#Children's Rights
Target:
Australian Government
Region:
GLOBAL

Over the past 18 months it has been made nearly impossible to have any access to my 6 year old daughter, the only time I do actually get to see her is by travelling the 4 hour return journey to her school so I can be a "class helper".

I do not know where she lives
I do not have a contact phone number
She has had 45 days off school this year
I have had to fight a DVO (Domestic Violence Order) through the courts defending myself against ridiculous accusations of murder, sexual assault just to name a few! Which was I might add, successfully dismissed!

The system needs to change, parents have the right to see their children, especially loving parents. Children are not pawns in a means of controlling the other parent or causing pain.

Denying a child access to his/her parent is a form of child abuse, and this needs to be addressed and stopped. There have been so many instances where Fathers have gotten to the point of complete desperation and either committed suicide, or even worse, murder suicide.

No one has the right to deny access to their children, yet there is nothing in place to stop this from happening, over and over again.

If you are a LOVING PARENT, and believe that every child deserves the right to have both parents in their lives, please support this petition.

It will be presented to the Australian parliament, and hopefully, a child's right to see their parents can be determined by the courts, not by controlling parents with a hidden agenda of causing pain towards the other parent.

Our vision is to establish that, under normal circumstances, a child will have a relationship with both his or her parents, regardless of their relationship with each other.

We must do everything we can to improve the system so that it gives children the best chance of growing up under the guidance of two loving parents

It is saying that dads have as many rights as mums, I will believe it when I see it, but the reform has to apply across the family justice system in Australia.

As a general rule the mother will always have what is referred to as ‘parental responsibility’ for her children regardless of the father’s presence or absence. This is something that many think needs to be addressed by the government and legal institutions of Australia.

The Children Need Their Fathers petition to Australian Government was written by I.J.C and is in the category Children's Rights at GoPetition.