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05/06/2026

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During Idaho Gives, we encourage you to consider Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center

I’m ready to support Safe Passage on May 4, 2026 during Idaho Gives 2026. Learn more about Safe Passage and all the other organizations participating in Idaho Gives 2026.

04/17/2026

Our condolences go out to Judge Caldwell's family.

04/03/2026

Teal supports sexual abbuse awareness and child abuse awareness month! follow Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center for related activities this month.

💙 April is Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Awareness Month 💙

This month—and every month—we stand with survivors.

Sexual assault can impact anyone, and its effects are lasting. But so is the power of support, belief, and community.

At Safe Passage, we are here to listen, to advocate, and to walk alongside survivors on their path to healing.

You are not alone. You are believed. You matter.

✨ This April, help us turn awareness into action.
Your support helps us provide free, confidential services and prevention education in our community.

💙 Donate, share, and stand with survivors.

03/27/2026

My latest article is on co-occurring child custody and child protection cases; you can read it here if you are interested:

Have you encountered any co-occurring child custody and Child Protection Act (CPA)[i] cases? Or have you considered taking a CPA case through the conflict division of the State Public Defender’s office? Although both types of cases look out for children, they are different in nature and process. E...

03/23/2026

I was interviewed regarding my opposition to the custody bills before the senate. Those bills are not progressing this session, but expect to see updated versions of the 3 senate and 3 house bills next year. Here is the resulting article:

Seventy plus lawyers signed onto a letter, and reform has cooled as a result.

03/13/2026

HB 857 is advancing to the floor, but they are looking for amendments first.

This bill affects when and to what extent any child's records - including addresses - may be kept private from the other parent. My concerns with the bill is that it no longer allows a parent to protect their address if they have sole custody (which often goes hand in hand with safety concerns). They would ONLY be able to protect records with a court order, which could ONLY be gotten when NECESSARY to prevent SUBSTANTIAL harm to the CHILD (no comment about the parent). I urge to you write your representative and encourage themto rephrase that to "when it will prevent harm to the child, parent, or other household member."

03/09/2026

We got professional Photos!

03/05/2026

There is a child custody bill getting proposed to the legislature that is quite harmful to survivors of domestic violence and to children, HB 824, which you can see here: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0824/.

This bill prioritizes abusers’ rights above the need for our children to be safe.

Please contact Coeur d’Alene Rep. Alfieri, who is co-chair of the committee, to let him know your objection before March 13: [email protected]

Some of the things this bill does include:
1. Eliminating the ability to use hearsay (including police reports, medical reports, or reporting anything your child told you);
2. Increasing the evidentiary standard to “clear and convincing” such that testimony alone is insufficient;
3. Establishing a presumption of substantially equal parenting time, absent clear and convincing evidence, without hearsay.

This means that in practice, unless the attending physician at an ER testifies to your medical care, you can’t establish you were beaten: your testimony and the medical report are insufficient. Unless you have both a drug test and the person who administered it comes to testify, you can’t establish drug use, because his admission to you is not sufficient to meet the clear and convincing standard.

This bill will be read in committee on Friday, March 13, and if they approve it will move forward to the floor. Please contact Coeur d’Alene Rep. Alfieri, who is co-chair of the committee, to let him know your objection: [email protected].

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02/28/2026

This is about the testimony on the harms to our youth perpetrated but social media companies.

02/28/2026

A trial about the harms social media companies have needlessly caused through addictive practices.

The world is watching as tech executives from Meta, Instagram, and YouTube testify before the jury for the first time ever about the addictive nature of their social media platforms. Under accusation that their platforms are intentionally designed to hook teens and children, they will defend their practices that have inflicted harms on users since their inception. Read more - https://buff.ly/j0Wkppr