Children Have the Right...                                

• to be treated as an interested and affected person and not as a pawn, possession or chattel by either or both parents.

• to grow to maturity in the home environment that will best guarantee an opportunity for the child to mature to responsible citizenship.

• to love each parent, without feeling guilt, pressure or rejection.

• to receive love, care, discipline and protection from both parents.

• to know the non custodial parent and to have the benefits of such parent=s love and guidance through adequate visitation.

• Not to choose sides.

• to have a positive and constructive relationship with both parents, with neither of them permitted to degrade or downgrade the other in the mind of the child.

• to express feelings about divorce, such as anger, sadness or fear.

• to a positive and constructive ongoing relationship with each parent.

• Not to make adult decisions.

• to remain a child without being asked to take on parental responsibilities or be an adult companion for parents.

• to the most adequate level of economic support that can be provided by the best efforts of both parents.

• to be provided with the same opportunities for education the child would have had if the family unit had not been dissolved.

• Not to participate in the painful games parents play to hurt each other or be put in the middle of their battles.