Couple calls it quits. Mom gets the kids. Dad pays child support. Mom and Dad split custody 50-50.
Kids gets two homes.
Read these tips to find out how you can make joint custody work for your family. Research and expert analysis of joint custody arrangements is inconclusive about what s best for the child. Judith Wallerstein, considered one of America s foremost experts on divorce, argued in her book Second Chances that the disruptive effect of shuttling between two households could create anxiety and insecurity in children. Others who work with kids of divorce believe that equal access to both parents is a far greater gift than the advantages of having a single residence. At its worst, it can intensify a child s feeling of being torn in two.