Contact and Residency
The parenting of children after separation, the right amount of contact, residency, what is in the child’s best interest have been argued for years, with polarized views and various interest groups emerging through time.
Child support costs, costs and practices in litigation and court processes, and judicial independence have all created a fertile, contentious, sometimes fatal, often uniformed and experimental Family Law system.
The idea that shared parenting is the ‘right’ solution is opposed by those whose actual life experiences with the opposing party have repeatedly shown that it is not possible to negotiate or manage safely or successfully, especially in cases where parties are in ‘entrenched’ conflict. Full article