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The Shared Parenting Council monitors, analyzes, reports on and, wherever possible, attempts to encourage the adoption of legislation and regulation that supports and encourages shared parenting in Connecticut.
CDCC_FinalReport Final Report of the Governor’s Commission on Custody, Divorce and Children, Hon. Anne C. Dranginis and Mr. Thomas C. Foley, Co-Chairs. A pdf of the report with all graphics is available from the Library of Congress.
Parent from Separate Households
CT Supreme Court signals end to lengthy custody litigation
The August 14 decision in R.H. v. M.H., SC 20882, addresses the failure of the court to serve the best interests of the children in this and many other custody cases. While the primary argument centers around judicial discretion, the Court acknowledges that the...
Children Suffer In A Connecticut High Conflict Divorces
In December 2023, the Connecticut Supreme Court heard the case of R.H. v M.H., SC 20882. The parents had filed hundreds of motions in their battle, all apparently justified by the “best interests” standard. The details are dwarfed by over four years of litigation. How...
Do Connecticut courts encourage shared parenting?
Cindy Cartier, a lawyer who does divorce mediation, writes “In recent weeks, my phone has been ringing off the hook with folks interested in mediation over litigating their family law issues. Upon inquiry, many of them are hearing of court cases where the Judges are...
Connecticut Judge Supports Shared Parenting; Repudiates Alienation
In a recent hearing at Regional Family Trial Docket in Middletown, CT, Hon. Thomas Moukawsher demonstrated an understanding of the importance of both parents in the lives of their children. The judge rejected a motion by the mother and her attorney to modify a 2022...