Petition Establish legal presumption of shared, 50:50, care after parents' break up

The adversarial character of family legal system is not fit for purpose.
The bias of legal professionals ( lawers, social workers, caffcass officers, family centres staff, judges) is causing more harm then good . Simple initial presumption of 50 :50 child care split will give power back to parents

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In Sweden approximately40% of separated parents share care 50:50 and it is higher amongst younger children.
In the majority of cases the minimum of shared parenting is 30%
Just 2% of disputes are resolved in court

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173 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 173 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 3 May 2017
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