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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: Child Support
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- References: <misdeva-111192175853@morse-college-kstar-node.net.yale.edu> <Bxnzuz.99u@cs.psu.edu> <1992Nov13.191143.20660@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:53:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.191143.20660@midway.uchicago.edu> mec6@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
- >>misdeva@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu (Devjani Mishra) writes:
- >>>beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
- >
- >>>> Are you willing to enact a law that says when a woman has a baby
- >>>> "without the father's help," that we'll flip a coin to select who
- >>>> will be the custodial parent? ...
- >>>
- >>>Is this a serious question? I think custody needs to be decided on a
- >>>case-by-case basis. Formulas fail. ...
- >>
- >>Yes, it's serious. When both parents are equally fit and both
- >>equally want to raise the child, what is your default?
- >
- >... Why not joint custody in the case where they've
- >both expressed the desire to be parents?
-
- That sounds fine to me.
-
- Now, where does the child reside?
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- What if the parents live 3000 miles apart?
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- Don
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