Message to Everybody Screwed Over By NH DCYF and the Family Courts

Subject: Upcoming Public Sessions with the Legislature
Hi All:

It has come to my attention that the Child and Family Law Committee will be hosting a series of public sessions throughout New Hampshire to hear about the public's concerns regarding the Family Courts. The first couple of sessions have been announced today via the Legislative Calendar. I believe more will be added, but wanted to make sure that you knew about them and if interested and available, could participate. The list is below.

One way for change to happen is to get involved. This is an excellent way of sharing your thoughts for how things should be, what needs to be changed and how the Child and Family Law Committee can incorporate these changes with upcoming legislative bills.

Hope you can attend. If not, you can always send your ideas to the Child and Family Law Committee via their e-mail address:
CFL@leg.state. nh.us

Please let us know if you attend and what was discussed! Thank you for your participation! Enjoy your weekend.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Children and Family Law Committee, Public Listening Sessions- May, 2010: In partnership with the state child protection and child support agencies the House Children and Family Law Committee hopes to learn from the public as to how the resources available are being utilized to result in the most positive outcomes for children and their families in New Hampshire. At this time, the sessions will be held according to the following schedule:



Tuesday, May 11 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Laconia Middle School



Thursday, May 13 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the River Valley Community College in Claremont



Tuesday, May 18 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the White Mountain Community College in Berlin



The primary purpose of these public listening sessions is to provide an opportunity for the public to participate in the Legislative process, in particular that of the Children and Family Law Committee of the NH House of Representatives. Information gathered at these meetings may be used to develop future legislation intended to improve our state’s services to children and their families.

Rep. Mary Stuart Gile.





Eileen Cipnick, EJD, NCPM
BS KIDS
www.bskids.net
bskidsco@yahoo. com

I was also told, in the fall of 2010 there will be sessions held in Rochester, Concord and Nashua where we will all be able to speak up as to how the resources available are being utilized to result in the most positive outcomes for children and their families in New Hampshire. Everyone need's to attend these session's. We need to show the NH Children and Family Law Committee that the resources available are not being utilized to result in positive outcomes for our children and families. We need to show that these resources are tearing our families apart, needlessly. We need to show that these resources are only benefiting DCYF and the family courts and are causing more harm than good to NH families. We will show what changes need to be made to benefit our children and families. Hopefully, our State Legislature will listen and take our ideas and thoughts into consideration and make the changes needed to preserve the families of NH.
Please plan on attending these sessions in your area. As soon as I get the dates for Concord, Rochester and Nashua, I will pass them along. It is up to all of us to get involved. This is OUR chance to change the way DCYF and the Family Court's work against families. A change which we all know is well overdue!
Thank you, Dot