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No, in fact it's becoming less common as time goes on. In the US by 2008, maternal sole-custody had declined to 42% of custodial arrangements (from 80% in 1986
by huxley 11y ago
No, in fact it's becoming less common as time goes on.
In the US by 2008, maternal sole-custody had declined to 42% of custodial arrangements (from 80% in 1986), while equal shared custody rose to 27% (from 5%).
http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/05/22/joint-custody-becoming-the-norm/70199.html http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/05/22/joint-custody-becomi...
- tomjen3 11y agoThat is still a huge risk though. I mean fair enough if the guy is abusive but if she simply runs of and finds somebody else that is not something I want to risk my children over. And I have seen too many people at work struggling with ugly divorces.