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Perspective

Jun. 30, 2012

Presuming equal time sharing in custody arrangements

This could help address existing problems of court congestion, while sparing thousands of children each year from being dragged into the middle of a battle between their parents. By Fred Silberberg of Silberberg & Ross LLP


By Fred Silberberg


The body of law in California has many legal presumptions. Property acquired during marriage is legally presumed to be community (joint) property. A marriage of over 10 years in duration is, oddly, presumed to be a long-term marriage justifying a long-term spousal support order. These are just two such examples. Yet, there is one presumption that seems to be missing from the body of legal presumptions in family law: the presumption that equal c...

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