Did you know 93% of separated parents share responsibility for their children in family court consent orders? Responsibility means sharing in major decisions like what school the children will go to, whether they will go to counselling, where they will live, what religion they will be instructed in (if any). The remaining 7% of parents are ordered by the court that they do not have responsibility for major decisions in their children’s lives. This may be for a variety of reasons including when the court finds that the parent’s negative attitude towards the other parent is damaging to the children.
