Ottawa Citizen 25 September 2006

Joint custody fails to reduce violence by ex-spouses, researcher says

By Dave Rogers, CanWest News Service; Ottawa Citizen Ottawa

Shared child custody after marriage breakdown can perpetuate spousal violence instead of promoting an amicable divorce settlement, according to a study by a University of Quebec sociologist.

Denyse Cote, who has completed a study of residents of women’s shelters in the Outaouais and Montreal, says most of the women she interviewed told her that their former partners continued to abuse them after courts decided on joint custody for their children.

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What is being proved by asking women in women’s shelters? It’s like asking customers at McDonalds whether they partake of fast food.

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