Don Hubin on how the different family courts in Ohio counties have different default parenting time schedules and how most counties are not making decisions in the best interest of children. Read it here.
WUKY in Kentucky has an article on their website on Kentucky’s first in the nation shared parenting law. Polls show that the law is popular among those in Kentucky. The spoke to Chair of the Kentucky chapter Matt Hale about the new law and how it would benefit children. Read the full article here.
Ashland, Kentucky’s Daily Independent has an article that reveals the results of a recent poll showing that 84% of those in Kentucky agree that children would benefit from equal time with both parents after divorce. They also interviewed Sen. Robin Webb, D-Grayson, who spoke of the positive nature of the law for children. Read the article here.