Researchers at the Arizona State University, through polls and ballot initiatives have found that the public favors equal custody for children of divorced couples.
Divorce: Pros and Cons
Divorce can be traumatic for children and create a sense of insecurity amongst them. Couples should realize that joined parenting is important even after divorce.
Divorce can be traumatic for children and create a sense of insecurity amongst them. Couples should realize that joined parenting is important even after divorce.
The participants in the study were asked to act like a judge in a series of hypothetical cases.
In one case vignette, the mother provided 75 pc of the couple's pre-divorce child care-giving duties.
And, in the third, the parental couple was described as having divided the pre-divorce child care duties 50-50.
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Case to Case Approach is the Best for Child Custody Evaluators
Child custody evaluators should be able to distinguish between types of violence - because a general or universal approach to child custody can be dangerous for both mums and kids.
Child custody evaluators should be able to distinguish between types of violence - because a general or universal approach to child custody can be dangerous for both mums and kids.
Only 28 pc thought the parents in a real case would be allocated equal living time, even when they had divided child-care duties equally before the separation or divorce.
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Half of All Brit Children Witness Their Parents' Separation Before Their 16th Birthday
Nearly half of children in Britain see their parents separating by the time they turn 16, shocking figures have revealed.
Nearly half of children in Britain see their parents separating by the time they turn 16, shocking figures have revealed.
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