Shared parenting
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Shared parenting refers to a collaborative arrangement in child custody or divorce determinations in which the care of the children is equal or more than substantially shared between the biological parents.[1]
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[edit] Nature and History
Shared parenting arrangements are viewed as encouraging children to know both parents are actively involved and share responsibility in their upbringing. This is generally considered a desirable plan in order to parent children separately. It is, however, still uncommon in situations where Family law practitioners have become involved, which is due to the adversarial nature of the courts.Citation?
More rarely, shared parenting refers to a similar situation after the separation of adoptive or other non biological parents.
Members of the Family Law reform movement call for laws creating a rebuttable presumption of 50/50 shared custody, shared parenting.[2] Such laws require parents be directed to develop a mutually agreeable Parenting plan. If they are unable to do so, judges order an equal time-share of physical custody between the parents, unless it is not practical or in the best interests of the children. An otherwise non-custodial parent could therefore spend more time with their children, increase their care-taking responsibilities.
In 1998, a Special Joint Committee of The Senate and The House of Commons of Canada issued the report, For The Sake Of The Children, in which the principal recommendation was that shared parenting be presumed, at first instance, to be the appropriate relationship between a child and his or her parents after a relationship breakdown.[3] Legislative initiatives in Canada to implement this recommendation were unsuccessful.[4][citation needed]
Reform advocates note that the presumption for such shared parenting is rebuttable and that custody decisions would still be based primarily on the best interests of the children.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been linked to the idea that sole custody should only occur when it is in the "best interests of the child".[5]
Shared parenting has also been referred to as "collaborative parenting," "balanced parenting" or "equal shared parenting". This contrasts to "equally shared parenting" (ESP) which refers more commonly to childraising, breadwinning, housework and recreation time that are equally shared between two parents in an intact family. See www.equallysharedparenting.com.
[edit] Further reading
- Father and Child Reunion, a book by Dr. Warren Farrell, is the result of thirteen years gathering the research on children of divorce from around the world. Dr. Farrell's conclusion from this meta study of over two hundred and twenty scientific studies was that equal parenting time with both parents is almost always far better for children with a few simple criteria.
- The Best Interest of the Child (DVD) - Dr. Farrell has also produced a DVD video set and evidence kit for court to prove that equal parenting is almost always what is in the "Best Interest of the Child," (BestInterestOfChildren.org).
[edit] References
- ^ Legal Terms
- ^ "Why Howard suddenly started to talk about custody battles". theage.com.au. 2003-06-21. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/20/1055828492831.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
- ^ Committee Report; www2.parl.gc.ca.
- ^ See comments at Anne Cools, a Canadian Senator and member of the Joint Commitee, though further citation required.
- ^ Birks, Stuart (June 2002). "INCLUSION OR EXCLUSION II:WHY THE FAMILY COURT PROTESTS?"". Centre for Public Policy Evaluation College of Business, Massey University. http://econ.massey.ac.nz/cppe/papers/cppeip12/cppeip12.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
[edit] See also
- Coparenting
- Parenting plan
- Joint custody
- Child custody
- Contact centre
- Fathers' rights
- Shared residency in English law
[edit] External links
- The American Coalition of Fathers and Children (Largest member supported shared parenting organization in the USA)
- Shared Parenting Council of Australia
- U.S. Parenting Plan Examples
- Shared Parenting organization
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