Exploring A New Family Form - The Shared Time Family

“I Wouldn't Wish It on My Worst Enemy”: Western Australian Fathers’ Perspectives on Their Marital Separation Experiences

“…This 17% is similar to the U.K. figure and is slightly lower than the 20% figure for American fathers achievement of shared parenting time (Melli & Brown, 2008). Even in shared care cases, the contact arrangement is not an even 50:50 arrangement because in many cases the arrangement is 35:65 in favor of the mothers.…”

Characteristics of joint physical custody families in Flanders

“…Custody legislation and prevalence of joint physical custody in the U.S. differs across states. For example, in Wisconsin 32% of children had a joint physical custody arrangement (Melli and Brown 2008), whereas in Arizona and Washington State this figure was between 30% and 50% (Nielsen 2011). Canada has not decided to legislate a preference for joint physical custody (Rhoades and Boyd 2004) and only 9% of children of divorced couples were found in this custody type (Swiss and Le Bourdais 2009).…”

Does a nonresident parent have the right to make decisions for his nonmarital children?: Trends in legal custody among paternity cases

“…Nonetheless, little is known about legal custody in nonmarital cases. Studies on child custody mostly focus on physical custody for divorced families (Cancian & Meyer, 1998;Cancian, Meyer, Brown, & Cook, 2014;Fox & Kelly, 1995;Juby, Le Bourdais, & Marcil-Gratton, 2005;Melli & Brown, 2008). Among the few studies that examine legal custody, samples are restricted to divorce cases (Huang, Han, & Garfinkel, 2003;Seltzer, 1990Seltzer, , 1991Seltzer, , 1998.…”