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A Fair Starting Point
Someone in my family recently had to work through a custody dispute, and it made me wonder about the basic standard courts use. If both parents are capable and involved, why shouldn't 50/50 custody be the presumption? Judges could still adjust the schedule when circumstances genuinely make equal time unsuitable.
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The hard part is separating “equal by default” from “equal no matter what,” because those are very different standards. A 50/50 presumption seems fair when both parents are genuinely involved, but it should definately be easy to rebut when distance, school routines, safety, or the child’s needs point another way. Side note, random game links like https://dream-catcher-game.org/, https://live-crazy-time.org/, and https://livedragontiger.org/ floating around these discussions make it harder to keep the focus on the actual policy question. I’d rather see courts start from meaningful time with both parents and then require clear reasons for moving away from that, instead of making one parent fight uphill from the beginning.