Last week our efforts to pass the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act (TPRRA) and restore parental rights in Texas suffered a setback. HB 2547, along with about 100 other bills, died without debate or a vote on Thursday night at midnight in the Texas House. Thursday was the last day for House bills to be…
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Because of your calls, our bill, The Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act (TPRRA), will be heard on the floor of the Texas House on Thursday, May 9! However, parental rights are still in jeopardy until the bill passes. Parental Rights Advance If TPRRA does pass, people like Heather Wyatt won’t have to live in fear…
Last week our board-certified family law attorney consultant and I spent several hours “negotiating” with attorneys and lobbyists representing the Texas Family Law Foundation (TFLF), trying to find some “common ground” between SB 1194 (the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act [TPRRA]) and SB 1148 (a bill that would expand the number of situations in which…
Chassidie Russell lost her daughter for three years. For three years, it did not matter that Chassidie Russell was a fit mother. For three years, all that mattered was that Chassidie’s in-laws had the money to fight this legal battle. (Watch Chassidie tell her story here.) Loopholes in the Grandparent’s Access Statute allowed the judge…
When a member family encountered difficulty enrolling their son into an apprenticeship program after home school high school graduation, Tim wrote a letter to help. Read the letter.
