Can you believe, if there isn’t an official court order in place yet, a parent can keep their child/children from seeing the other parent without any reason at all? Divorces can be a very loooong process, meaning it can be a long time before a court order is even put in place. This means, for example, a mother can choose to keep her child/children from seeing their father until a court order is put in place simply because she wishes to hurt the father, and vice versa. Even if the concerned parent calls the authorities to make sure the child is okay, the authorities can’t do anything. They can’t legally force that parent to let them (the officers) physically see the child without “reasonable suspicion”. Even if the other parent has a history of negative behavior, mental health, drug use, etc. Even if there was a verbal or written agreement between both parents in regards to their time with the child/children. If you do any research on parental rights during divorces, you’ll quickly learn that the system is Insanely unfair when it comes to both the children and the parents during breakups/divorces. I understand if there’s a history of violence or other criminal acts but what about the situations where kids are being used for revenge on the other parent? Or to collect money? Or worse?! 

 I think it’s time for a change. I can’t be the only person who feels like it should not be THAT easy to separate children from either of their parents, without a tangible reason. 

 I have been debating on whether I should start petition for some time now, so I asked social media for its opinion and received an incredible amount of responses from parents, family members, and close friends of parents who, without reason, had to suffer through months, sometimes years, of not being able to see their own children after doing absolutely nothing wrong to their children or ex partner. I believe there should at least be a default schedule for the period of time before a court order is put into place. Gender should have nothing to do with it. We live in a time where both parents want to be a part of their children’s lives, equally. There must be a better process in place. Unless there’s an immediate danger to the child/children, that can later be PROVEN in court, both parents should have the right to spend equal time with their babies. And there should be serious repercussions for anyone caught taking advantage of that system. 

 Many children have been manipulated, brainwashed, abused, neglected, even killed, because there is not a system in place to protect them. People often say “don’t worry, your kid will know the truth when they grow up”. I hear it often and I must say… anybody that’s okay with just giving up and letting years go by without knowing if their kid is being raised right, if they’re happy, using their full potential, learning properly, being listened to, being loved… if you’re okay with that, if it doesn’t upset you, then this petition isn’t for you. This is for people who have experienced that pain, are currently going through, or would like to never find out. 

 With enough signatures, I’ll take this as far as it needs to go until every parent is granted equal rights until they’ve been given their chance in court. I just need to prove I’m not alone in the matter. This isn’t about me, or my daughter, this is about protecting the innocent children in danger of being isolated from their moms, dads, grandparents, aunts & uncles, cousins, friends and everybody else who cares about them, moving forward. 

 Thank you! Please sign and share!