Mr. Damien Peelo:

Fathers, and unmarried fathers particularly, feel that they do not have an equality of rights and often feel disenfranchised from the system. Whether guardianship has a big impact on the family law system or not, it certainly should have a big impact on the attitude of fathers to their responsibilities in terms of their children. By not proving guardianship rights, it lets fathers off the hook in terms of that responsibility and denies them a right that they should have from birth.