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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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…
Dewhurst Rescues Parental Rights Bill After Senator West repeatedly declined to meet with us after he denied our bill a hearing, we knew the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act was in trouble. Then Lt. Governor David Dewhurst heard about our dilemma. Now Senator West has scheduled SB 1194, the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act, for…
The hearing that was scheduled for SB 1148, the anti-parent bill supported by the Texas Family Law Foundation (TFLF), was held as I posted yesterday, but SB 1148 was pulled from the agenda by its author, Chairman of the Senate Jurisprudence Committee Sen. Royce West. A couple of media outlets attended the press conference that…
If it could happen to Chassidie, it could happen to you. Chassidie Russell’s story is a story of heartbreak and debt. It’s a story of lawsuit abuse. It’s a story of a mother and her daughter being ripped apart. And it could be your story. Tomorrow at 1:30pm, Senate Bill 1148 will be brought before…
