Adele Horin, 15 November 2008

Australia is embarking on a grand experiment with its children. Increasing numbers of them are spending equal time with each of their separated parents, hauling suitcases, sport uniforms, tennis racquets, laptops and sometimes their "communication" books with parents' instructions to each other, from one home to the other.

It is not a new arrangement. But the 2006 amendments to the Family Law Act - the most significant in 30 years - provided the impetus to transform the culture of post-separation parenting. The numbers of divorced parents with equal - or near-equal - time is steadily rising. Of all new cases registered with the Child Support Agency in the year to June, 17 per cent were shared or near-equal time arrangements. In the year to June 2003, by comparison, of all new cases registered only 9 per cent were in that category.

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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Sean  - Fathers are not all bad   |2008-11-30 18:33:53 I am concerned that in the rush to critique the dangers and inconveniences posed to some children and mothers by the practice of shared care that we do not enable the abusive mothers of this world to further alienate their children from their fathers. I am such a father. I have always had an extremely engaged role in my children Reply | Quote

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