A recent survey of Maryland voters reveals overwhelming support for shared parenting following divorce.
Between August 5th and 7th, Public Policy Polling conducted a survey of 580 Old Line State voters of their attitudes toward shared parenting and Maryland law on child custody. A whopping 79% of respondents said they thought fathers and mothers should receive equal treatment by family courts in child custody decisions. Plus, 63% said they favored changing state law to “create a starting point whereby joint legal and physical custody – commonly referred to as shared parenting – for approximately equal periods of time is viewed as being in the best interests of the child.” Only 15% said they opposed such a change.
Not only that, but support for a change in the law crossed all boundaries of gender, race and political persuasion. Substantial majorities of men and women, Republicans and Democrats, whites, African-Americans and other races support reform of child custody laws. By any definition, that’s a landslide victory for shared parenting.
That’s right in line with similar surveys in Canada and the United Kingdom that consistently find 70% – 80% of respondents favoring shared parenting.
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I still believe it is best to take all of the money the man has, and all of the money he will earn for the next 10 years or so and let the mother spend it any way she desires. He should rarely get to see the children, except for when the mother has a date night. His parents should rarely see the children as they will only be a bad influence on them, since they parented a MAN, who is the lowest life form in God's green earth.
ReplyDeleteI agree with 4:37. That's the way it's always been and the way it should always be.
ReplyDeleteDivorce is terribly painful for all involved but especially for kids. They hurt the most, even if one or both parents are abusive. We have an angry generation of kids going around overdosing or killing others, I believe, created by baby boomers and their high divorce rate.
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