Media Advisory: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH BATTERERSTechnorati Tags: Advisory,COMMITTEE,INVESTIGATE,THEPLACEMENT,CHILDREN,BATTERERS,PLACEMENT,reporters,Joyce,Murphy,Jolla,prison,probation,daughter,Channel,testimony,Begin,message,From,Hayes,Bautista,Catalina,Date,Subject,Assemblywoman,Fiona,District,Immediate,Release,Contact,Cell,Select,Domestic,Violence,account,WHERE,California,State,Capitol,Sacramento,Room,Chair,Francisco,courts,victims,judges,system,BLOCKQUOT,crimes,Members,allegationsFYI- Please feel free to circulate this media advisory to any and all reporters and/or blogs that you see fit! Joyce Murphy from La Jolla (whose ex was just sentenced to 6 years in prison and 5 yrs probation for sex crimes against three girls besides his daughter, so NOW she has her daughter back) will be testifying, along with a few other litigants.
Joyce's local TV station- Channel 10- whose story about her case was posted here recently- has said that they will come to cover her testimony!!!
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From: "Hayes-Bautista, Catalina" <Catalina.Hayes-Bautista@asm.ca.gov>
Date: May 27, 2009 11:30:55 AM PDT
To: "Hayes-Bautista, Catalina" <Catalina.Hayes-Bautista@asm.ca.gov>
Subject: Media Advisory: ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH BATTERERS
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma
12th Assembly District
For Immediate Release: May 27, 2009
Contact: Catalina Hayes-Bautista
Phone: (916) 319-2012
Cell: (510) 499-9637
Media Advisory
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH BATTERERS
Assemblywoman Ma Holds Select Committee on Domestic Violence hearing to look at whether the interest of the child is taken into account
WHEN: Thursday, May 28th at 1:30 pm
WHERE: California State Capitol, Sacramento – Room 126
WHO: Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, Chair
Members of the Select Committee on Domestic Violence
WHAT: Assemblywoman Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco), Chair of the Select Committee on Domestic Violence will convene an informational hearing into allegations that family courts are placing children with batterers. The Committee will hear from victims, experts, judges and advocates on a child’s best interest in the family court system. The hearing seeks to shed light on stories shared with Assemblywoman Fiona Ma by mothers who are victims of domestic violence and have been in the court system for years, fighting for their children’s best interest.
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