Custody disputes are always hard and often filled with deep resentment over the loss of an important relationship. But the end of a marriage doesn’t mean the end of joint parenting responsibilities or the end of the love you have for your children.
What it does often mean is the end of the couple’s desire to work together for the best outcome.
So what happens when parents have huge differences in their beliefs in how the kids should be raised? Reports have emerged today on two separate cases where the parents have gone to court over differences in raising their kids.
News.com.au reports
A girl, 8, will be given vaccinations against the objections of her mother after a Family Court ruling.
News of the judgment comes after a group of Australia's top scientists warned this week that the anti-immunisation lobby was endangering children's lives.
The Victorian mother, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was resorting to homeopathic methods to try to protect her child against disease.
….Justice Victoria Bennett said evidence from a senior Royal Children's Hospital paediatrician was that there was insufficient evidence to prove the efficacy of homeopathic vaccinations.
The parents must now ensure that the girl receives all vaccinations recommended for her age and in future.
And then there’s this