| Canadian Parliament Considers Equal Parenting Bill |
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| Written by Robert Franklin, Esq. | |||||
| Saturday, 18 July 2009 16:21 | |||||
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Canada's Parliament has a bill before it to require a presumption of equal parenting in custody cases. Bill C-422 would amend the Divorce Act to create the presumption and apparently require divorcing parents to discuss a parenting plan with a judge or a mediator. This article says that the bill has the support of both Liberal and Conservative House members (Laval News, 7/15/09).
Not only that, but the emphasis of equal parenting is on the best interests of children, not parental rights. That's important given the fact that, in Australia, the current backlash against equal parenting characterizes supporters as only interested in fathers' rights. The clear, concise answer is that shared parenting is itself usually in the best interests of children, and in the rare instances that it's not, courts are fully capable of ruling. As MP Raymonde Folco said,
The Canadian Equal Parenting Council, a coalition of 40 organizations that promote equally shared parenting, supports the bill. Quote this article on your siteTo create link towards this article on your website, copy and paste the text below in your page. Preview : Powered by QuoteThis © 2008
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