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Presiding Judge Dorothy T. Beasley, of the Georgia Court
of Appeals, wrote an eloquent statement of children's rights after
divorce:
"Although the dispute is symbolized by a
'versus' which signifies two adverse parties at opposite poles
of a line, there is in fact a third party whose interests and
rights make of the line a triangle. That person, the child who
is not an official party to the lawsuit but whose well-being
is in the eye of the controversy, has a right to shared parenting
when both are equally suited to provide it. Inherent in the
express public policy is a recognition of the child's right
to equal access and opportunity with both parents, the right
to be guided and nurtured by both parents, the right to have
major decisions made by the application of both parents' wisdom,
judgement and experience. The child does not forfeit these rights
when the parents divorce."
["In the interest of A.R.B., a child",
Georgia Court of Appeals, Case No. A93A0698, July 2, 1993. Subsesquently
heard by the Supreme Court of Georgia, which upheld the Court
of Appeals finding that, according to public policy of Georgia,
joint custody was in the best interests of children when both
parents are fit.]
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