Monday 27 March 2006

Australian Reforms way ahead of UK

The Family First amendment put forward to strengthen the Family Law Amendment Bill in the Australian Senate in support of a presumption of Equal Parenting Time looks like it may have the numbers to pass!

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Wednesday 1 March 2006

VIRTUAL PARENTING ORDERS IN USA

USA - Divorce put David List and his 2-year-old daughter on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and he worried that she would soon forget him.

She hasn't, though. List secured an order allowing him "virtual contact" -- the chance to talk with his daughter via a webcam over the internet– they now usually connect at least twice a week.

However, it is feared that USA judges might use the option of virtual visitation as justification for ordering fewer real contact - as UK judges do with contact-centre visitation.

Another divorced dad, Michael Gough, who fought in the courts to eventually win a virtual contact order after his daughter moved away, said "I saw her first loose tooth. I saw her haircut, new outfits -- things you want to see on a daily basis but you can't in person because you're a divorced parent".

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