Equality? Not for fathers ...
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The report says: ‘No legislation should be introduced that creates or risks creating the perception that there is a parental right to substantially shared or equal time for both parents.'
The final report flatly rejected claims by fathers’ rights groups that the current system is biased – despite figures showing that 93 per cent of custody battles are won by the mother.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056869/Fa...
I comment on this from personal experience.
It saddens me deeply that rather then making life easier for fathers struggling to maintain a relationship with their children, the Government appears to be making it more difficult for them.
Most children are still planned and born to a family unit. Most fathers want to be fathers to their children. Most did not agree to be fathers on the proviso it was on a part time or nil basis. Why oh why can the Government not see this?
Why do we have the sledgehammer of the CSA/CMEC to force fathers (yes the odd mother too) to contribute financially towards their children, and at the same time kick fathers in the teeth that desperately want a relationship with their children but are obstructed from having it by the mother?
Why are fathers constantly seen by the Government as a mere consequence of a childs life and not a meaningful part of it?
I think about my sons every single day.
I have not seen them since March 2006.
I do not know what they look like. I have no right to.
I do not know where they live. I have no right to.
There are hundreds of thousands of excluded fathers like me.
We need help from the Government not hindrance.
Why do we not matter?
The final report flatly rejected claims by fathers’ rights groups that the current system is biased – despite figures showing that 93 per cent of custody battles are won by the mother.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056869/Fa...
I comment on this from personal experience.
It saddens me deeply that rather then making life easier for fathers struggling to maintain a relationship with their children, the Government appears to be making it more difficult for them.
Most children are still planned and born to a family unit. Most fathers want to be fathers to their children. Most did not agree to be fathers on the proviso it was on a part time or nil basis. Why oh why can the Government not see this?
Why do we have the sledgehammer of the CSA/CMEC to force fathers (yes the odd mother too) to contribute financially towards their children, and at the same time kick fathers in the teeth that desperately want a relationship with their children but are obstructed from having it by the mother?
Why are fathers constantly seen by the Government as a mere consequence of a childs life and not a meaningful part of it?
I think about my sons every single day.
I have not seen them since March 2006.
I do not know what they look like. I have no right to.
I do not know where they live. I have no right to.
There are hundreds of thousands of excluded fathers like me.
We need help from the Government not hindrance.
Why do we not matter?
The trouble is that if you do not have a presumption of equality, you have a de facto presumption of inequality.
To my mind the default position should be equal care and equal cost. If either parent should wish to amend that, then they agree the alternative with the other parent or apply to court.
The number of fathers applying to court is just a small fraction of those actually being denied a meaningful relationship with their children. Most do not even bother to try having been told that the odds of really achieving anything are poor at best.
To my mind the default position should be equal care and equal cost. If either parent should wish to amend that, then they agree the alternative with the other parent or apply to court.
The number of fathers applying to court is just a small fraction of those actually being denied a meaningful relationship with their children. Most do not even bother to try having been told that the odds of really achieving anything are poor at best.
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