Model Push For Kids Law
CALL it Bridget's Law. When Playboy model Bridget Marks got her twin daughters back in a landmark custody battle, she didn't forget about all the other moms and kids still separated by the strange ways of justice in Family Court. Marks enlisted the help of State Sen. Tom Duane and AssemblymanJonathan Bing, who played knights in shining armor to pass a bill in Albany so that no other parent has to go through what she did. Marks temporarily lost custody when the judge didn't believe her accusations of abuse by their father. The bill states that when a parent makes good-faith allegations of child abuse against the other parent, but cannot prove it to criminal standards, the complaining parent can't be punished by the judge. "Mothers are now afraid to report abuse because, if it cannot be proved, they often lose their children," said one advocate. "Thus, real sexual abuse is not reported, and the abuse continues." The bill now awaits Gov. Paterson's signature.
Model Push For Kids Law
CALL it Bridget's Law. When Playboy model Bridget Marks got her twin daughters back in a landmark custody battle, she didn't forget about all the other moms and kids still separated by the strange ways of justice in Family Court. Marks enlisted the help of State Sen. Tom Duane and AssemblymanJonathan Bing, who played knights in shining armor to pass a bill in Albany so that no other parent has to go through what she did. Marks temporarily lost custody when the judge didn't believe her accusations of abuse by their father. The bill states that when a parent makes good-faith allegations of child abuse against the other parent, but cannot prove it to criminal standards, the complaining parent can't be punished by the judge. "Mothers are now afraid to report abuse because, if it cannot be proved, they often lose their children," said one advocate. "Thus, real sexual abuse is not reported, and the abuse continues." The bill now awaits Gov. Paterson's signature.
CALL it Bridget's Law. When Playboy model Bridget Marks got her twin daughters back in a landmark custody battle, she didn't forget about all the other moms and kids still separated by the strange ways of justice in Family Court. Marks enlisted the help of State Sen. Tom Duane and AssemblymanJonathan Bing, who played knights in shining armor to pass a bill in Albany so that no other parent has to go through what she did. Marks temporarily lost custody when the judge didn't believe her accusations of abuse by their father. The bill states that when a parent makes good-faith allegations of child abuse against the other parent, but cannot prove it to criminal standards, the complaining parent can't be punished by the judge. "Mothers are now afraid to report abuse because, if it cannot be proved, they often lose their children," said one advocate. "Thus, real sexual abuse is not reported, and the abuse continues." The bill now awaits Gov. Paterson's signature.
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