The Minister claims that "the Commission recommends that legislative provisions be introduced to facilitate the extension of guardianship (parental responsibility) to civil partners and step-parents either by agreement with the other parties who have parental responsibility for the child or by application to court".
This will further undermine the non-existent rights of fathers. At the moment, a married but separated or divorced father is supposed to act jointly with the mother but this is usually ignored. See http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/PersonalPQ/PQ/2011pqs/oct2011/Cl....
If the Law Reform Commission proposals become law, a father will then find himself outnumbered any time he disagrees with the mother of his children because her new partner will always side with her.
Cathal Garvey
Posted on 16 Feb 2012 10:01 pm
The Minister claims that "the Commission recommends that legislative provisions be introduced to facilitate the extension of guardianship (parental responsibility) to civil partners and step-parents either by agreement with the other parties who have parental responsibility for the child or by application to court".
This will further undermine the non-existent rights of fathers. At the moment, a married but separated or divorced father is supposed to act jointly with the mother but this is usually ignored. See http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/PersonalPQ/PQ/2011pqs/oct2011/Cl....
If the Law Reform Commission proposals become law, a father will then find himself outnumbered any time he disagrees with the mother of his children because her new partner will always side with her.