Equal Parenting

Finding an equitable arrangement in divorce is important. Better still are parents who can stay together

July 1, 2009 | by Stefan Paszlack , Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Kay, B. (2008, July 18). Give Dad a Chance; Research show that two parents are better than one. So why does the legal system still favour mothers? National Post, p.A13. Retrieved June 30, 2009 from: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/07/17/barbarakay-on-the-perils-of-divorcedfathers-for-the-sake-of-the-children.aspx
  2. House of Commons Canada. (2009) C-422: An Act to amend the Divorce Act (equal parenting). Ottawa: Public
  3. Works and Government Services Canada. Retrieved June 10, 2009 from
  4. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspxDocId=3995880&Language=e&Mode=1&File=24#1
  5. Kruk, E. (2008). Child Custody, Access and Parental Responsibility: The Search for a Just and Equitable Standard, Father Involvement Research Alliance (FIRA), University of Guelph, p. 24. Retrieved June 10, 2009 from http://www.fira.ca/cms/documents/181/April7_Kruk.pdf
  6. Ibid, p. 9.
  7. Ibid, p. 11.
  8. Amato, P. (1994). Life-Span Adjustment of Children to their Parents’ Divorce. The Future of Children, 4 (1), p. 145. Retrieved June 10th, 2009 from http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/vol4no1ART9.pdf
  9. Waite, L., Browning, D., Doherty, W., Gallagher, M., Luo, Y. and Stanley, S. (2002). Does Divorce Make People Happy? Findings from a Study of Unhappy Marriages. New York: Institute for American Values, p. 5. Retrieved June 10, 2009 from http://www.americanvalues.org/UnhappyMarriages.pdf
  10. Ibid, p. 4.
  11. Department of Justice Canada (2004). The Early Identification and Streaming of Cases of High Conflict Separation and Divorce: A Review. Retrieved June 30, 2009 from http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/pad-rpad/rep-rap/2001_7/fram-formu.html
  12. Mrozek, A. and Walberg, R. (June 2009). Private choices, public costs: How failing families cost us all, Ottawa: Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, p. 10. Retrieved June 20, 2009 from http://imfcanada.org/issues/private-choices-public-costs
  13. Stack, S., Eshleman, J.R. (May, 1998). Marital Status and Happiness: A 17-Nation Study. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60 (2) pp. 527-536.