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WHAT rockoz.com SUPPORTERS SAY

“Make Family Court ethical in dealing with children”

I believe that the Family Court of Australia should protect children’s rights as set out in the International Convention on the Rights of the Child

I want the Family Court to take action to ensure that Independent Children’s Lawyers observe the Guidelines for the Child’s Representative

I support rockoz.com in its strivings to make the Family Court less legal, more honourable, more caring and more ethical in its dealings with children.

Bryan Dickeson
Bullaburra, NSW

“Court System is ludicrous”

In custody battles in courts, I have observed, even though there is a lawyer who is there ostensibly to represent the children, nobody actually asks the children what THEY want, or listens to their pain.

When they are the people most affected by the Court's decisions, it is ludicrous that their wishes are ignored.

I would fully support an enquiry into how child custody cases are conducted, and whether the verdicts are ultimately in the true interests of the children.

Children need both parents, and to exclude one, or limit his/her access to minimal visits under supervised conditions, is to deprive the children of the opportunity to develop normal relationships and to acquire proper role models.

Laurel Thomas, MB,BS
"Blenheim", Carcoar, NSW 2791

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Custody Kids are particularly at risk of having their rights denied within the Australian Family Law system.

While Family Law as written seems to support the child's rights and the child's "best interests", systemic failures result in something far below expectations.

BECOME A rockoz.com SUPPORTER

Australia is a signatory to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child.

When families break up the Family Court is in the habit of granting "custody" to one parent only. This infringes the Convention.

Family Law states that both parents should continue to look after their children.

The Family Court of Australia does not protect "Custody Kids" from emotional abuse. Parents can too easily use the power given them as a child’s custodian to seek revenge on their former partner.

Children suffer.

Guidelines for the Child’s Representative is a Practice Direction from the Family Court of Australia setting out exactly how lawyers appointed to safeguard children’s rights (ICLs) should treat, meet with, reassure, fully inform, sensitively interview, present the views of, gain the trust of, and generally deal with “custody” kids affected by Family Law.

The Court does not ensure that children’s lawyers do this vital work correctly.

If the ICL does a poor job there is nothing that can be done. Australia does not care!

Where State convention or custom has ICLs acting contrary to the Guidelines, the Family Court takes no action. This applies especially in Queensland and South Australia.