Bill C-422 and why its nessesary

I only write from time to time when I have a chance but this morning had a little downtime. Today Bill C-422 has started to come full circle and starting to get noticed accross the country. For those who do not know what this bill is about brings some concern but once understanding it will deem it nessesary. The bill is for a new concept of recent years called equal parenting. Equal parenting is when the custodial( parent that holds custody) and the non-custodial parent(usually made a vistor) shares in all aspects of raising their biological child. Today there are many varations of custody orders put into place by our current sitting family court judges. They are Sole Custody(one person has all say and the other parent has been near to completely removed from their childs life) and Joint Custody(which is another form of sole custody). In both of these styles of custody one person hold the controls and the non custodial parent has nothing to do besides agree even if it is not in the" Best interests of the child". In both of these arrangements the secondary parent is permitted by a family court judge an alloted time to see their biological parent. The thing is an as we get futher into the discussion why the need for Equal Parenting is needed.

Equal Parenting or otherwise refered to Equal Shared Parenting has been around for awhile but not until Australia introduced legislation did it start to get worldwide notice. Research has shown time and time again well adjusted children of divorce come from well adjusted parents. The current system works to create dysfunctionability within the child and the parent. Equal Parenting is when the parents assume the same parental roles they did previously prior to seperation or Divorce. They would spend equal time with their child and would have an equal say in how they are raised. There will always be extreme cases where the justice would have to step in and say you have done this and it has been proven so and deem an other arrangement so the safety and interests of the child are upheld. In current statistics though it shows this is only about 5-7% of cases in Canada. So 95% of canadian society falls into the other realm where this type of arrangement would best suit a child's and parents interest. The child is no longer a pawn within the industry of divorce nor subjegated to parental scorn for each other.

Some key points to understand about todays current legislation under the current act. Children are put up as chatel in a divorce case just like how the car or proprty is divided. You may think this is an extreme statement but the sad part its true. The other thing that the current system is not taking into consideration is the parents themselves. I will put this one out to you, someone that is reading this,have you ever ended or had a relationship end on you. My first question is do you think logically or emotionally? Do you first think ooh our poor child or do you think ohh that son of a %^*&. If you answered these questions honestly than we both know the answer. So you as a human being are hurt and distraught thinking they did this not we did this or the big one how are our children or child going to feel. When someone dies we go through states of grief and many times it is compared to seperation. So then the next logical step is meeting with a laywer some when it is available will go to mediation to try to solve the childs best interests. If mediation fails and one or the other party fails to agree then off to the laywers office we go. A laywer is trained to defend you, not the best interest of your child. Their goal is to get the best for you at any expense to you,your child,your wallet and especially your ex. Sounds good right? So who is the first casulties in this, a child, a person at one time you loved, the child's extended family and grandparents. So if the law is there to promote this and the laywers and judges trained to treat custody and access this way.

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