With all due respect for the drafters of this bill, it is fundamentally so different from what it should be that I would rather we focus our energy on agreeing that we need to make changes to the custody system in consideration of the best interests of the child and
equal custody so that both parents have access to the child.
Not exact matches
The report went on: «The fact that
so many Sharia rulings in Britain relate to cases concerning divorce and
custody of children is of particular concern, as women are not
equal in Sharia law, and Sharia contains no specific commitment to the best interests of the child that is fundamental to family law in the UK.
So the preference now is
equal shared
custody and
equal access to both parents, Berg says.
If a savvy lawyer informs a woman that her ex could get
equal custody, thus putting the kabosh on her plans, and then asks if she ever feared him, whether he ever cursed at her, called her names, raised his voice or screamed in a fit of rage, «I'm
so angry at you, I could kill you» — and what marriage doesn't have some sort of anger, yelling or threats?
The
so - called «shared
custody» grants parents an
equal role in the upbringing of their children, even if they don't all live under the same roof, the child will be resident at the house of one of the two parents.
Remember, Florida law prefers to give
equal custody to each biological parent,
so after paternity is established, time sharing rights will likely be put into place.
Joint legal
custody allows each parent to have an
equal say in the child's welfare: they must make decisions together about the child's education, housing, religion, healthcare, and
so on.
Kansas courts prefer to order joint legal
custody whenever possible,
so divorced parents usually have
equal rights to make major decisions regarding their children.
While fathers «could» become primary parents, and theoretically resident fathers also «could» form
equal attachments, the reality is that in families with such problems that they have resulted in
custody cases involving infants and very small children, it's extremely unlikely that these fathers have done
so.
Today, almost every couple that I know or have worked with has joint legal
custody, thus they both have
equal say about all major decisions in their children's lives,
so why do people still use the word «visitation»?
Mr. Speaker, these undersigned petitioners are drawing the attention of this House of Commons to the fact that children ordinarily thrive best when being raised by both parents, their father and their mother, even when those parents divorce,
so the petitioners are calling on Parliament to amend the Divorce Act, as in my Bill C - 560, to require
equal shared parenting to be treated as the rebuttable presumption in
custody decisions, except, of course, in cases of proven abuse or neglect.
So it shouldn't be a big surprise that he wants Attorney General Wally Oppal to amend the Family Relations Act to recognize that fathers have
equal rights as parents in
custody, access, and guardianship.
If two parents can agree on a parenting plan, they they wouldn't need The Family Courts,
so Judges can not rule in favour of
equal or shared
custody.
In
so doing, we would be able to better regulate the right of judges to grant
custody with a view to
equal parenting.
Also, neither parent will be favored for
custody over the other based on sex,
so each parent has
equal opportunity for being awarded
custody before all of the other factors are evaluated.