Bill > S930

This bill aims to ensure that minor children of divorced or separated parents maintain frequent and continuing contact with both parents. It establishes a presumption that shared custody should be the paramount consideration to secure the best interest of the children and maintain parent-child relationships. The bill requires that both parents have an inalienable right to share temporary and final legal and physical custody of the children, unless one or both parents are proven unfit, have abandoned the children, or voluntarily relinquish custody. The courts are required to order shared custody arrangements agreed upon by both parents, or establish such arrangements if the parents fail to agree, ensuring that children have the right to reside and spend an equal amount of time with each parent, provided it does not disrupt the school term.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S930