The Shared Parenting Council has a vision that the State of Connecticut will one day support and encourage both parents to be actively involved with their children on a regular and continuing basis. Judges need to ask each parent what they are doing to encourage active involvement by the other parent.

Connecticut Child Custody Decisions Flawed? (Click Here to leave a comment)

November 1st, 2009

Men and women who want to be actively involved with their children report several major issues with custody decisions made by and enforced in Connecticut family court:
1. visitation interference;
2. the use of fraudulent restraining orders as a tool to separate one parent from their children;
3. unrealistic child support orders;
4. parental alienation or actions “splitting” the other parent from their [...]

What are the “Best Interests of the Child?”-Click Here to leave a comment

July 19th, 2009

What do you think? How could the legal system change to truly accommodate The Best Interests of the Child?

What Works-Click Here to leave a comment

July 18th, 2009

I have found that the single most important theme of my parenting style is consistency to the point of being ridiculous with carefully orchestrated periods of total or near-total insanity.
I feel very protective of our time together, so I have resisted enrolling the kids in large numbers of activities. In lieu of filling all their [...]