Saturday, February 24, 2007

Family Law Double Speak - discussion

To Geoff Holland,
Equal Parenting Movement

Dear Geoff,

This smacks dangerously of double speak and a covert agenda,

9 times out of 10 high conflict is simply the consequence of one parent being denied contact with their children by the other parent - the one empowered by the court to exclude the other.

Obviously the solution is to remove the exclusion.

Contact centres are part of this abuse and stem from allegations of abuse.
We all know how this game works (or do we?). My daughter was subjected to change over at a Contact Centre when the school was the idea venue and had been working fine.
Its all part of the process of marginalizing the father.
The places mainly deal in supervised access (which the father pays for) where fathers get a couple of hours a fortnight under the watchful eye of young feminazi trained to treat men as being dangerous to women and children.
The fathers walk around like zombies, the smarty ones at least. The ones that object soon get excluded altogether.
These places are torture chambers for children and their fathers.

Again the solution is to make the exclusion of one parent by the other illegal.

As for
"Parenting Orders Programs" can you explain or point me to an explanation of what exactly this means. Without clear definition it sounds dangerous and an opportunity for the opponents of equal parenting to deny fathers contact. Double speak and Orwellian language are the hallmarks of the anti father child abuse industry.

As for "fines and community orders" doesn't this only affect mothers who have primary care giver status. ie: where the father gets a weekend or less a fortnight and is therefore at risk of having his contact denied by the custodial parent. Again the solution here is equal parenting.
Non compliance wasn't a problem if equal parenting is ordered by the Family Court.
If a mother decided to deny Equal Parenting the solution would be reduced contact or even supervised contact on the basis that she was harming the children. However this scenario is extremely unlikely, because as I keep on pointing out, the problem is caused by empowering one parent to exclude the other.

The solution is making exclusion of one parent by the other illegal.

Kind regards
Simon

PRESS RELEASE
24 February 2007
The Equal Parenting Movement applauds the actions of the Federal Government to put in place services, announced by the Attorney-General Philip Ruddock today, which help facilitate meaningful contact of children with both parents after family separation, in contrast with the previous Family Court policy of marginalising one of the parents, usually the father, if there was chronic conflict between the parents.
Convenor of the Equal Parenting Movement, Geoff Holland, said that the new Parenting Orders Programs would hopefully allow more couples to avoid the Family Court system and thereby avoid possible escalation of conflict.
However, Mr Holland argues there is a strong need for more programs to be made available by the new Family Relationship Centres such as Conflict Resolution programs, Parental Alienation Awareness programs, and Anger Management programs. He also stressed the importance of imposing fines and Communiy Service for parents who continually behave in inappropriate ways with damaging consequences for the children.
The Family Court system has so far generally been reluctant to impose such fines. Mr Holland says that the practice of reducing access to the offending parent is not a desirable policy of the Family Court system, (except in extreme cases), as this penalises the children.
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From: "Media Releases" <mediarel@lstsvr1.ag.gov.au>
To: "Media Releases" <mediarel@lstsvr1.ag.gov.au>
Subject: NEW SERVICES KEEP FOCUS ON CHILDREN [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:48:01

NEW SERVICES KEEP FOCUS ON CHILDREN

The Attorney-General Philip Ruddock today announced the organisations that
have been invited to operate eight new Parenting Orders Programs and nine
new Children's Contact Services.

These new services, to be established later this year, are part of major
changes to the family law system being implemented by the Australian
Government to improve outcomes for families. The successful organisations
will now negotiate funding agreements.

"Where conflict between separating parents prevents children having a
relationship with both parents, it is the children who suffer," Mr Ruddock
said.

"These new services help ensure children can continue to have a
relationship with both parents," he said.

Parenting Orders Programs help separated parents experiencing high conflict
to put aside their own interests and to focus on the best outcome for their
children. As a result many parents are able to reduce the level of
conflict and put in place arrangements that enable both parents to have a
relationship with their children.

Children's Contact Services also help families in high conflict or where
there are safety concerns. They provide safe transfer of children from one
parent to another and supervised visits where this is needed.

The Attorney-General and the Minister for Families, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough called for organisations to apply for funding
to provide a range of services in early September 2006.

More information about the changes to the family law system and the new
services available to support the changes can be found at
http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au or by calling the Family Relationship
Advice Line on 1800 050 321.

A list of the successful organisations is attached.

Michael Pelly
Media Adviser
Office of the Attorney-General
Parliament House, Canberra

MOBILE: 0419 278 715
PH: 02 62 77 73 00
FAX: 02 62 73 41 02
michael.pelly@ag.gov.au

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