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Press Release by Fathers4Equality in Government: Judicial
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Equal Parenting laws AN INEVITABILITY, says Australian Parenting group
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This press release is about: parenting, equal, government, presumption, fathers4equality, australian, benefits, family, amendment, rebuttable, time,
2006-03-08, Fathers4Equality -
Australian equal parenting group, Fathers4Equality, has stated that equal parenting time after separation is an inevitable development, simply awaiting a government with enough resolve to put the rights of children ahead of the vested interests of single mother`s groups.
Currently, the government is in the process of debating the recently introduced Family Law Amendment Bill, a commendable bill that is intended to usher in a new era of equal parenting arrangements. As part of this process, Fathers4Equality has recently presented its well researched submission on the benefits of equal parenting to children of separated families, entitled "Parents are Forever...even if marriages are not" to the Senate Hearing on the provisions of the Family Law Amendment.
"The benefits of equal parenting are well accepted and have been repeatedly demonstrated in very credible research" says Ash Patil, President of Fathers4Equality. "These benefits are accepted by the majority in Parliament, however the only significant obstacles right now to a presumption of equal parenting time are the self-serving interests of single mother`s groups, who tend to have a disproportional influence on the government."
Despite the overwhelming benefits of equal parenting time, and the well documented child abuse risks associated with single-mother households, the government has unfortunately baulked at recommending a rebuttable presumption of equal parenting time in its Family Law Amendment Bill, and has instead opted for asking the Family Court to "consider" equal parenting time only.
Without a rebuttable presumption of equal parenting time, many fathers are concerned that the Howard government is making the same mistake as the Keating government in 1995, with its own family law amendments that were also intended to create equal parenting as a norm. Not only did the 1995 amendments fail absolutely, but equal parenting orders as a result fell by more than half.
For the current Family Law Amendment Bill to achieve the full benefits of equal parenting for as many Australian children of separated families as possible, a legal presumption of equal parenting time is required, as a starting point in child custody considerations. This presumption should be rebuttable, meaning that it will not apply where there is convincing evidence that it is harmful to the child, or where the parents mutually decide on different arrangements.
Source: PR Web™
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