Joint custody seems like the perfect solution — both parents stay involved, children maintain relationships with everyone, and it feels “fair.” Courts increasingly favor 50/50 arrangements, and most ...

Custody of minor children is usually written up as “joint” in the divorce decree. There is usually a distinction between “legal custody,” in which parents have equal rights regarding decision-making, ...

About half of first marriages end in divorce. People divorce for many reasons. Most of the reasons reveal a couple cannot get along and make decisions they can agree on and live with. Often couples ...

As I have blogged here before, despite it not being the law and not really supported by the social science, many judges and even many custody experts have taken the position that 50-50 custody should ...

Child custody agreements can get very messy, especially following the end of a relationship. For many couples, barring any concerns about the welfare of the children, a 50/50 split seems like a ...

In the framework of a divorce case, when divorcing spouses have agreed to joint decision-making (joint “legal custody”) over major decisions affecting their children, there is an intersection, or ...

Family law uses child custody and visitation rights to decide how parents divide childcare responsibilities and spending time with their children during or after their separation. Child custody ...