Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This article discusses the ALl Principles of Family Dissolution which proposes a default rule to determine child custody when parents cannot agree. That rule, known as the Approximation Rule, requires the court to allocate child custody so that the amount of time that the child spends with each parent approximates the proportion of time each parent spent in child care during the marriage. This article explains the background for the choice of the rule and faults the ALl for not explicitly recognizing that the rule may in effect be a proposal for shared parenting.
First Page
347
Last Page
362
Publication Date
7-1-2005
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Melli, Marygold S.
(2005)
"The American Law Institute Principles of Family Dissolution, the Approximation Rule and Shared-Parenting,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 25:
Iss.
3, Article 7.
Suggested Citation
Marygold S. Melli, The American Law Institute Principles of Family Dissolution, the Approximation Rule and Shared-Parenting, 25 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 347 (2005).
