Posted by CSAWatch on September 08, 1999 at 05:28:42: IP Address: 210.8.232.3
Back in 1986 a discussion paper on child maintenance reform was released. On
October 16 1986 Senator Reid commented on the paper:
"We have to remember that we are dealing with human beings and that as a result of
marriage breakdowns there will be occasions when both parties will be vindictive.
It is necessary in establishing formulas, new rules and enforcement procedures that
somehow we get around that problem, so that a woman who wants to pursue her
husband cannot do so in a way that is directed more by vindictiveness than by the
welfare of the children"
And:
"The question of access has been mentioned. Nobody would suggest that access
and maintenance should be tied together, but we cannot prepare any formula for
the payment of maintenance and ignore the fact that access is frequently withheld
and is used in a vindictive manner. There is no doubt that that is often the case.
While addressing the question of maintenance one must look at the arrangements
that can be made for access to children in some of the very difficult cases which
presently are before the courts."
The recently released civil law evaluation, and the survey into AVOs, prove the
government has done absolutely nothing about this.
Senator Reid foresaw these problems long before CSA became an ugly reality.
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