Shared Parenting Information Group (SPIG) UK

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Shared Parenting - the arguments for

(see also Shared Parenting - overcoming the arguments)

The arguments for Shared Parenting which have been successfully used in UK courts are that:

Note: Section 11(4) of the UK Children Act 1989 recognises that a child may live in more than one home and permits an order for shared residence.

(From an item by David Cannon originally published in Access magazine No 22)

Last updated - 15 September 1999


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