Shared parenting becomes law in Arkansas.

Old-Compote-9991 · 2021-04-17T01:32:04+00:00

This is fantastic! I'm really happy to hear that things are finally looking up when it comes to shared custody. Shared custody has overwhelming evidence behind it and I'm happy that we've finally recognized it as being beneficial to the child.

helloiseeyou2020 · 2021-04-16T23:18:37+00:00

The 18 nay voters should be asked to explain themselves, on the record

DanteLivra · 2021-04-17T02:28:14+00:00

Progress !

MeatyElfThighs · 2021-04-16T23:40:53+00:00

HOLY CRAP

My state making the good changes!

turbulance4 · 2021-04-17T05:18:58+00:00

This is strange to me. I find it hard to doubt that NPO is wrong in their claims. However, I actually read the bill itself and at no point does it define what "joint custody" means. You can find it here (it's not that long). I personally have "joint custody" (tho not in AR) and it is far from equal. I did like the inclusion of the "clear and convincing" language. However, I still feel like there is a fairly large legal back door to get the "preponderance of the evidence" standard:

If, at any time, the circuit court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that one (1) parent demonstrates a pattern of willfully creating conflict in an attempt to disrupt a current or pending joint-custody arrangement and the circuit court is unable to enter an order that will reduce areas of conflict caused by the disruptive parent, the circuit court may deem such behavior as a material change of circumstances and may change a joint custody order to an order of primary custody to the nondisruptive parent.

Anyway, I hope NPO knows better than I do, but fear they may be exaggerating this victory (and it is still a victory, as the law is better than it was before in AR) to show evidence of their effort.

Oncefa2 · 2021-04-17T11:46:03+00:00

I'm stealing your summary for a post in "Uplifting News". They usually like content like this despite believing that father's rights advocates are evil or something.

FYI I think in practice Arkansas would be the third state to do this. Arizona, another state with good laws around child custody, just goes about it a little different. They try to "maximize parenting time" between both parents, which judges in practice are interpreting to be equal.

The language about a default rebuttable presumption is, in legal theory, very important, and Arizona doesn't have all that. So I guess as far as legal theory is concerned, that makes Arkansas the second state to do this, not the third.

The other state that does have something like this is Kentucky.

austin101123 · 2021-04-17T00:18:09+00:00

now if only this will spread to the rest of the us...i am betting the globalist backed feminist lunatics are screaming about this

skgody · 2021-04-17T00:35:47+00:00

Still there needs to ba accountability for the injustices of the past

Poly_and_RA · 2021-04-19T21:26:33+00:00

22 million "parents" -- let me guess; at least 20 million of those "parents" are in reality "fathers".