Schmidts push for stronger fathers rights in adoption case
The Schmidts urge state action to require paternity registration and ensure mothers have legal representation in adoption cases. Dan Schmidt criticizes the 20 day registry limit and lack of mother identification requirements while Cara Schmidt recalls her 1991 birth and adoption of Anna. Lawmakers defend measured reform to prevent repeat cases like Anna’s. The Schmidts and their lawyer met about twenty lawmakers at the Statehouse, insisting on privacy during the session.
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Newsweek declares Anna Schmidt thriving after adoption battle
Newsweek reports Anna Schmidt now appears well in Blairstown Iowa at age three and a half. The article notes her happiness in a cover photo and quotes her mother Cara and a Michigan therapist who urged caution about long term effects. The Schmidts won custody after twenty years of court fights with the DeBoers of Ann Arbor.
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Newsweek
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America
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Robbie DeBoer
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Michigan
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Ann Arbor
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Values education debate fuels school safety bill discussion
The report outlines proposed provisions of a House bill on school values education with emphasis on honesty and self discipline. It details unannounced locker searches, expulsion options, access to disciplinary and juvenile court records, teacher immunity limits, and potential up to one year of guaranteed pay for employees injured while intervening in violence.
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Keith Kreiman
D-Bloomfield
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