Creem: Acting in the best interests of children of divorce

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Amid all the acrimony that has been recently raised by media coverage of fathers’ rights activists seeking divorce reform, it is crucial to keep focus on the single most important tenet underpinning the entire discussion: the best interests of the children of divorce must be the priority in determining appropriate child custody arrangements.

Based on what you’ve recently seen or heard, or if you read last week’s guest column by Ned Holstein, you might conclude, because I practice law part time when not engaged in my full-time job as your state Senator, that I am so conflicted that the only interests I take into account are those of divorce lawyers!

Not only have these claims been dismissed by both the State Ethics Commission and Common Cause (a leading government watchdog organization), but in my one year as Senate chairman of Judiciary, I appointed a task force that I expect will write consensus alimony reform legislation to be taken up and hopefully passed by the Legislature in next year’s session.

I support divorce law reform. I believe that the best way to achieve it is by bringing all involved parties together to respectfully consider their various viewpoints and work toward agreement. After all, that’s what leadership is about — bringing people of differing views together to reach consensus so that we can all move successfully forward.'