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Rom Reddy: A Family Court Reform Strategy
“This is not a Republican or Democrat issue but a citizen welfare issue that must be fixed and fixed quickly.”
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Christ, I thought we were done with this weird little freak.
Family Court Reform is one of the most urgent issues facing SC families, because the current custody system incentivizes family separation and having kids removed almost completely from one parent, even if the parent is fit, willing and able. The trial lawyer lobby will fight to keep the system broken so they can maximize profits, but the issue will not go away until it is fixed, because the stakes are too high.
SC legislature should act with haste to get 50/50 passed as a starting point for broader reform. Thank You FITS for publishing this important article.
50/50 is a joke. In most families, one parent (often the mother) does the majority of the parenting. One parent generally keeps the family home. Requiring kids to flip back and forth every week is not in best interests of children. There are a lot of families where there is no abuse or violence but where one person is clearly better suited to be the primary child raiser. For example, I’m willing to bet that Ron’s wife did most of the work to raise their daughter while he worked his butt off to provide for them. If they had divorced and he got 50% of the time, would he have worked less those weeks to be the primary parent? Doubtful.