Giving parents equal parenting time by law

Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2009-02-27 17:24

Article here. Excerpt:

'For the third time in 22 years, Washington state is leading the nation in family law reform. This time, the report is called the Residential Time Summary Report prepared by the state Office of the Administrator for the Courts. This is a first-in-the-nation compilation of post-divorce breakdown of parenting time for children, mothers and fathers. The numbers are collected case-by-case and county-by-county.

Amazingly, 46 percent of children of divorce, statewide, are ordered to spend a minimum of 35 percent parenting time with their biological fathers. Parenting time is broken down by large percentages, and meaningful shared parenting starts in the range of 30-35 percent. This is about 300 percent better results than anyone could have expected from the time the Parenting Act was first approved. If there ever was any doubt, Washington state is now an official shared-parenting state for families impacted by parental separation.'

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I am like many of the commentors - I don't believe the data is that good, but I think Washington has moved an inch in the right direction.
50/50 joint custody must be written in law.

Anything less is kidnapping and is justified in being met with deadly force.

oregon dad

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Submitted by oregon dad on Fri, 2009-02-27 23:21

Yeah, it is a step.

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Submitted by Michael on Sat, 2009-02-28 19:49

Progress is definitely being made.

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Mon, 2009-03-02 18:09