Sentences with phrase «equal shared parenting»

Public opinion polls show consistently high support for equal shared parenting.

With respect to each and every issue that the judge addresses, it is this writer's opinion that Her Honour was on the right and sensible side each and every time (or at least until such time as the legislation changes and we have a rebuttable presumption in favour of equal shared parenting).

A Nanos poll conducted last year for the Canadian Association for Equality, a fathers» and men's rights group, found that when asked if they support legislation to create a presumption of equal shared parenting in child custody cases, almost three - quarters of respondents said they «somewhat» or «strongly» supported the move.

Tags: Infant and toddler access, Joint Physical Custody, Joint custody, child custody, equal shared parenting, interim motion

We need a rebuttable presumption in favour of JPC, also known as «equal shared parenting.»

A private members bill that would establish equal shared parenting as the default position in custody disputes would help even the playing field — especially for... Read more

A defeated private member's bill that would establish equal shared parenting as the default position in custody disputes is best left off the law books, Toronto - area family... Read more

Such organizations as the Canadian Equal Parenting Council, Lawyers for Shared Parenting, and Leading Women for Shared Parenting amongst others, were in the forefront of the Canadian 2013 - 2014 campaign in support of a private member's Bill (C - 560) that would have legislated a rebuttable presumption in favour equal shared parenting.

He is one of the drafters of Bill C - 560, which would have enshrined equal shared parenting in law.

SUMMARY Bill C - 560 supports kids» rights by making equal shared parenting a «rebuttable presumption», not a mandatory result.

Canada's M.P.'s need to be aware that overwhelming public support (70 % to 80 % in 2009 and 2014 public opinion polls) for equal shared parenting crosses all party lines and demographics.

A move to amend the Divorce Act and establish equal shared parenting (ESP) as a presumption in child custody cases may not be a good idea, says Toronto family lawyer and life coach Leanne Townsend.

Variations of equal shared parenting are an option under the current law, so Measure 6 is not needed.

THE JOINT CUSTODY PROPONENTS WEASEL regarding Joint Legal Custody: Although not as beneficial to children as equal shared parenting (joint physical custody), joint legal custody helps to some extent.

By Gene C. Colman Equal shared parenting within child custody law is very much a thriving concept in Ontario.

Equal shared parenting within child custody law is very much a thriving concept in Ontario.

Kruk's colleague, Susan Boyd, chair of feminist legal studies and law professor at the University of British Columbia disagrees and thinks the concept of equal shared parenting is unworkable in many circumstances.

Dr. Edward Kruk, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia and author of The Equal Parent Presumption, has over 20 years of experience in social work and is an advocate for equal shared parenting.

Bill C - 560 aimed to implement a presumption of equal shared parenting — where the starting point for negotiations between separated parents was to be as close to equal time shared as possible with their children and to «replace the concept of «custody orders» with that of «parenting orders.

Ludmer was involved in drafting Bill C - 560, which would have enshrined equal shared parenting in law, and is an advisory board member of the Parental Alienation Awareness Organization and the International Support Network for Alienated Families.

Equal shared parenting as a default in custody disputes is the logical and ethical choice: a win - win for fathers, for children and the nation.

Canadians claiming to be Liberal and Bloc supporters expressed the strongest endorsement for equal shared parenting at 80.6 % among Liberals and 82.9 % among Bloc Québécois supporters.

We find, as well, across our country, that about 80 % of those who claim to be NDP supporters and 80 % of Liberal supporters support this concept of equal shared parenting; also 80 % of Conservative supporters.

The amendments in Bill C - 560 would direct the courts in regard to divorce to make equal shared parenting, and I will talk later of the range being 35 % to 50 % roughly, but making it the presumptive arrangement in the best interests of the child, except in proven cases of abuse or neglect.

More women than men, above 80 % again, support equal shared parenting.

Aside from proven abuse or neglect, over three - quarters of Canadians want equal shared parenting to be the presumption in our courts when marriages unfortunately break down.

Bill C - 560 would amend the Divorce Act to direct the courts to make equal shared parenting the presumptive arrangement for children following the divorce of their parents, except in proven cases of abuse or neglect.

Bill C - 422, which was first introduced in June 2009, would instruct family law judges to automatically apply the principle of equal shared parenting unless it's not in the best interests of the children involved.

The vast majority of the public, over 75 %, support equal shared parenting.

For example, if a father were a long - haul trucker, he might say he has the presumption of equal shared parenting but, for him, it only works to have the kids about 30 % of the time and the mother to have them 70 % of the time.

People like Margaret F. Brinig, Frank Buckley, and Dr. Sanford Braver and various publications, such as International Review of Law and Economics and American Law and Economics Review, have found that there is a pre-emptive and preventive factor in this whole concept of equal shared parenting.

Some have argued that a presumption of equal shared parenting would increase conflict in already acrimonious family situations.

It tries to create a presumption of equal shared parenting by ignoring the best interests of the child.

For those who do need to use family courts, an equal shared parenting presumption would eliminate a key incentive for acrimonious conflict.

Mr. Speaker, the second petition calls upon Parliament and the House to support Bill C - 560, to require equal shared parenting to be treated as a rebuttable presumption of custody decisions, except in cases of neglect and abuse.

Bill C - 560 would require parents to co-operate toward equal shared parenting unless they can make a credible compelling case that this would not be in the best interests of their children.

They did get an agreement of approximately equal shared parenting, but it was not easy to do in a system biased against it.

Therefore, the petitioners are calling on Parliament to amend the Divorce Act, as in my Bill C - 560, to require that equal shared parenting be treated as the rebuttable presumption in custody decisions, except in cases of proven abuse or neglect.

Canadians claiming to be Liberal and Bloc supporters expressed the strongest endorsement for equal shared parenting, at 80.6 % among Liberals and 82.9 % among Bloc Québécois supporters, with the NDP and Conservatives just slightly under 80 %.

Mr. Speaker, I am quite honoured in these few moments to be introducing a private member's bill that would direct the courts in regard to divorce to make equal shared parenting the presumptive arrangement in the best interest of the child, except in proven cases of abuse or neglect.

Mr. Speaker, I am quite honoured to be introducing a private member's bill today which would direct the courts in regard to divorce to make equal shared parenting the presumptive arrangement in the best interests of the child, except in proven cases of abuse or neglect.

Bill C - 560 would require parents to co-operate in establishing equal shared parenting unless they can make a credible compelling case that this would not be in the best interest of the child.

Members may ask why women even more than men are supportive of this equal shared parenting bill or this concept.

I remember Kris Titus, who was the president of the Equal Parenting Council across Canada, an umbrella organization for 40 - some groups, telling me about when she and her ex, who were living in close communities, went to the judge the first time around to try to work out this kind of arrangement of approximately equal shared parenting.

Collaborative law and mediation, and that kind of thing, become increasingly important when we have a rebuttable presumption of equal shared parenting, aside from cases of abuse and neglect.

It would establish equal shared parenting as a starting point for parents and courts to use as they work toward a solution, typically in the range of 35 % to 50 % in residential access of the child to each parent, according to the unique circumstances of each family.

With a presumption of equal shared parenting, access to the children can not continue to be a part of divorce negotiations and treated like a portion of the winnings or losses of divorce agreements.

That report urged Parliament to amend the Divorce Act to make equal shared parenting the normative determination by courts dealing with situations of divorce involving children.

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.

Prof. Kruk supports father's rights issues such as equal shared parenting.