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001			3588
003			FVC
005			20250625151304.0
008			111012s2010 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aTolmie, Julia _92218
245			_aIs 50:50 shared care a desirable norm following family separation? _cJulie Tolmie, Vivienne Elizabeth, Nicola Gavey. _bRaising questions about current family law practices in New Zealand.
260			_c2010
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500			_aNew Zealand Universities Law Review, 2010, 24(1) : 136 - 166
520			_aTwenty-one women who had disputes over care arrangements with the fathers of their children and were involved in New Zealand family law processes related to those disputes were interviewed about their experiences. On some of these women's accounts individual family law professionals appear to he adopting an idealistic approach to 50:50 shared day-to-day care, viewing it as the presumptively right arrangement for all children and, on this basis, one the New Zealand Family Court is likely to award. This article contrasts such an approach with the research literature emerging from Australia and elsewhere which suggests that post-separation care arrangements for children must be crafted in response to the unique circumstances of each case, and, in particular, the practical resources available to both parents, the parenting skills of the respective parents, the nature of the co-parenting relationship, and the age and temperament of the child in question. The literature raises serious questiorts about the advisability of 50:50 care arrange ments in situations where the parents are in conflict and are unable to prevent children from witnessing or becoming involved in that conflict, or where the children are very young. (Author's abstract). Record #3588
650	2	4	_aCONTACT (ACCESS) _929
650	2	7	_2FVC _aFAMILY LAW _9244
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	4	_aCONTACT (ACCESS) _929
651	2	4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
700	1		_aElizabeth, Vivienne _91100
700	1		_aGavey, Nicola _91205
773	0		_tNew Zealand Universities Law Review, 2010, 24(1) : 136 - 166
830			_aNew Zealand Universities Law Review _94849
856			_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/2292/9560 _zAccess abstract online
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