Andrea Kaye And Stan Prowse Legal Eagle Radio

The California Family Code is Explicitly Asexual Regarding Child Custody Proposing to slice a child in half to resolve a child custody dispute between divorcing parents would certainly be frowned upon today.  On the other hand, children in the middle of a custody battle between Mom and Dad frequently tell their therapists they wish they were dead.  What’s going on here? The contrast between today’s conventional wisdom and the conventional wisdom of your grandparents is a good place to start looking for an answer.  Back when Dad wore a grey flannel suit, Mom wore a house dress, and the kids ate Wonder Bread, people weren’t supposed to get divorced in the first place.  When they did, the children were disposed of without much fuss.  Mom got sole legal and physical custody.  Dad got visitation every other weekend and every Wednesday evening for pizza.  And they were too dumb to know there was anything wrong with that! Then along came women’s liberation, sexual equality, day care, and getting in touch (if you w