I don't see how a 50/50 split would work out realistically. Before the child goes to school, it could easily work. But once the child passes the age of 5, what're you going to do, keep them in one school for one semester, in another for another? Switch schools on a yearly basis? I guess you could keep the child at one home during the school year and at another during the summer, but is that fair to the child? when during their vacation they are away from most of their friends? (I'm assuming some geographical distance between the parents, which may not always be the case) I think the system as it stands will be as good as it gets. The courts rule who should gain major custody, and the amount of involvement by the non-custodial parent will be mostly related to how much that parent wants to be involved
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