Posts Tagged With: Child Custody Judicial Discetion

Paradigm Shifts and Pendulum Swings in Child Custody

date 29 May 2009 | category Child Custody Rights

The impact of child custody law’s paradigm shift to the gender-neutral best interests of the child standard in the 1970s almost defies description. Rather than basing custody decisions on gender- or status-based presumptions, judges were suddenly charged with making individualized …