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Bill Aims to Establish Shared Parenting Presumption in New York
Around the country, states have taken different approaches as to whether laws governing child custody should encourage shared parenting. Generally, shared parenting jurisdictions start with a rebuttable presumption that parenting time should be split equally and legal custody should be granted jointly when parents who no longer live together. While this might sound ideal, there […]
How Is Child Support Determined When the Parents Have Joint Custody?
In New York, courts determining child support aim to balance equitably the financial responsibilities of parenting. A complexity arises when parents share physical custody of their child with an approximately equal distribution of parenting time. Under such circumstances, there can be a twist to the traditional model of designating a custodial and a non-custodial parent […]
