Shared parenting
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Shared parenting refers to a collaborative arrangement in child custody or divorce determinations in which both parents have the right and responsibility of being involved in the raising of the child(ren). The term is often used as a synonym for joint physical custody, but the exact definitions vary, with different jurisdictions defining it in different ways, and different sources using the term in different ways.[1] A regime of shared parenting is based on the idea that parental responsibilities should be shared by both the parents.[2]
It is typically a legal mechanism applied in cases of divorce, separation or when parents do not live together; in contrast, a Shared Earning/Shared Parenting Marriage is a marriage where the partners choose at the outset of the marriage (and prior to conceiving children) to share the work of child-raising, earning money, house chores and recreation time in nearly equal fashion across all four domains.
Nature and history
Shared parenting arrangements are viewed as encouraging children to know both parents are involved and share responsibility in their upbringing.
Shared parenting has also been referred to as "collaborative parenting", "balanced parenting" or "equal shared parenting", and can also apply after the separation of adoptive or other non-biological parents. "Equally shared parenting" refers more commonly to child-raising, breadwinning, housework and recreation time that are equally shared between two parents in an intact family.
Shared parenting after parental separation or divorce, also known as joint physical custody, has been increasing and is particularly common in the Nordic countries, such as Sweden.[3]
See also
- Alimony
- Bottoms v. Bottoms
- Child abduction
- Child custody
- Child support
- Child support by country
- Child contact centre
- Childrens centre
- Coparenting
- Custodial parent
- Deadbeat parent
- Divorce
- Family law
- Family court
- Fathers' rights
- Fathers' rights movement by country
- Gerald Garson
- Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
- Joint custody
- Joint physical custody
- Judgment of Solomon
- Legal custody
- List of largest divorce settlements
- Men's movement
- Men's rights
- Mothers' rights
- Noncustodial parent
- Parens patriae
- Parenting coordinator
- Parenting plan
- Parental alienation
- Parental alienation syndrome
- Paternity
- Physical custody
- Private attorney general
- Sole physical custody
- Stepchildren of the state
- Supervised visitation
- Tender Years Doctrine
- Ward of the state
- Women's movement
- Women's rights
By country or culture
United States
- Bradley Amendment
- California Child Support Guideline Review
- Child custody laws in the United States
- Child support in the United States
- Hermesmann v. Seyer
United Kingdom
Australia
References
- ^ http://lawfam.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/09/20/lawfam.ebr015.full.pdf
- ^ http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fcy-fea/lib-bib/rep-rap/2001/2001_2b/option3a.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ Fransson, Emma; Sarkadi, Anna; Hjern, Anders; Bergström, Malin (2016-07-01). "Why should they live more with one of us when they are children to us both?: Parents' motives for practicing equal joint physical custody for children aged 0–4". Children and Youth Services Review. 66: 154–160. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.05.011.
External links
- National Parents Organization.org (Largest member supported shared parenting organization in the USA)
- Equal Shared Parenting.com Video Education, Summary Facts and Statistics about Shared Parenting and Child Behavior, Bills, Votes, News
- Shared Parenting Council of Australia
- American Coalition for Fathers and Children
- Families Need Fathers - Prominent shared parenting charity in the UK
- Equally Shared Parenting