Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: usually to the mother) giving way to shared parenting.In many countries, shared-time parenting-where children spend equal or near-equal amounts of time with each parent 2 -is emerging as a new family type following divorce or separation.3 In the United States, around 20% of postdivorce parenting arrangements involve shared-time parenting, although this estimate is as high as 32% in some states, such as Wisconsin.4 Estimates range between 11% and 22% in Australia, 5 Canada, 6 the United Kingdom, 7 Denmark, 8 Norway, 9 and the Netherlands, 10 compared with 33% in Sweden 11 and Belgium.12 Although fathers in intact families are spending only slightly more time with their children than in the past, 13 there is increasing support for the substantial involvement of both 2. This arrangement is also known as "joint physical custody" or "dual residence."3. See Marygold S. Melli & Patricia R. Brown, Exploring a New Family Form -The Shared Time Family, 22 INT'L J.L.
Language: English
Topic: Family and Matrimonial Law
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W111130771