I am in a unique position. I share my children equally with my ex-wife. We have a joint legal and physical custody arrangement – also known as shared parenting. We’ve been successfully co-parenting our two children since we finalized our divorce settlement in 2008. When our children were younger, we strictly adhered to this parenting plan…
Read moreA New Shared Parenting Bill in New York State – A09819
Without joint custody, children are the biggest losers Why must kids miss out on certain family relationships when parents separate? It’s cruel for children, who love both parents, to suddenly lose access to everything they once knew when their parents no longer want to live together. Does a child’s love and need for both parents…
Read moreKentucky makes history with new joint custody law
From 2018: “It’s a first of its kind law in the state of Kentucky. After signing HB528, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin makes Kentucky the first state to give legal presumption for joint custody in divorce proceedings. Matt Hale of the National Parents Organization has been an advocate for the law and believes we could see…
Read moreOur Marriage Ended. Our Family Did Not.
Children do not divorce their parents. This is a typical example of how most people who co-parent have to deal with real life after divorce. An excert from this article: http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/parenting/2014/11/23/our-marriage-ended-our-family-did-not/?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1&referrer Divorcing felt like a death that deserved mourning. Yet we had no choice but to continue raising a child together in the aftermath. There…
Read moreSixteen Arguments in Support of Co-Parenting
An excerpt from Psychology Today: What the Latest Research is Saying about the Best Interests of Children – By Edward Kruk, Ph.D. Our current system of resolving child custody disputes rarely considers either children’s needs from children’s own perspective, or current research on child custody outcomes. What is needed is a new standard, a “best interests…
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