Children's Rights in Divorce

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For the divorcing couple, their children have utmost importance. The couple is very attentive when deciding issues like child support or child custody or parenting time. The children are empowered with certain children's rights in divorce that the parents must adhere to. This would ascertain a proper upbringing of the children.

Some brief points about Children's Rights in Divorce

  • Children may opt to speak with a special adult (like special friend, therapist or counselor) regarding their issues and concerns

  • The child must be offered the most adequate level of economic support that is possible after the best efforts of the parents

  • Possess photographs of both parents

  • Children have the right to remain a child, without being expected to shoulder parental responsibilities or play the role of a friend to the parents or be an adult companion

  • One parent should not ask the child to spy in the other parent's residence

  • A child has a right to maintain a constructive and positive on-going relation with each parent

  • Upon return from the other parent's residence, the current parent must be ask questions regarding the other parent

  • The child is empowered to express self feelings about the divorce like fear, sadness or anger

  • The parents of the child must communicate with one another regarding the illnesses, accidents, educational issues, psychological treatment and medical treatment of the child. This may be in written format

  • Parents should offer protection, discipline and care to the child

  • The set of rules that a parent sets for the child must be consistent and predictable

  • Every child has the right to love both parents without developing any rejection or pressure or guilt

  • Both the parents must expose the child to their tastes in food, interests, hobbies and religious ideas (without shame)

  • The child must be treated as an interested person and not as a possession or pawn

  • The child may ask a question to the parent and expect that an age-appropriate answer may be given by the parent. The answer should not comprise of blaming anybody or demeaning anyone

  • The child must have the freedom to contact the absent parent and speak on phone with him / her. During these steps, there must not be any tape-recording or eavesdropping

  • If one parent wants to communicate anger to another parent, it should not be done while the child is present

  • If the child enjoys the company of one parent, the other parent should not make this child feel that the child is disloyal to him / her

  • The parent must not ask the child to take sides

  • The parent should not question the child regarding the events in the other parent's house

  • Children expect that their parents communicate with one another directly and not use the child as a messenger

  • The parents must repeatedly assure the child that divorce is not the error of the child

  • The child must continue to remain in contact with grandparents, relatives and special family friends

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