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Child Custody Protection Act
The Child Custody Protection Act (CCPA) would make it a federal offense to transport a minor across state lines for an abortion if this action circumvents the application of a state law requiring parental involvement in a minor's abortion (or judicial waiver of such a requirement).
Over thirty states have laws in effect that require the consent or notification of at least one parent, or court authorization, before a minor can obtain an abortion. The CCPA would curb much of the current interstate circumvention of these laws, thereby protecting the rights of parents and the well being of vulnerable minors. The CCPA is not a federal parental involvement law; it merely ensures that these state laws are not evaded through interstate activity. It does not encroach on state powers, but rather protects them.
Sadly, the interstate transportation of minors to procure an abortion often serves to conceal criminal activity such as statutory rape. Abortion clinics on state borders often advertise in the yellow pages of phone books in states with parental consent laws in order to attract minors across state lines. These clinics intentionally market to minors to circumvent state laws. Schools require parental involvement for fieldtrips, medications, early school release, and academic decisions such as sex education, yet with reckless disregard for state laws, a stranger can legally transport a minor across state lines and have her undergo a potentially life-threatening and certainly life-altering procedure. If parental consent is required for ear piercing then certainly it is appropriate to protect parental involvement in a minor's decision concerning an abortion.
Marital status has no impact in seeking child custody and visitation rights.
Marriage, or the lack of marriage, have no bearing in the eyes of the court. The judge will rule on what he or she believes to be in the best interests of the child or children.
Definition:
Arbitration is the process when the spouses decide to resolve their differences outside of court with the help of a third party arbitrator.
Alimony in gross
Definition:
This alimony is made from one spouse to the other in one lump sum.
Grounds for divorce
Definition:
Grounds for divorce refers to the legal reasons for a marriage to be dissolved. These reasons have to be proven in court for the divorce to be granted.
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Marital status has no impact in seeking child custody and visitation rights.
