Military Deployment Doesn't Mean You Lose Custody of Your Children

It is just amazing that it requires a law to make sure that common sense is used...

Bill puts child custody battles on hold for deployed soldiers By RICHARD FELLINGER Evening Sun Harrisburg Bureau Article Launched: 10/15/2008 11:05:20 AM EDT Pennsylvania courts will be precluded from rewriting custody arrangements for the children of deployed soldiers under a new state law. Gov. Ed Rendell has signed the bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Lebanon. Folmer said the law is needed to ensure that soldiers don't suffer the extra stress of a custody case while they are overseas. It also prevents one parent from taking advantage of a soldier's deployment to gain custody. The bill allows temporary custody orders to be implemented while a soldier is deployed, but it puts the original orders back in place when the soldier returns home.