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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-04-07, Page 6Page 6 — Lucknow Sentinel, WOnesday,,.1)44i1,7, 1993 Child custody laws face major overhaul A discussion paper released by Justice Minister Pierre Blais gives those who have been involved in marriage breakdown and custodial issues a chance to comment before the federal government makes chan- ges to the process. A review is under way of the generally adversarial custody and access process and bearing in mind that 40 per cent of marriages end in divorce, the govemment wants to hear from parents, children and grandparents who have lived the pain. "I am inviting all Canadians to participate in this process to help ensure that federal family policy and law better reflect the realities of today's families,'LBlais says. The paper asks questions about a number of issues, including: • Consultation: to what extent, if at all, should a custodial parent con- sult with his or her former spouse before making major decisions about the upbringing of the children? • Mobility: should a custodial parent be allowed to move out of the city or province against the wishes of another parent? • Religion: the prevailing view has DON'T LEAVE. YUKKIES BEHIND Put yukkies in their place! been that the custodial parent has exclusive control over religious upbringing. Should this be changed? • Grandparents: should they have a guaranteed legal right to visit their grandchildren? • Gender bias: Is the system biased against fathers who want custody? There have been calls for formal recognition of equal rights for fathers and for mandatory joint custody. • Terminology: should the legal terms used in family disputes be changed to remove the idea that custody is a battle with a prize that only one partner can win? The paper also offers a number of options for reform. Copies of the paper can be ob- tained by writing to Custody and Access Project, Department of Justice, 239 Wellington Street, Ottawa, KIA OH8. Comments can be made up to December 31. Constable Andy Burgess, of the Kincardine OPP, who is Lucknow's community -oriented officer, would be willing to participate in a group discussion on this matter. He may be reached by leaving a message at the detachment at 396-3341. Joan Wittig A woman involved with the hospice movement at the local and provincial levels, Joan Wittig of RR. 1, Wingham, passed away suddenly at Wingham and District Hospital on Friday, Mar. 26, 1993, following a short illness. She was 52 years of age. Born Jan. 15, 1941, at York, England, Joan was the daughter of the late George and Gertrude (Fi- nney) Webb. She received her early education in England before coming to Canada in 1959, residing at Stratford. She attended King's and Renison Colleges at the University of Waterloo and worked as a bank teller early in life. Joan is survived by her husband, Robert F. Wittig, who she married in 1961 in Vancouver, B.C. The family moved to this area in 1966. She also leaves to mourn daughters Lynda and her husband Carl McDonnell of Carstairs, Alber- ta; Debra and husband David Ryan of R.R. 1, Bluevale, and Jackie, at home as well as one son, Steve, also at home. There are five grandchildren, Amanda, Angella and Mark Renwick and Jennifer and Michelle Ryan. Joan is also survived by a sister, June (Paul) McClelland of Alberta. Later in life, Joan took a keen interest in the hospice movement as a bereavement counsellor and at the time of her death, was trying to develop a hospice for Wingham and area. She was a member of CHAO and CASSW. She was a devoted 'member of the fellowship at the Wingham Pen - Under New Ownership ...... Authorized Dealer Luc ow FEED MILL• INC Lucknow --- 528-3000 Mark Stever, the new Majority owner of Lucknow Feed Mill Inc., will also manage the complete operation, bringing with him a long time interest and experience in Agriculture. Mark has been active with Junior Farmers, Kinsmen Club, Ontario Chicken Producers Marketing Board, The Optimist Club and the Christian Reform Church. He is presently a leader in the Men's Life fellowship organization. Our aim is to support the people of Lucknow and area in their efforts to sustain a satisfactory living in Agriculture. Campbell St. LUCKNOW 528-3000 528-2905 1-800-265-3006 OBITUARIES tecostal Church, where the funeral was conducted at 2 p.m. on .Mar. 30, with Rev. David Loucks and Rev. Ron Baker officiating. . Pallbearers included Bill Kirby, Lome Humphrey, David Ryan, Lloyd (Casey) Casemore, Tim Thompson and Phil Wilkins. Floral tributes were carried by David and Don Wittig, Stephen and Paul Leasa. Interment Wingham Cemetery. Don Jamieson Don Jamieson of Shelburne passed away at Toronto General Hospital on Mar. 24, 1993,. from complications following a double lung transplant in September 1992. He was 36 years of age. Surviving are his wife Karen and two daughters Elysse, 7, and Car- leigh 5 years old; his parents Reg and Marie Jamieson of Shelburne, his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Joyce (Mowbray) and Ken Nichol- son, of Shelburne, formerly of Lucknow, and three brothers. The funeral service was held Sunday, Mar. 28 from Donney Funeral Chapel,, Shelburne, "with spring interment Shelburne Cemetery. Relatives from this area attending the funeral were Lome and Marg Ritchie and Jack and Annabelle Aitchison of Kincardine, Marion, Ron and Sue Gillespie, Kinlough, Jim and Isabel Hunter, Lucknow and family friends Murray ,and Gertie Henderson of Lucknow. Evelyn Mitchell Evelyn Mitchell, of Willowdale, died at Cummer Lodge on Mar. 25, 1993 in her 108th year. She was the former Evelyn Webster, a daughter of the late John and Sarah Ann (Humphrey) Webster and was born in West Wawanosh Township on Sept. 13, 1885. She was the wife of the late Jas. R. Mitchell. Mrs. Mitchell is survived by sons George of Georgetown, and Wil- liam of Mount Forest; 10 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and five great, great grandchildren; two sisters Dorothy McKenzie of West Wawanosh and Dorine Monney of Agincourt. She was predeceased by a . daughter Freda, a son Jas., and, sisters Myrtle MacCrostie, Pearl Smith, Zylda McKay, and brothers George, William and Elwell Webster. The funeral was held on Mar. 29 at the Jones and Son Funeral Home, Georgetown, with spring burial in Eden Mills Cemetery. PROS LIKE THE QUALITY, YOU'LL LOVE THE VALUE! 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