Federal Government researcher Ibolya Losoncz has found in her survey
of 700 parents in the latest Family Matters journal
http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/fm2008/fm79.html that most dads
and nearly half of all mums think dads don't see their kids enough
and that if the mother saw little value in the father's involvement,
she tended to limit the father's role.

Also "Three-quarters of separated dads want to see more of their children"

And "For most children, separation of their parents will be marked by
a considerable loss of contact with their non-resident parent, often
the father," she said.

Dads in Distress Inc Founder Tony Miller said "Of course dads want to
see more of their children and there is huge majorities who have
court orders that say their children have a right to see dad, but are
they being adhered to? No! "Resident parents are breaking the law
while the Family Court looks the other way," he said. "Recently the
Government came out with huge fanfare to punish dads who were not
paying child support, many of whom haven't seen their kids for years.
CSA now has the power to sell up houses, cars etc, garnishee wages,
use optical surveillance etc, but what happens when a resident parent
refuses to abide by court orders that allow kids to see their dads?
Absolutely NOTHING."

The Family Law Council has called for the establishment of a Child
Orders Enforcement Agency which would respond to complaints from
aggrieved parents denied court ordered access to their children. DIDS
INC believe that the CSA who have just been given wide ranging powers
to wield against non payers would be well placed to be that agency
and maybe it would even put an end to the perception of dads that the
agency is biased and finally dads may even get a fair go. Just
imagine the court time it would free up, said Mr. Miller

"Kids need both mum AND dad in their day to day lives. A reversal of
orders or a stop on child support on a three strikes your out basis
would fix the problem immediately. But who's going to enforce it?"
Mr. Miller said.

DIDS Media Contact:
Tony Miller
(Founder/Director DIDS)
Ph: (02) 6652 8113
Mb: 0422 105 855
Email: tmiller@...
Web: www.dadsindistress.asn.au