Nebraska lawmakers fighting to stop rapists from seeking visitation rights

Nebraska lawmakers are working on a bill that would refuse rapists the rights to child custody or child visitation with regards to offspring that arise from assault they inflicted.

The bill comes after a rapist was awarded one-on-one visitation rights with a child from the woman he had sexually assaulted.

To the woman’s disbelief, the man is now seeking overnight custody rights.

State Sen. Sara Howard of Omaha is sponsoring the bill to prevent such a ruling from happening again.

Child custody lawyers have praised the bill saying that no mother should have to undergo such a traumatic experience.

 

According to One News Now(https://www.onenewsnow.com/), a similar case took place in the state in which a “Nebraska man convicted of assaulting and impregnating a 13-year-old girl sued to block a couple from adopting the baby after its birth. State lawmakers passed legislation to prevent a rapist’s intervention in such a case.”

 

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The 2 women have also been thrown out of the house by their in-laws

Two Muslim women in India are fighting back after their husbands proclaimed divorce via a messaging app reports NDTV.

Heena Fathima and Bahrain Noor were married to two brothers who live in the U. S. They filed a police complaint against their in laws for throwing them out of the house after the brothers had divorced them via messages and email.

The women claim they did not receive any warning of the divorce. “Every day he would ask to see the video of the children, how they were doing. Then suddenly, he said talaq. He has to tell me what I did wrong. What is my mistake? This is not right,” said Fathima who was divorced by Syed Fayazuddin six months ago.

Noor was married to Syed’s brother Usman Qureishi who ended the marriage shortly after his move to the U.S a few months ago by sending her a message on Whatsapp. The message read, ‘talaq, talaq, talaq’. Noor’s in-laws threw her out and that’s when the two women decided to take action reports NDTV.

Police have registered the case against the husbands and in-laws. South Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police V. Satyanarayana, said the police had told the father-in-law that he could not push them out of the house.

According to international divorce attorney in Thailand Jiraporn Thongphong, divorce via Whatsapp is not valid under Sharia law.

However, the men claim they have sent necessary documents.

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Mothers tend to gain sole custody of children during divorce

Texan fathers are working towards a law reform that will give them equal rights to child custody during a divorce.

Texas House Bill 453 aims to give children equal amounts of time with both parents.

Similar law reforms have taken place in other states such as Missouri. Usually, mothers are given sole custody of their children and the father receives visitation rights. However, reports indicate that “ children grow up healthier mentally and physically when they spend more time with their fathers.”

According to Thailand child custody lawyer Jiraporn Thongphong,there are innumerable instances in which a father would like to spend more time with his children after a divorce but is not allowed to by law.

“If this bill passes you’re going in there at an equal advantage with the other person,” said Geren, a father of two and who is among the vocal supporters of HB453, to WFAA. “It doesn’t touch on any child support. It doesn’t touch on anything that would be detrimental to the child. It’s still left in the courts hands on what they want to do.”

HB453 was authored by State Rep. James White, R-Woodville.  It has not yet been referred to a committee. A similar legislation was introduced in 2015 but quickly died.

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The law was initially passed in 2014 but got held back due to conservationists

Gay marriage in Finland became legal starting the 1^st of March this year. The law also gives gay couples the legal right to adopt.

Yle reports that according to a Local Register Office’s figures, 41 same sex couples across Finland are set to be married this week.

Although the law was passed back in November 2014, a separate citizens’ initiative petitioned by conservative activists was presented to lawmakers just before the law was supposed to go into effect

The initiative was rejected and now Finland joins 21 other countries around the world that have legalized same-sex marriage.

In Thailand, same sex- marriage is not recognized

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