Not entirely true. They actually removed family violence as a direct factor and instead now look at the safety of all parties and best interests of children as the primary factors. We are yet to see how it plays out. But anecdotal data from people I know in the family court space suggests some judges are using the change to effect better and safer parenting arrangements and some are using it as a way to dismiss entering complaints of family into the record at all (even ones verified by police).
As i recall, the mandatory shared parenting was a stupid & anachronistic captains call from little johnny, via toxic father lobby groups. It put more levers for coercive control at the hands of the few men who perpetrate family violence and just made everything more difficult for everyone else. Remember, something like 80-90% of parenting cases which enter the family court system are settled out of court. But of the ones who do go through the courts, family violence is a factor in something like 70% of those cases.[0]
I have no doubt that the increase in family violence, both incidence and intensity, in the over the past 20 years is directly linked to this policy.
[0] it is hard to get current stats on this figure, they are now lumping fv in with all safety factors, including drug use and criminal activity.
As i recall, the mandatory shared parenting was a stupid & anachronistic captains call from little johnny, via toxic father lobby groups. It put more levers for coercive control at the hands of the few men who perpetrate family violence and just made everything more difficult for everyone else. Remember, something like 80-90% of parenting cases which enter the family court system are settled out of court. But of the ones who do go through the courts, family violence is a factor in something like 70% of those cases.[0]
I have no doubt that the increase in family violence, both incidence and intensity, in the over the past 20 years is directly linked to this policy.
[0] it is hard to get current stats on this figure, they are now lumping fv in with all safety factors, including drug use and criminal activity.