Bill Text: IL SR0898 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares June 14, 2024 as Grandparent Alienation Awareness Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages parents to support and foster positive relationships between children and extended family members when possible.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-08 - Placed on Calendar Order of Secretary's Desk Resolutions May 9, 2024 [SR0898 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0898-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Strong family relationships constitute the | ||||||
| 3 | foundation of our communities; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Alienation behaviors are frequently present in | ||||||
| 5 | high-conflict divorces, separations, and asymmetrical custody | ||||||
| 6 | arrangements, as well as in intact marriages, often causing | ||||||
| 7 | mental and emotional anguish to children; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Alienation is a term used to describe any number | ||||||
| 9 | of behaviors and attitudes on the part of one or both parents | ||||||
| 10 | designed to interfere, damage, or destroy the relationship | ||||||
| 11 | between a child and another family member; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Alienation takes advantage of the innocent and | ||||||
| 13 | impressionable, as well as the suggestibility and dependency | ||||||
| 14 | of a child, depriving children of their right to love and be | ||||||
| 15 | loved by their extended family; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Mental health professionals agree that the | ||||||
| 17 | negative effects of alienation can follow a child into | ||||||
| 18 | adulthood with tragic consequences; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The recently published fifth edition of the | ||||||
| 20 | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) | ||||||
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| 1 | made several references to the dysfunctional family dynamic of | ||||||
| 2 | alienation as a form of psychological child abuse; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Grandparent Alienation Awareness Day is intended | ||||||
| 4 | to increase the knowledge and understanding of this problem to | ||||||
| 5 | help families, institutions, the legal and mental health | ||||||
| 6 | communities, and leaders to better identify and combat such | ||||||
| 7 | conduct to children; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 14, | ||||||
| 10 | 2024 as Grandparent Alienation Awareness Day in the State of | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois; and be it further
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