Different type of joint custody....

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Maybe I'm living under rock or something, but I was reading something online about a joint custody case where the judge ordered that the kid will live in the same residence. Each parents would split time at the residence. Instead of having kid bounce between Mom and Dad's residence, the kid will stay put. I thought that was interesting. I really never thought of something like that. I don't know how something like this would work. Great for kid if they don't have to bounce between residence. Not so great for parents, though.

To be honest, I never heard or thought of something like this. I don't know if many people would do something like that.
 
I guess each parent would have to split the cost of the kid's house . I would how they would keep up with repairs and everything.
 
Thinking of this, I think this is ridiculous. Kids would wonder why parents are not in the house together? Why is it Mom and then Dad, but not at the same time? Kids are not that stupid. They probably figure that parents are not together.

With everything involved with all parties, I would think it would be easier to spend time at each parents' residences.

Then again, I don't have any kids of my own so what do I know?
 
I've read about it, so it's nothing new for me. The thing that would annoy me would be the ability of my ex to go through my personal stuff while they're at the house. And it would mean having to share my home with my ex all the time, because there would be the home where the kids are, and the home that the parents use when they aren't with the kids unless you're rich enough for three homes.
 
I heard about it years ago as an arrangement that worked well for at least one divorced couple. Their argument was it disrupted the children's life the least as they stayed in one home and didn't have to go back and forth. I guess if a parent would or was able to put their children's interests first, it could work. It wouldn't have for me. My ex and I could hardly be in the same room without her causing some scene. I wished we could've been.
 
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