When Charlene Gomes talks about custody it's really a hard topic. The government looks at custody as the "best interests" for the child. This is the part that really offends me the most, I know at a certain age you can chose if you want to live with one parent or the other, but if the child is old enough to make the decision on their own they should be able to chose. The "best interests" should go for infants only. And from reading Charlene Gomes passage on custody I realize now that it is even harder when you have the same sex parents. I know they have the Nexus approach, which still mainly looks for the best interests of the child. In my opinion, the best interest of the child would be to have them choose who they want to live. This is because for example they may have a harder time growing up with a parent they can not get along with. This also ties in with child support.
I know this wasn't discussed in the chapter but I strongly agree with child support with goes towards the whole custody thing. If both parents have the child they should both be responsible to support it whether they are together or not. Both parents should have to pay and raise their child financially.
In conclusion, I think children should get to pick who they want to live with, and that child support should be paid in order to have both parents fully responsible for their child.
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