Friday, May 24, 2013

Navajo lawmaker presents bill to give fathers equal parenting rights


WINDOW ROCK — Council Delegate Jonathan Hale presented a bill that would give fathers on the Navajo Nation equal rights to gain custody of his children.
Currently, Hale said there is no law that allows or states equal parenting rights to the father and said he would like to see some changes in policy.
“There needs to be a policy developed that will consider giving full custody to the father,” he said in a press release from the Navajo Nation Speakers office.
He also explained, the current policy lets the mother determine when the father gets to see the children in custody battles.
“In custody situations, somebody needs to be checking with the mother, and making sure that the kids are seeing their father,” he said.
No further information was provided.

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