| Autor: |
Julie E. DeWolf |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, Vol 37, Iss 2 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2561-5017 |
| DOI: |
10.22329/wyaj.v37.7280 |
| Popis: |
Sex worker parents often lose custody of their children. The purpose of this research was to study theimpact of a parent’s status as a past or present sex worker on judicial decision-making in custody and access disputes. Through doctrinal legal research, I explored judicial treatment of sex workers involved in custody and access disputes in Child Protection and Family Law case law from Ontario. I reviewed every reference to parental involvement in sex work from Child Protection and Family Law decisions from January 2010-March 2020. Parental involvement in sex work was often presented as an unfavourable aspect of the parent, or otherwise had a negative influence on their claim. Sex work was treated as a negative quality in a parent rather than an aspect of their life warranting further factual exploration. I argue that stigma against sex workers appears to carry more weight in custody and access disputes than evidence concerning the impact that a parent’s sex work has on a child. |
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Directory of Open Access Journals |
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