Dads
of Michigan Petition for Joint Custody
By Anu Prakash
March 12, 2004
Fathers are coming together
to make sure they are able to stay in their kids’ lives. All across
the state of Michigan, dads will be standing outside of post offices
collecting signatures for a petition drive.
The ultimate goal is to get
a law passed so that divorced couples share custody of their children,
unless one parents is declared unfit.
The group Dads of Michigan
saw too many fathers lose the fight when it comes to custody. Now the
group needs more than 250,000 signatures by May 26th for the measure
to appear on the November ballot.
Jim Semerad will be among
hundreds of people starting the petition drive this Saturday. He explained,
"One parent is going to have the children and the other parents
is going to be somewhat on the outside, trying to help but prevented
from helping out in the raising of the children. So a lot of people
get frustrated, especially dads, and they say ‘I just give up.
I can’t fight this system any longer.’ And that’s
why you have a lot of fathers that are not involved in the children’s
lives."
To learn more about the petition
drive that Dads of Michigan is starting Saturday at post officers across
the state, give Dads of Michigan a call at 248-559-DADS.
|
