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Gov. Brown Signs Gatto Bill Granting Children Access to Ailing Parents – AB 1085

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Today, Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Glendale) legislation to provide access for adult children who wish to visit an ailing parent was signed into law by Governor Brown, culminating almost two-year’s worth of work on this issue. The legislation, AB 1085, will provide legal recourse for children who are denied access to a parent, by their parent’s current spouse or another family member. With divorce and remarriage common, there is a possibility of conflict between a subsequent...

“Visitation Bill” – We passed the California Assembly – now on to the Senate.

Mike Gatto’s Bill to Give Rights to Children Denied Access to Ailing Parents Approved by Assembly Legislation was inspired by Kerri Kasem, daughter of radio personality Casey Kasem, who was denied visitation rights to her now deceased father. SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s

Iowa is the Nation’s First State to Pass the “Visitation Bill” – Kerri Kasem with Governor Branstad

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR Governor Terry E. Branstad « Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Gov. Branstad to sign Senate File 306 Iowa to become first state in the nation with law ensuring visitation rights of adult children to see ailing parents! (DES MOINES) – Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad signed Senate File 306 on Friday, April 24, 2015, at 3 p.m. in the Governor’s Formal Office. Senate File 306 is an act relating to communication and visitation between...

Under The Apple Tree: My Experiences with UCI Law’s Elder Abuse Clinic

By UCI Law Student Ariela Rutkin-Becker “I thought I’d be sitting under an apple tree now, you know, at this point of my life. And I don’t want to leave the world in this situation that I’m in.” The quote above was spoken to me on a Friday morning in early November by an 83-year-old woman who stopped by the Elder Abuse Clinic at Central Justice Center for help. She was facing a series of harassing behaviors from her son’s live-in, on-and-off girlfriend that...

Kerri Kasem talks foundation and memories of her father

By: James Wood First published in AXS Online – Mar 8, 2015 By now we’ve all heard the story. When broadcasting legend Casey Kasem’s health began to decline in 2013, his daughter Kerri and her siblings were denied access to their father by Kasem’s current wife, Jean. It was a tragic turn of events and one where the court system offered little relief in the family’s plight to see their beloved father before his...

A Personal Message From Carrie Jones

By Carrie Jones Sadly my great uncle, Ray Edwards, suffered Elder Abuse not only at the hands of his wife, but also at an assisted living facility (ALF). While Ray was at a skilled nursing facility, and I had power of attorney, my family and I started researching a permanent residence for him. I am just a young girl and had no previous knowledge of what to do or where to look for help. My mother and her sister flew...

Why We Need A Visitation Bill

By Martha Pat terson I was able to get Kerri Kasem into the Nursing Home where her dad Casey Kasem was staying because Federal Law requires a Skilled Nursing Home to allow a resident to have visitation with anyone they want. I had heard the Judge and the Court appointed attorney say in court that Casey Kasem wanted to see his children. Unfortunately this law only applies in hospitals and nursing homes and when visitation is refused there is NO way to...

The Long, Strange Purgatory of Casey Kasem

He was America’s most beloved deejay, the unmistakable voice who created ‘American top 40’ and rose to fame on the schmaltzy but irresistible charm of his “long-distance dedications.” all of which makes the tabloid circumstances of his demise—an epic family feud waged in streets, courtrooms, and funeral homes from L.A. to Oslo—even more surreal. Amy Wallace investigates the tragic final days (and very weird afterlife) of a radio legend When Casey Kasem’s wife got angry, it didn’t matter that the old...

A Message From A Friend

By Lisa Caprelli The recent decisions facing the Casey Kasem family are among the most difficult that one will ever face. As this life-and-death drama unfolds in public, through quick sound bites and opposing viewpoints, the messages have become confusing and murky. I have been friends with Kerri Kasem for almost ten years. In that time we have worked together and traveled to places near and far away. We have attended gatherings with family and friends, socialized with her siblings, attended parties,...

The Family Battle: Fighting the Good Fight

I am grateful to have represented Kerri Kasem and have written this so that the world would know: Casey Kasem did indeed make his wishes for end of life care known. Casey Kasem signed a Health Care Directive in 2007 it named his daughter Julie and her husband as his first choice for the people he wanted to make Health Care Decisions for him and then named Kerri Kasem as his second choice. Casey Kasem loved his children from his first marriage and...