http://www.totaldivorce.com/blog/debbiedivorce/are-our-child-custody-laws-failing-to-protect-our-kids/ Your Survival Guide to Divorce Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:23:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.totaldivorce.com/blog/debbiedivorce/are-our-child-custody-laws-failing-to-protect-our-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 Kathryn Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:08:37 +0000 http://www.totaldivorce.com/blog/debbiedivorce/?p=36#comment-5032 I have been trying to do something about this in Kansas for a while now. I am a single mother to a wonderful 9 year old. Her "father" is just now wanting to "help" BUT there is danger lurking in his family. In Kansas courts, and we haven't been yet but I know one day we will, the judges focus ONLY on the fact that a child/children need to have both parents in their lives NO MATTER WHAT. They don't care about threats, they don't care about the background of the entire family etc. The law is supposed to be in the best interest of the child but it's not that at all. This is just a very small piece of my situation but I can't seem to get anyone's attention and try to better the laws. I need to protect my child and I know that others want to protect theirs. What can we do? How can I make a difference in my daughters life and the lives of others in the same or similar situation(s)? Who can I talk to? Who can I write to? HELP!!! I have been trying to do something about this in Kansas for a while now. I am a single mother to a wonderful 9 year old. Her “father” is just now wanting to “help” BUT there is danger lurking in his family. In Kansas courts, and we haven’t been yet but I know one day we will, the judges focus ONLY on the fact that a child/children need to have both parents in their lives NO MATTER WHAT. They don’t care about threats, they don’t care about the background of the entire family etc. The law is supposed to be in the best interest of the child but it’s not that at all. This is just a very small piece of my situation but I can’t seem to get anyone’s attention and try to better the laws. I need to protect my child and I know that others want to protect theirs. What can we do? How can I make a difference in my daughters life and the lives of others in the same or similar situation(s)? Who can I talk to? Who can I write to? HELP!!!

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