Massachusetts is considering what I believe to be a ridiculous bill regarding the rights of divorcing parents to engage in sexual relations. The article appeared in the Boston Herald and the text of it is presented here:
"Custodial parents caught up in contentious divorces would need a judge’s nod to date or carry on a sexual relationship inside their own home under a bill Beacon Hill pols will take up this week.
Wrentham Selectman Robert Leclair said his bill is meant to prevent domestic violence and shield children while the divorce is under way. “It’s not intended to abridge the rights of anybody,” he said. “If they want to have an extra-marital affair, just get away from the home.”
The bill, which lawmakers will hear Wednesday, would bar custodial parents from “conducting a dating or sexual relationship within the home” until the divorce is settled.
“It could go that far if the courts found it detrimental to the children,” said Leclair, who said he had a bitter divorce. Leclair is the former president of Fathers United for Equal Justice, which disbanded in the 1990s. But he’s not earning much support from similar fathers-rights groups. Ned Holstein of Fathers and Families called the bill a distraction from the shared parenting bill — creating a legal assumption of equal custody rights — that lawmakers also will take up Wednesday.
“By and large, family courts have washed their hands of who’s sleeping with whom,” said Holstein.
State Sen. Richard Ross sponsored the bill for his constituent, but has taken no position on it. Leclair has submitted it repeatedly in recent years to no avail."
http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1338272
Jason Pistiner, Esq.
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Wrentham Selectman Robert Leclair said his bill is meant to prevent domestic violence and shield children while the divorce is under way. “It’s not intended to abridge the rights of anybody,” he said. “If they want to have an extra-marital affair, just get away from the home.”
The bill, which lawmakers will hear Wednesday, would bar custodial parents from “conducting a dating or sexual relationship within the home” until the divorce is settled.
“By and large, family courts have washed their hands of who’s sleeping with whom,” said Holstein.
State Sen. Richard Ross sponsored the bill for his constituent, but has taken no position on it. Leclair has submitted it repeatedly in recent years to no avail."
http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1338272
Jason Pistiner, Esq.
SINGER PISTINER, P.C.
602-264-0110
jp@singerpistiner.com
www.singerpistiner.com
