Open Congress : Comments on S.1658 A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection for child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.

Open Congress : Comments on S.1658 A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection for child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. 2008-04-11T00:50:08Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/comments/44695 New comment by Anonymous 2008-04-11T00:50:08Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-11:/comment/5070 Anonymous My name is SSgt. Brian C. Fortin of the Rhode Island Air National Gaurd...Today's date is may 10th 2008, almost one yr after this amendment was passed. I went to court today because i am deploying to iraq and my x-wife wished to gain custody and change my physical custody permanently. she was granted the deployment period to take my son, yet the presiding judge didn't side with me on this bill, due to lack of information from a jag office regarding the amendment...apparently the word hasn't reached everyone and i will be creating a website as well as my base commander will be spreading this matter threw our the military community. Future amendments should be that family care plans are legally recognised in favor of deploying solier!!! My son will be going to an area where he has little family and drug abuse is known but can't be proved. Temporary gaudianship to family care plan designees would have prevented the mother from taking him durring deployment.