Canadian Equal Parenting Council
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In April 2013, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) held a conference in Saskatoon to discuss “Access to Justice” and subsequently issued four reports: a summary, a metrics paper, a “community voice” paper, and a longer report. I asked for and received these reports by email, as they were supposed to be on the website of …
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Accountability, Judicial discretion and equal parenting, a response to the Thomas Cromwell Supreme Court report on Family Law By Glenn Cheriton Those parents who go through Canada`s family court system are generally very dissatisfied. A common complaint is that the system is “corrupt”, by which parents mean they feel it is arbitrary, unfair and that …
The Equal Parent Presumption Social Justice in the Legal Determination of Parenting after Divorce By Edward Kruk Sociology Political & International Studies: Public Policy Law A child-focused approach to the “best interests of the child.” In custody battles over the children of separated parents, the prevailing standard of evaluating what is in the “best interests …
Canadian Equal Parenting Council applauds and supports Member of Parliament Maurice Vellacott who has tabled an Equal Parenting private member’s bill, C-560 in the House of Commons on December 6th, 2013. The bill aims to reform the Divorce Act so that equal parenting time is the rebuttable presumption, or the default in most cases. The …
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