Family Law Issues

Shared parenting best solution for separated families, judiciary, lawyers told

By Times of Malta, 01/31/2023 “…Children from separated households benefit from shared parenting, members of the judiciary and the legal profession have been told during training on positive parenting strategies…” Read the entire article: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/shared-parenting-best-solution-separated-families-judiciary-lawyers.1010709

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Change the law to make it fairer for fathers

By New York Daily News, 12/26/2022 “…The bill fixes a law that dates back to the time when children of unmarried parents were considered “illegitimate” and makes unmarried fathers’ parental rights categorically contingent on providing financial support, ignoring the many other important ways fathers support their children…” Read the entire article: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-parental-equity-act-20221226-3als5uf25ra3beowp4djjgw6ym-story.html

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4 Key Ways That Estrangement Hurts Grandparents

By Psychology Today, 09/30/2022 “…Parental alienation is when one parent manipulates a child in order to poison their relationship with the other parent. The resulting alienation between the child and the “target parent,” however, often leads to estrangement from grandparents on the alientated side as well…” Read the entire article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-games/202209/4-key-ways-estrangement-hurts-grandparents  

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Idaho court says grandparents don’t have right to seek visitation when parents cut off contact

By Oregon Live, 09/20/2022 “…The Idaho Supreme Court has overturned a law allowing grandparents to seek visitation rights after finding that it unconstitutionally violates the “fundamental right to parent.”…” Read the entire article: https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2022/09/idaho-court-says-grandparents-dont-have-right-to-seek-visitation-when-parents-cut-off-contact.html

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Shared Parenting Scotland endorses judge’s view that court is not for solving ‘relationship disputes’

By Scottish Legal, 07/25/2022 “…Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, issued a blunt reminder to parents that courts are not the best place to resolve such problems, which are at the root of many disagreements about how to share parenting of children after divorce or separation…” Read the entire article: https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/sir-andrew-mcfarlane-court-isnt-the-right-place-to-resolve-most-parenting-disputes

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ASU study: Online parenting program shields children from adverse effects of divorce

By ASU News, 07/18/2022 “…A new study from the Arizona State University Department of Psychology has shown that an online parenting skills program for divorcing or separating parents reduces interparental conflict, improves quality of parenting and decreases children’s anxiety and depression symptoms…” Read the entire article: https://news.asu.edu/20220718-online-parenting-skills-program-shields-children-adverse-effects-divorce  

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America’s Epidemic of Fatherlessness Didn’t Happen by Accident

By Edward E. Bartlett – CNS News, 06/21/2022 “…Prager U personality Amala Ekpunobi did a video revealing the United States has the highest rate of fatherlessness of any country in the world – a stunning 23% of American children live in single-parent homes. The Institute for Family Studies released a report that concludes boys raised

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Dutch Parliament agrees Parental Alienation action plan

By Shared Parenting Scotland, 06/06/2022 “…The Dutch House of Representatives agreed the following motion on May 29th 2022: ‘noting that parental alienation is a major social problem and that in 2020 the Expert Team on parental alienation already recommended that parents be warned at an early stage that they are breaking the law and that

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HB 508 will protect children’s relationships with both loving parents: Don Hubin

By Cleveland, 06/01/2022 “…When both parents are fit, loving parents, children should not be denied a full relationship with each of them because the parents choose to live apart. Parental separation should not result in parental deprivation…” Read the entire article: https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2022/06/hb-508-will-protect-childrens-relationships-with-both-loving-parents-don-hubin.html

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Shared parenting legislation

By WOSU, 05/18/2022 “…The Ohio legislature is considering a bill to make shared parenting the presumed outcome in child custody cases. Currently, in disputed cases, a parent must actively pursue a shared parenting arrangement otherwise courts will default to granting sole custody more often than not to the mother…” Read the entire article: https://news.wosu.org/show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-05-18/shared-parenting-legislation

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