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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, An intact, involved two-parent home provides the |
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| optimal environment through which children grow into |
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| productive and responsible adults; and
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| WHEREAS, Parents are the primary "polestar" with respect to |
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| raising their children; and
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| WHEREAS, Our society, State, and statutes should serve as |
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| secondary structures designed to support, not supplant, both |
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| parents in their role as the primary nurturers of children; and
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| WHEREAS, Both mothers and fathers provide unique and |
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| invaluable contributions towards the development of their |
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| children; and
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| WHEREAS, Each parent's contributions to the upbringing of |
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| their children are equally necessary to assure children the |
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| best opportunity to develop into healthy citizens; and
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| WHEREAS, An intact two-parent home is not always available |
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| to children; and
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| WHEREAS, Children of separated or divorced parents will |
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| benefit from frequent and continuing involvement with both |
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| parents, unless it is shown that such involvement will cause |
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| substantial or imminent harm to those children; and
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| WHEREAS, The role of the State in such situations should be |
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| to encourage maximum parental involvement with children; and
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| WHEREAS, Any legal determination regarding custody, |
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| visitation, or parenting time should demonstrate consistent |
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| application of a presumption in favor of fit parents, including |
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| parental rights and parental autonomy, and maximum parental |
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| involvement so as to nurture children fully under the confines |
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| of the family; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| CONCURRING HEREIN, that we discourage policies that result in |
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| children being unduly influenced, alienated, or |
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| disenfranchised from their parents; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the State's role in the relationship of |
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| children with their parents should be minimal unless a parent |
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| may be unfit or pose a substantial harm to them; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That in accordance with these findings, the |
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| Illinois General Assembly declares that our public policy is |