Rights: Children losing contact with parent

In a nation asking fathers to do the right thing and be involved, I am one father who tried futilely to do just that. In an effort to be an integral weekly part of my 12-year-old son’s life, I was forced to relocated not once, but twice long distance. Faced with a third long-distance relocation, I couldn’t reason with a stepfather’s agenda of parent elimination. Washington state completely supported my son’s nomadic relocation, with no concern regarding the important relationship with his father.

Washington state has made it crystal clear that our children have absolutely no right to be equally involved with both parents.

If you would like to help a child you know, go to the following website and sign the Washington State Children’s Rights Petition: www.petitiononline.com/wscrp/

Lee Paddock

Bellevue

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