NASGA Director Marcia Southwick proudly displays our "Campbell~Falk Bill" after it was signed into Tennessee law by Governor Haslam.
Because of this law, musical icon Glen Campbell is able to see his oldest children, Travis and Trudy once again. Because of this law, untold numbers of guardianship wards in Tennessee who have been denied the presence and the comfort of their family and friends by their court-appointed guardians will no longer have to suffer in isolation!
Tanya Tuckers fight for Glen Campbell is to simply be able to get in to see him and say goodbye. Tucker expresses that wish in an interview that can be seen by clicking this photo.
Back in the early 1980’s, Tanya Tucker and Glen Campbell were an item. It was a tumultuous relationship but as Tucker says in a recent tear filled ET interview, “he was the love of my life.” She would like to get in and see him to say goodbye but it seems that request is not being addressed.
Tanya Tucker fights for Glen Campbell. Campbell who is entering the last stage of Alzheimer’s may not even remember who she is so her visit is more for her than him but it sure seems important to Tucker that she be allowed her goodbyes. Campbell recently made it through the holidays in what is being referred to as a “Memory Home,” a facility that specializes in patients with this horrible disease. Nobody can say exactly how much time he has left but if his Stages are being diagnosed correctly, it might not be too much longer. Time is of the essence.
What turns out to be an even sadder situation is it looks like the
children from Campbell’s first 2 marriages have had to fight legally for
the right to visit with him and even at that, those visitations are
very strict and limited. There has been a new bill drafted and being
presented to the legislation in Tennessee allowing the rights of grown
children of parents who have become wards of the state or are governed
by a conservatorship to preserve the family relationship.
Tanya Tucker is standing right beside Campbell’s first two children
in an effort to see to it that Campbell and others like him are not
prevented from sharing what time they have left with ALL not just some
of their loved ones. There has been a Facebook page created for this
purpose to bring awareness to the Campbell children and Glen Campbell’s
plight. The name of the page is ‘Help Glen Campbell.’ If
you want to help, like the page and see what if anything there is that
you can do to help at this time. For more on this fight visit the Catherine Falk Organization. The daughter of deceased actor Peter Falk heads this organization.
When a loved one is in the hospital, you naturally want to be at the bedside. But what if the staff won’t allow it? What happens when a loved one is wrongly isolated from family and friends?
Glen Campbell’s Son Travis Campbell and The Daughter of the Late Peter Falk, known as “Columbo” are speaking out about the importance of adult visitation legislation [the Campbell~Falk Bill] which coincides with the push of the Peter Falk Bill.
After Catherine Falk was a victim herself in the attempts to see her ailing father, Catherine's former probate attorney drafted the Peter Falk Bill in 2011 and the first draft was handed to Assemblyman Gatto. After many amended drafts and hard work by her former lawyer, Catherine took one of the amended drafts to other states. California passed the visitation bill in 2015.
Catherine has since broadened her scope beyond just an adult child seeking visitation with an ailing parent but for all wards in isolation within Conservatorships/Guardianships exposed to abusive guardians who isolate our loved ones. Now Travis Campbell is in the same predicament. He too is in a fight for his right to see his ailing father Glen.
How can we put an end to this isolation that continues to impact society as a whole? The mission is to go to every state in this country to pass a very important Bill/Law protecting the rights of families, specifically when a family member is being isolated from his/her loved ones or there is elder abuse involved. Let’s all join together to make this bill a reality!
