Family Law Issues

By Sushma Subramanian – Washington Post, 01/18/2022 “…Kentucky’s 50-50 custody legislation — which did end up passing and took effect in July 2018 — was the first of its kind in the country to make equal parenting not just up to a judge’s discretion but the standard outcome. In 2021, Arkansas followed suit…” Read the […]

By SpectrumNews1, 01/11/2022 “…Creech said he went through a custody battle for six years that cost him thousands of dollars, and more importantly, time with his children. “To get my own children 50% of the time, which I was a good father, I was an elected official, local farmer, local business owner, and I always

By The Altamont Enterprise, 01/06/2022 “… National Parents Organization, in collaboration with NY Families for Tomorrow and NY Americans for Equal Shared Parenting, as well as The Fathers’ Rights Movement, just received the results of an independently conducted poll of the attitudes of New Yorker’s about shared parenting…” Read the entire article: https://altamontenterprise.com/01062022/there-overwhelming-support-true-shared-parenting

By Teresa Harlow – The Columbus Dispatch, 12/29/2021 “…In a recent survey conducted by Public Policy Polling, 83% of Ohioans agreed that “a child would benefit from having equal time with both fit and willing parents following divorce.” Surprisingly, current Ohio law fails to support this assumption…” Read the entire article: https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/12/29/opinion-how-can-divorced-parents-work-together-childrens-sake/8943411002/

By Nicole Makris – The Indiana Lawyer, 01/05/2022 “…With a shared parenting plan, each parent’s home is intended to be a “home base” for the child where their adjustment to separate households is facilitated by mutual routine between the parents’ households. A shared parenting plan is most beneficial when established for a child at a

By Edward Kurk – Psychology Today, 12/22/2021 “… For social problems like family violence and parental alienation, replications and higher standards of transparency and accountability should be expected, not ignored or undermined…” Read the entire article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/co-parenting-after-divorce/202112/when-studies-dont-replicate-case-study  

By Psychiatric Times, 11/23/2021 “… False allegations of abuse are an all-too-common phenomenon during divorce and child custody proceedings. One parent fabricates a false allegation against the other parent to gain leverage in court and to undermine the parent-child relationship going forward…” Read the entire article: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/false-allegations-of-abuse-during-divorce-the-role-of-alienating-beliefs  

By The CT Mirror, 12/09/2021 “…What convinces Connecticut parents to support shared parenting? Well, we now have more than 40 years of scientific research showing that, in the vast majority of cases, children are well served by substantial sharing of parental responsibilities by both parents provided that both are fit parents…” Read the entire article: https://ctmirror.org/category/ct-viewpoints/connecticut-parents-support-new-child-custody-procedures/

By Scottish Legal News, 12/06/2021 “…Shared Parenting Scotland’s ambition is that Scotland should move to a more humane and transparent system where parenting is shared rather than won in a battle between parents for time with their children…” Read the entire article: https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/shared-parenting-scotland-publishes-new-edition-of-family-court-guide-for-party-litigants

By CBS New York 10/15/2021 “…The coronavirus vaccine is at the center of a custody battle in Manhattan. A judge suspended a father’s visitation rights with his 3-year-old daughter unless he gets vaccinated or subjects to weekly COVID testing…” Read the entire article: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/15/covid-vaccine-custody-battle-manhattan/