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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t believe in equal share custody. No such thing.[/quote]

How so? Court-appointed split of calendar year or intervals of time shared. Seems pretty simple to implement. Also gives both parents a chance to see their children. [/quote]

I'm divorced and ex-DH and I get along and coparent well.  The kid definitely would not like a 50/50 split of time.  DH's job is much more inflexible than mine and he works a lot and travels on a regular basis for work.  There are also circumstances where both parents can't afford housing in the same neighborhood due to income disparity, which could mean each home is zoned for different schools.  I have a bigger home and do the bulk of the after school activities because my house is the base and we don't live right next door to each other.  He pays child support.   Having that one size fits all policy isn't a good idea.  I'm all for that as the starting point, but you have to take into consideration the individual circumstances.  My good friend's husband is a consultant who is gone during the week and is home on the weekend.  How would the no child support/equal custody rule work there?  I would be fine with the equal custody/no child support if we lived in the same neighborhood so we had the same school zone, and if ex-DH had a job where he was home on a regular basis.  That just isn't the case.  [/quote]

I agree it should be the starting point. In your case if your ex has no interest in seeing the kids more than he does, then you have the right arrangement. If both parents agree that the arrangement works best for their lives and the kids then I doubt Italy is going to force 50/50 [/quote]

Right. I think it should be a choice.

A) If each parent is eager for custody - split it and organize it 50/50 with no to minimal child support. Each one takes care of their own household.

B)  If one parent only wants holidays and a month every summer - then split it 70/30 with according child support raised for extra expenditures.[/quote]

It would be unfair that one parent gets all the holidays and a relaxed month in the summer while the other runs around doing all of the grunt work of doctor spots, homework, carpool, sports practices. [/quote]

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