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Shared Parenting Best Interests?
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Firstly, I don’t dispute that the family court doesn’t always thoroughly investigating child abuse claims because it’s not sufficiently equipped to do this and of course that’s tragic. I do genuinely feel sorry for the children and parents who are in such circumstances.
I would like to see some effort made to clear up any dysfunctionality. It must, however, be very difficult to work out who is telling the truth and who is lying or exaggerating when there's lack of evidence.
If you look at what Antiseptic said:
“My experience is that a mere unproven allegation was sufficient to prevent me from seeing my children for many months, with many visits to Court without a trial date being set.”
doesn’t that show you that courts do seriously consider allegations? The court doesn’t have a 6th sense and cannot instantly know whether an allegation is true or false.
I’m not really sure what you and others like Anonymum want the court to do when no evidence of allegations of child abuse can be found.
I must admit that I am quite confused about the family court and have had no personal experience with it. Thank you Anansi for highlighting the Family Law Court’s function.
So, JFK et al, I assume that you have taken the matter to the criminal court?
Secondly, I also don’t dispute the fact that the vast majority of child sex abuse is perpetrated by males.
But if you look at research presented on sites such as Australian Institute of Family Studies,
http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/pubs/sheets/rs7/rs7.html
you’ll be able to combine facts to gain a more objective view.
For example, when we look at child abuse by men, biological fathers are not the main perpetrators of child abuse; the worst offenders happen to be defacto boyfriends or stepfathers.
Also, I have not found any evidence to suggest that single, divorced fathers are more likely to abuse their children than married fathers