BBC News reports on England’s rejection of joint physical custody/equal parenting time rights (excerpt):
Children cannot simply be divided up “like property” when a marriage collapses, says the government.
The decision in a consultation paper for England and Wales on Wednesday has angered fathers’ rights groups.
But courts are already being given new advice to speed up hearings. The plans also contain new measures for mediation and enforcing access orders.
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Constitutional Affairs Secretary Lord Falconer told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “We all know from our own experience that a 50-50 time split does not represent in a large number of cases a practical way to care best for children.”