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'''Parents Without Rights''' is a political interest and support group based in [[Florida]], [[United States]] that campaigns for the reform of [[family law]]. It was founded in [[1991]] by a group of Kennedy Space Center Scientists led by [[Peter T. Wilson]], who felt that the Florida's Family Courts did not consider them competent to be active Father and Parents, or have custody of their children, (contracted; show full)stated that parenting is a fundamental right protected by the US Constitution. In [[Troxel]], the court wrote: "The liberty interest at issue in this case -- the interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children -- is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests recognized by this Court."  The argument that the constitutional rights of parents entail a presumption of equal parental rights when parent divorce has been developed in a numerous law journal articles.{{
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==Activism==
Parents Without Rights has testified many times before the Florida Legislature's committee on families and children. Representative [[Randy Ball]] introduced the [[Uniform Parental Rights Enforcement and Protection Act]] at the behest of Parents Without Rights. They worked with the National Congress of Families and Children for the passage of the [[1998]] Visitation Reform Act. 

In [[1998]] and [[1999|99]], the group mounted a successful campaign to prevent the appointment of [[Jessie Preston Silvernail]] to the Fifth District Court of Appeals.

Parents Without Rights is a member of the [[Million Dads March]] and [[Thomas Lessman]]. 

In [[2006]], the organization worked with Republican State Representative [[Ellyn Bogdanoff]]. Parents Without Rights held "meet and greet" parties for Ms. Bogdanoff in the home of Dr. Walker, assisted in fund raising, and contributed to Ms. Bogdanoff's 10 point margin of victory on November 7, 2006.

==Notes==
:{{fnbnote|1}}See Ellen Canacakos, "Joint Custody as a Fundamental Right," ''Arizona Law Review''  23(1981)785-800;  Holly Robinson, "Joint Custody: Constitutional Imperatives,"  ''University of Cincinnati Law Review'', 1985;  Cynthia McNeely, "Lagging Behind the Times: Parenthood, Custody, and Gender Bias in the Family Court,"  ''Florida State Law Review'', September, 1998 [http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/lawreview/issues/254/mcneely.html];  and, Donald C. Hubin, "Parental Rights and Due Process,"  ''Journal of Law and Family Studies'', 1(1999)123-150 [http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/hubin1/Research/PRDP.PDF].

==External links==
*[http://www.parentswithoutrights.org Parents Without Rights] Parents Without Rights Website
*[http://www.MillionDadsMarch.org Million Dads March] Million Dads March
*[http://www.geocities.com/sharedparentingworks// Shared Parenting Works]

[[Category:Divorce]]
[[Category:Marriage]]
[[Category:Parenting]]
[[Category:Political advocacy groups in the United States]]