It isn't only fathers in Michigan who are fighting for equal access to their children. It's happening everywhere. Just in from Australia is this press release from Fathers4Equality:
"Ash Patil, President of equal parenting group Fathers4Equality, states that despite it still being too early to pass judgment on the application of the legislation by the courts, the intent of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006 has been quite clear:
(i) That there is a rebuttable presumption of equal joint parental responsibility.
(ii) That if this presumption is not rebutted (through credible concerns for the child's safety, for instance), then the Court must consider an equal parenting time arrangement, or whatever shared parenting time arrangement is requested.
(iii) If such an arrangement is not awarded, the Court must clearly explain why."
To read the rest of this article concerning joint custody legislation in Australia, see here.
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