Kyra’s Law Updates

Kyra Franchetti was 28 months old when she was shot to death in her sleep by her father during an unsupervised, court-approved visit, despite warnings and eyewitness accounts of threatening, abusive, and concerning behavior. What happened to Kyra can happen to a child you know and love, unless legislative changes are made.

Kyra’s child custody case is the inspiration for seven new bills in the New York State legislature, including “Kyra’s Law” (A.3346A/S.3170-A), to better protect children from abusive parents. One of our landmark bills - mandating training for child custody evaluators - was just signed into law in December.

Kyra’s Law is common sense legislation that makes the child’s safety the top priority in child custody adjudications, mandates our judges are properly trained in child abuse and family violence prior to overseeing these life or death cases, and addresses critical shortcomings in child custody cases that result in children being abused at epidemic rates. This bill has generated widespread support from both Democratic and Republican legislators.

Our mission is to protect children from being harmed by family violence. Kyra’s Champions advocates for policy and legislative changes that promote and protect at-risk children. We have passed legislative measures in multiple states and on the federal level, and we raise awareness about the dangers to children, inside and outside of our divorce/family court system, and seek changes in the way family violence and child abuse are addressed in child custody cases. Our focus today is on advancing seven bills in New York, including “Kyra’s Law,” that are inspired by the custody case of 2-year-old Kyra Franchetti, who was murdered by her father in an entirely preventable murder-suicide.

Thursday marked 7 years since Kyra’s murder, and this was a very different “anniversary.”

A day typically marked with unbearable grief and flowers placed at her grave, was instead spent standing in partnership with some of New York’s most renowned advocates of child safety.

On Thursday, July 27th, in New York City, we hosted a press conference with top domestic violence influencer Robbie Harvey. We drew awareness on how our “justice” system fails to protect family violence victims and their children from dangerous abusers who are often not held accountable by our courts for their actions.

There was widespread media coverage highlighting the dire need for reform, and calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to join our efforts from PIX11, News 12, and Authority Magazine

I’m so proud and grateful for the relentless support of Senator Skoufis, Senator Harckham, Assemblymember Dinowitz, Crime Victims Treatment Center, Safe Horizon, Safe & Together Institute, and Sanctuary for Families who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with me on Thursday.

—Compiled from Kyra’s Champions

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