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Originally Posted by Syndrome
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I'm saying that the current system is broken and generally speaking has an underlying hatred for fathers.
While the legislation refers to equal parental 'responsibility' this one single word has caused great angst as it is only seen to refer to decision making abilities and financial support.
Had that word been changed to 'care' the vast majority of parenting cases would never have needed to go to court as essentially the vagueness of the legislation and the grey areas in almost all aspects of family law mean its open to interpretation by both parties and decisions are made based on how much one party can 'out screw' the other.
Children are used as a means to manipulate the other side and to gain financial leverage by the parent who has claimed 'ownership' of them after separation.
Family court and the ambiguous legislation its based on has nothing to do with child welfare. Its a circus of lies, blackmail, manipulation and theft that is played out to judges that blatantly don't care much for details, hardly read applications, don't bother speaking directly to people involved then act blasé to claims that should have a large bearing on decisions.
It should not take 3-5 years to decide what is the best parenting and financial settlement after separation at a cost of between $100-$200k per side.
Parenting needs to be finalised in 1 month (with a simple review process every few years), property in 3 months.
But who will lose if things are sorted out so fast? Same people who will tell you the system is great and has worked so well thus far - lawyers and Barristers.
A Royal Commission will do nothing. A class action should be made against the Family Courts and Child Support for the blatant and wilful destruction of so many families.