Georgia Shared & Equal Parenting

This is a page in progress. Its purpose is to find people who wish to help change Georgia child custody laws and procedures to achieve either an *option for* or a *presumption of* gender equality - genuine shared custody - where each parent has near equal time with and responsibilities for the child or children. Shared parenting achieves better results and protect the rights of all.

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Friday, August 1, 2014


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Goals and Purposes

Shared parenting advocates’ main goal is that there be a legal presumption in child custody (i.e., separation or divorce) cases that the child or children be in the care of each parent approximately 50% of the time. This results in equal responsibility and equal opportunity for flourishing parent-child relationships. Equality should be the standard or starting point: the ‘burden of proof’ is on anyone seeking a non-equal custody arrangement.

Currently, many parents must expend considerable effort and resources to achieve shared parenting equality. This is because the current common custody arrangement is that the children will spend most of their time with one parent: that is, custody is not shared. This is often unfair to, and violates the rights of, all involved.

The current purposes of this page are that it to help interested people in Georgia find each other so they can work together for change. Google searches on these topics in Georgia yield few results, but eventually this page will be found by anyone researching these topics. (If there is such a group of Georgians working on this issue, please let me know, since we don’t want to re-invent the wheel).

This page will also serve as an archive of relevant information, links and readings. There is a lot to learn about history, the courts, procedures, how laws are made and changed, relevant social science, and much more. This page will serve as a source for materials for anyone seeking to learn what's necessary to make change.

This page will also provide resources for parents currently seeking a shared parenting arrangement. The legal system does not make this option an obvious or easy one: the relevant forms and procedures are developed on the assumption that the child(ren) will be with one parent, most of the time. Avoiding that result, however, can be done, and this page will help individuals overcome the obstacles.

Contact:
georgiasharedparenting@gmail.com

Organizations, for informational purposes; no endorsements or connections implied

  • NPO - Georgia Affliliate
  • National Parents Organization
  • My Advocate Center, Atlanta
  • Lecroy and Head - Family Law Firm, Atlanta
  • Leading Women for Shared Parenting
  • Law Offices of Woodrow Ware
  • Guideline Economics, Atlanta
  • American Coalition of Fathers and Children

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This webpage costs $15 a year to maintain; sometimes its been $30, when it's had two URLs. (The Facebook page is free, of course!). If it's provided anything of value for you, and you'd like to contribute to it financially *in any amount*, please send a message to the page for a link where you can contribute. Thanks!

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The information and claims on this page are for informational purposes only and are not legal advice. Readers should not act upon this information without seeking professional counsel. You should consult an attorney for individual advice regarding your own situation.

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