you state "In 2009, the most recent year for which final figures are available, over 95% of applicant fathers were awarded guardianship, excluding cases which were withdrawn or struck out. My personal experience prior to becoming Minister, as a lawyer dealing professionally with family law matters, was that one of the big difficulties in this area is that many fathers do not take responsibility for their children. Indeed, many of them do not seek to form and cement relationships with their children, or to involve themselves in their children�s lives."
You juxtapose the 95% statistical figure of proven responsible fathers with your anecdotal personal experience claiming that "one of the big difficulties in this area" is of fathers not taking responsibility for their children. Amazingly you entirely miss the irony in this.
If it were not on such a serious matter and such a scurrilous attempt to blacken the good name of most fathers it would be laughable..but it's no joke when you are the Minister for Justice and the happiness or misery of thousands of children and families depends upon your every utterance.
It's completely unsurprising therefore to see your use of the LRC report as a roadmap for future family law.
John Don
Posted on 11 Jun 2011 7:49 pm
Alan,
you state "In 2009, the most recent year for which final figures are available, over 95% of applicant fathers were awarded guardianship, excluding cases which were withdrawn or struck out. My personal experience prior to becoming Minister, as a lawyer dealing professionally with family law matters, was that one of the big difficulties in this area is that many fathers do not take responsibility for their children. Indeed, many of them do not seek to form and cement relationships with their children, or to involve themselves in their children�s lives."
You juxtapose the 95% statistical figure of proven responsible fathers with your anecdotal personal experience claiming that "one of the big difficulties in this area" is of fathers not taking responsibility for their children. Amazingly you entirely miss the irony in this.
If it were not on such a serious matter and such a scurrilous attempt to blacken the good name of most fathers it would be laughable..but it's no joke when you are the Minister for Justice and the happiness or misery of thousands of children and families depends upon your every utterance.
It's completely unsurprising therefore to see your use of the LRC report as a roadmap for future family law.
yours sincerely,
John