Our children are the casualties of a flawed and adversarial family court system which perpetuates and prolongs custody conflicts for financial gain. Whether you realize it or not, this affects you and has a negative impact on our society. Lets help reform our dysfunctional family the court system and save future children from this emotional abuse. Children need both parents. — with Grandparents4Justice Worldwide at http://www.Causes.com/ChildrensRights.
- THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
AUGUST 09, 2015
Family Court in crisis: Child protection advocates call for children to have more say in custody…
“They’re prioritizing access to the father over the safety of the children and the system needs to change.”
Bravehearts founder and CEO Hetty Johnston said her not-for-profit child protection organisation was “aware of many instances where deficiencies in the Family Court practices, policies and procedures have resulted in children being assaulted and placed at serious risk of sexual harm”.
As a result, Bravehearts recently funded an inquiry called Abbey’s Project to uncover and reflect the experiences, testimony and outcomes for families and other stakeholders in their dealings with the Family Court.
“Every week in Australia, the Family Court orders children into contact with, and even into the custody of, parents who are dangerous, toxic and abusive because the Family Court does not have the powers, expertise and resources to competently investigate allegations of child abuse,” Ms Johnston said.
“Whether it’s child sexual assault, domestic violence, or both, the fact is there is no public accountability or transparency around matters dealt with by the Family Court. That is a combination that is always dangerous in any situation and in any organisation, including our judicial system.
“We are seeing far too many poor outcomes due to a combination of failures that culminate at the exit door of the Family Court.
“Too often children are not being heard and their testimonies disregarded or disbelieved.”
Domestic Violence NSW CEO Moo Baulch agreed children were not being heard in the Family Court.
“Children’s voices are not being heard and mothers are being portrayed as coercing children into making statements or victim blaming,” Ms Baulch said.
“It puts children at risk and it puts women at risk.
“If children are saying ‘I don’t want to spend time with him’, surely we should be listening to that.”
Sydney University Law School professor Judith Cashmore, who in 2009 researched and wrote a paper about children’s involvement in the Family Court, said most children wanted more of a say in custody matters.
Of the 47 children involved in Family Court matters interviewed for the study, 90 per cent stated they “should be involved” in the case and “most of the children who expressed strong and unqualified views were involved in contested matters”.
Prof Cashmore said the Family Court often took the view that children could be coerced by one parent and therefore their opinions could not be taken seriously.
“That’s a strong perception of the process … But being able to see through that and understand if children are making those strong statements, then I think they should be taken very seriously,” Prof Cashmore said.
“We do need to listen more carefully and provide better mechanisms for kids who’ve been through it all and are not being heard (by the court).” ~DAILYTELEGRAPH.COM.AU
Children’s Rights Florida ~ Divorce & Corruption a Persistent Pursuit for Justice: Corrupt Lawyers and the Absurd Legal Decisions in the Fraternal Order of Matrimonial Law at http://www.ILoveAndNeedMyDaughter.blogspot.com.
Family court is a big scary place for parents with small children, especially young parents. It is an unnecessary stress for families whose main focus should be caring for children not legal battles. This petition covers many much needed changes to make family court family friendly, including child support issues, changeover of care between parents and mediation, though these are just the tip of the iceberg.
Family issues should be taken care of in a local, friendly community center where support and counselling are available to the whole family. And hearings in a big court should be for divorce, property settlement, dividing of assets and money, not fragile children. Tell our government to make families a priority by getting the facts straight and protecting the well-being of our children by protecting the well being of parents!
Stop children being used as pawns in the battle between bitter parents after break up by providing realistic services to understand and guide parents through the process. Parental alienation is a huge problem in family court and a drain on the resources of the police and Department of Community Services. http://iloveandneedmydaughter.blogspot.com/2015/01/florida-family-courts.html?showComment=1432267588162#c8825704388886198742
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Wow, I know this would help limit the sky rocketing amount of criminal and disordered behavior in children. It would help my stepson for sure. He’s screamed,hid,bit his father for trying to put him in his mother’s car, and pees his pants when he sees her in public or when he sees her pulling into the drive to take him from us. The courts gave her primary custody and he’s now 6 and has made calm statements to his entire classroom about wanting to kill himself because she keeps him from us. Children need 5o have an opinion. The course also need to stop being so bias.
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