Help & Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

Guidance on legislation, state resources, legislator outreach, and participation.

Getting Started

Choose your state using the site’s location selector. The original website remembers this preference in your browser and uses it to show regional resources.

Yes. Change the location selection to explore another region’s bill resources.

Use Set Location or the state selector. In this Bootstrap version, use the selector on the reform bills page.

No. The advocacy program includes U.S. regions and has also worked with advocates abroad.

No account is required to browse public reform information.

The original organization describes international work, but those proposals are not published in its online bill directory. Contact the advocacy team for details.

Accessing Bills

They cover equal parenting, restoration of lost parenting time, repeat custody interference, case deadlines, courtroom recordings, child-support calculations, appeals of temporary orders, court access, fee reimbursement, due process, parentage and enforcement integrity, a clearer best-interest standard, and parent-child restoration.

Choose a state in the bills directory. Original state-specific legal texts and their database must be connected separately to this static Bootstrap rebuild.

On the original site, remove the assigned location from the bill page to browse all available regions.

Not Started means not introduced; In Progress means the proposal is moving through the legislature; Passed means enacted.

The original website says staff changes appear within minutes. This static rebuild does not automatically sync legislative statuses.

It combines a proposed legislator letter, background and talking points, and suggested legislative language in one document. Original files require separate import.

Yes. Share the bill page URL or use your browser’s sharing tools.

Legislator Email Templates

The original Legislator Packs contain letter templates intended for outreach to lawmakers.

A draft letter, a background and need statement, and proposed statutory language.

Yes. Add your own circumstances and contact information, and verify claims before sending.

Use its talking points to prepare for correspondence, calls, or meetings with legislative staff.

Meeting Requests

The organization invites meeting requests. Participation depends on availability and the meeting format.

Provide your contact information, the legislator’s name and role, meeting format, proposed date and time, and relevant discussion topics.

The original page describes video, telephone, and potentially in-person participation, subject to arrangements.

Understanding Benefits

It proposes beginning custody deliberations with equal parenting time unless case-specific evidence justifies a different arrangement, with safeguards for children.

A proposal addressing restoration of parenting time after qualifying unfounded allegations or improper restrictions.

Supporters argue that recordings provide a reliable record for transparency and appellate review while requiring appropriate privacy safeguards.

A proposal to account more explicitly for both parents’ circumstances, expenses, and parenting time.

To make interim custody and support decisions reviewable before they cause prolonged effects.

Platform Updates

The original website describes staff-maintained data and frequent updates. The static Bootstrap site needs a live data integration to offer equivalent updates.

Contact [email protected] with the relevant bill or page URL.

Revisit the bills directory and connect with the Join the Team community.