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Child Custody. Equal Physical Custody. Initiative Statute.

Requires courts to provide parents with equal physical custody of a child unless there is clear evidence that equal custody would not be in child’s best interest, and requires courts to consider the welfare of all family members in making such determinations. Defines “equal physical custody” as an “equal timeshare” that assures frequent contact with both parents, and redefines “joint legal custody” to mean that both parents share equally in decisions regarding welfare of child.

Adds finding that equal and joint custody is generally in child’s best interest. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Unknown state court costs of possibly up to a few million dollars annually, depending on the number of child custody cases affected by the measure.

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	Did You Know?
	There is a difference between custodial parents and non custodial parents. Custodial parent is a term used for the parent that has primary physical custody of a child. Typically, the child resides with the custodial parent. Non-custodial parent refers to the parent that has the child for a lesser amount of time. Typically,l the child does not reside with the non-custodial parent except during the time that the non-custodial parent exercises his or her visitation rights with the child. Click Here to Find a Nationwide Child Custody Attorney to Handle your Child Custody Case Today!