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October 01, 2010
It does appear that changes to family law are afoot in the UK. Lord Justice Wall appears to approve of shared parenting, saying that the critical question is not so much the division of child´s time between their parents, but ensuring the role of each parent in a child´s life is given its proper importance.
September 30, 2010
The war on fathers´ rights in adoption proceedings continues and fathers are starting to win a few battles, like the one described in this article.
September 14, 2010
Lisa Belkin at the New York Times brings to our attention a new study of the nonapeptide oxytocin that seems to play a role in both mother-child and father-child bonding post-partum. Read about it here.
September 13, 2010
But this article is a new one to me (Los Angeles Times, 8/31/10). It seems that the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services has been covering up child deaths that are known or suspected to have resulted from abuse or neglect. That´s the conclusion of a recent audit of the agency completed by the county´s Office of Independent Review on August 30th.
Canadian Researcher: ´We must abandon the claim that the (family) court has been acting in children´
September 08, 2010
How many times have you heard or read the phrase "the best interests of the child?" If you read much about family law and family courts, the probable answer is "more times than I can count." Indeed, establish a Google Alert for the phrase and you´ll get links to several articles, court cases, op-eds, etc. a day, every day of the week. In Canada the "best interests of the child" has been raised by the Supreme Court to a level of importance that trumps even constitutional considerations.