Child Custody

By Karin Price Meuller – nj.com 02/03/2020“… With more two-income families, there has been a trend toward shared — 50/50 — parenting time arrangements, said Kenneth White, a certified matrimonial attorney with Shane and White in Edison. …” Read the entire article: https://www.nj.com/advice/2020/02/5-divorce-trends-in-new-jersey.html

By ABC 4 10/25/2019 “… Like it or not, if you have 50/50 custody, you’re going to be more involved with your ex-spouse. In order to have a successful parenting arrangement, you need to be respectful. …” Read the entire article:https://www.abc4.com/gtu/4-practical-tips-thatll-make-your-joint-custody-agreement-painless/

By ABC4 10/25/19 “… Most importantly, 50/50 custody has to be in the best interest of the children because ultimately this is what the court will be looking at. …” Read the entire article: https://www.abc4.com/gtu/4-practical-tips-thatll-make-your-joint-custody-agreement-painless/

By Freya Lucas – The Sector 10/20/2019 “… Years spent working in Family Law Courts, observing children caught in the middle of complicated custody battles led QC Darren Mort to want to reach out to the children themselves, to reassure them that they are more than pawns in a very adult battle. …” Read the

By Japan Today 09/28/19 “… A new panel at the ministry will resolve major issues regarding the system to allow both father and mother to share custody, as views in favor of such a system have been growing. …” Read the entire article: https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-gov%27t-to-study-whether-to-introduce-joint-custody-of-children

By Family Law 09/02/19 “… A YouGov poll commissioned by fathers’ rights group FNF Both Parents Matter Cymru concludes that 8 out of 10 respondents agreed that there should be a legal presumption that children should spend ‘roughly equal’ time with each parent following separation or divorce. …” Read the entire article: https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/should-children-spend-equal-time-with-each-parent-as-the-starting-point

By Simon Denyer – Stars and Stripes 08/22/2019 “… Jeffery Morehouse was living in Washington state, where he had won permanent custody of his son, Mochi. In June 2010, he dropped the 6-year-old off with his Japanese mother for a visit; she promptly took him to Tokyo. …” Read the entire article: https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/parents-who-have-been-kept-apart-from-their-children-are-pressing-japan-on-child-custody-laws-1.595287

By  Lawrence J. Persick – The Legal Intelligencer 07/13/2019 “… The most significant of those changes are to 23 Pa. C.S.A. Section 5322 and Section 5327, such that the concepts of “primary” and “partial” physical custody would be eliminated in favor of “equal parenting time.” Equal parenting time is defined as, “As close as practicable

By News 18 07/15/19 “The court’s observations came during the hearing of a woman’s plea seeking guardianship of her two minor children. It dismissed the plea, saying the paramount welfare of the kids remains with both the parents and in shared parenting.” Read the entire article: https://www.news18.com/news/india/shared-parenting-paramount-fathers-guidance-important-to-shape-childs-life-delhi-hc-2231977.html

By Kathleen Jacob – WZTV 07/07/2019 “… They introduced a bill that would ask the court to presume joint custody, or shared parenting from the beginning, as opposed to courts historically favoring mothers and driving court costs up. …” Read the entire article: https://fox17.com/news/local/local-dads-fighting-to-make-joint-custody-the-default