What is the “Best Interest” of the children?
The “Best Interest” of the children is frequent and continuing contact with both parents. Our opinion, in other words, is that the “best parent is both parents; sharing is caring.” We feel rather strongly that the family court’s current emphasis on custodial parenting is not only detrimental to the welfare of the children in most cases, but actually unconstitutional. This is especially true in those cases where one parent has been designated “non-custodial” against their will (excepting situations where that parent’s lack of “fitness” has been demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt using criminal standards of evidence). Like slavery, forced custodial (and therefore, non-custodial) parenting is an idea whose time should never have come. The sooner we abolish this injustice, the better our children will fare. If you are interested in how the “best interests” is defined in your state, you may find the text of all laws in your state in the regional links (click “LINKS” button at left, then
