Cordell & Cordell Principal Partner Joe Cordell recently wrote a column for the Huffington Post detailing how the shared-parenting movement has gained substantial momentum in 2015.
Nearly 20 states are currently considering measures that would help balance the custody playing field.
This is positive news for divorced fathers as they still face a custody bias that overwhelmingly favors mothers. Around 83 percent of custodial parents are mothers.
“This issue of determining custody is not about pitting divorced parents against one another,” Mr. Cordell wrote, “it is about doing what is best for children after the often harrowing experience of seeing their parents’ marriage come to an end.”
Mr. Cordell noted that last year the National Parents Organization released a Shared Parenting Report Card that revealed that states, by and large, do a poor job of promoting shared parenting. That is disconcerting considering numerous studies have shown that time with both parents is one of the most effective ways to help children cope with divorce.
“Research has shown time and time again that keeping both mothers and fathers involved in their children’s lives as much as possible is the most effective way to reduce the negative impact of divorce,” Mr. Cordell said, “so it is encouraging to see states across the country finally taking action to do what is truly in the best interests of the children.”
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Written by Joseph E. Cordell
Joseph E. Cordell is the Principal Partner at Cordell and Cordell, P.C., which he founded in 1990 with his wife, Yvonne. Over the past 25 years, the firm has grown to include more than 100 offices in 30 states, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom. Mr. Cordell is licensed to practice in the states of Illinois and Missouri and received his LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Joseph E. Cordell was named one of the Top 10 Best Family Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction in Missouri.
