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Why the Government is wrong about shared parenting legislation

I agree with almost all of the points Zoe eloquently expresses in her article and for the reasons she elucidates. However whilst agreeing with her conclusion that the government must reconsider their position, this may be optimistic. Until the concept of children as people with rights rather than ‘chattels’ whose possession needs to be ‘shared pretty much equally in order to be fair’ becomes accepted, then these ill-informed arguments within sections of Government will continue. The current Government’s desire to appease certain sectional interests has little to do with the 1989 Acts desire to have the child’s interest as the paramount consideration and a lot to do with the politics of middle England I fear.

13-Mar-2012

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