An Analysis of Options for Changes in the Legal Regulation of Child Custody and Access

2001-FCY-2E

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Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
  
  
• OBJECTIVES AND CHALLENGES FOR REFORM:
  • Objectives
  • Challenges
  • Other Jurisdictions
  
  
• OPTION ONE: CUSTODY AND ACCESS:
  • Best Interests of the Child
  • Parenting Responsibility
  • Violence, High Conflict and Inadequate Parenting
  • Parenting Plans
  • Reference to Support Services
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of this Option for Reform
    
    
• OPTION TWO: PARENTING RESPONSIBILITY AND PARENTING ORDERS:
  • Parenting Responsibility
  • Parenting Orders
  • Parenting Plans
  • Primary Dispute Resolution and Other Services
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of this Option for Reform
  
  
• OPTION THREE: SHARED PARENTING
  • Shared Parenting Responsibility
  • Parenting Orders
  • Parenting Plans
  • Dispute-Resolution Services
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of this Option for Reform
    
    
• IMPLICATIONS OF REFORM FOR OTHER LEGAL REGULATION
  • Federal Legislation
  • Provincial and Territorial Legislation
  • Conclusion
  
  
• IMPACT OF REFORM ON EXISTING ORDERS AND AGREEMENTS
  
  
• CONCLUSION
  • Terminology
  • Balancing Best Interests and Parental Responsibility
  • Decision-Making Authority
  • Residence and Contact
  • Violence, High Conflict and Inadequate Parenting
  • Parenting Plans
  • Divorce-Related Services
  • Reasonable Expectations of Legal Change
    
    

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