Shared parenting bill fails in North Dakota
January 18, 2008
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Shared parenting bill fails | KXNet.com North Dakota News
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) A bill to make it clear that South Dakota judges can order Shared Parenting, or joint physical custody, has died in the Legislature.
Officials say some judges don’t believe current law allows such arrangements.
The bill, which would have allowed joint physical custody even if one parent objects, was defeated 8-5 in the House Judiciary Committee.
Opponents of HB1101 say shared parenting has been tried without success in other states.
They also argue that children would suffer if such arrangements are forced on parents.
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The headline isn’t accurate here. This bill failed in South Dakota. The news article is from North Dakota.
Anyway, I guess the good news is that it failed to pass by an 8-5 margin, instead of 12-1 or 13-0. I think that’s good news.
The bad news is they claim shared parenting has failed in other states, without naming the states, or saying how it was a failure.
[“They also argue that children would suffer if such arrangements are forced on parents.”]
Isn’t it great that we can always expect people who reap the benefits of the “matching federal dollars” collected for the enforcement of child support orders, to be ever vigilant about the “best interests” of other people’s children?
Kevin Merck