"Servicemember Family Protection Act", or house bill H.R. 4201 will now migrate through the Senate and House for vote

Custody issues for those serving in the military has always been an interesting topic for me.  A recent Martindale post discussed the problem well: "[U]nder family law, the best interests of the child controls whether a parent will have custody. In addition, the mother or father cannot be said to be acting in the best interests of a child when he or she is unavailable to take care of his or her child.  So, as it sits now, when a parent is vacant for longer than a certain amount of time, his or her custodial rights can be removed.  Moreover, he or she cannot allocate these custodial rights to the child's grandparents or other family."  Here's a link to the full post: http://community.martindale.com/legal-groups/practice_area1/family_law_group/f/4067/p/33576/47914.aspx#47914