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In the Best Interest of the Children
http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/m-n...lroy070103.htm
MensNewsdaily.com
July 1, 2003
by Wendy McElroy

A new legal term is creating debate across North America: the
"rebuttable
presumption of joint custody." (search) It means family courts should
presume that divorcing parents will equally share the legal and physical
custody of children unless there is compelling reason to rule otherwise.
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I am concerned that the apparent increase of mothers' violence
against children is not affecting custody orders but rather seems to be
a sweep-it-under-the-rug phenomenon. This situation alone should
prompt courts to realize that mothers are not necessarily the best
qualified
parent and that
joint physical custody might decrease pressure on either parent acting as
sole caregiver.
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The language of the law must be changed and the Judges re-programmed to base
all decisions on gender neutral equality. Therefore it would no longer be
a question of mother or father but of parent. Once women are treated as
equals to men in the court room then it will be only a matter of time before
some sense of fairness comes to custody and child support law.

That's the way it's SUPPOSED to be at present. The situation will not
change until there is monitoring of custody decisions, both in court and
out of court (since what happens out of court is largely determined by
what would happen in court).

In other words, the statistics about custody should be collected. Once
people saw the numbers, particularly the numbers about custody awards by
particular judges, there would be overwhelming pressure for change.