LAW 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Shared Parenting, Due Process, Joint Custody
Document Summary
Family law ii - parenting after separation & divorce. 1970s custody for mother, access to fathers once or twice a month. Increasingly fathers having custody, and thus notion of joint custody. Topics: parenting after separation or divorce, context and concepts, best interests & domestic violence, process, role of children: a voice but not a choice . Stress of taking solo role while emotional, practical & financial stress of separation. Many separated parents have difficulty in communicating effectively with children about separation. Many parents can make plans for children without professional assistance, But even if one parent has custody, the other parent may make. Parenting time, parental responsibility and shared parenting. : in ontario, this type of terminology is often used in voluntary parenting plans as reflected in separation agreements and now in court orders: m. v. f. , 2015 onca 277. Preservation of pre-separation pattern of child care is common of the child.
