

She had pegged me as a form of life last seen clilcking the leash off a dog at Abu Ghraib. "'Well, it’s a philosophical difference,' she sniffed.

He responds by pointing out that he used the tax cut to build the stairs she's standing on, profiting the masons who built the steps, the people who sold the stone, etc. She proposes he vote for Kerry because he'll roll back the tax cuts that Bush enacted last year. He describes an encounter with a young political activist, canvassing door to door for Kerry. A thing any good judge would have done anyway, no?Ī prime example of the dangers of getting into a political argument without thoroughly analyzing the issues, from James Lileks on The Bleat. But practically, the only real difference is that the court must put its reasons into the order. Perhaps it emphasizes joint physical care as the best solution slightly more than the prior version of the bill. Okay, the court can still either choose to award to one parent or to both, depending on the best interests of the child. If the court denies the request for joint physical care, the determination shall be accompanied by specific findings of fact and conclusions of law that the awarding of joint physical care is not in the best interest of the child. (5)(a) If joint legal custody is awarded to both parents, the court may award joint physical care to both joint custodial parents upon the request of either parent. The bill changes that to read as follows: On the other hand, if it's in the best interest of the child for physical care to be awarded to one parent, the Court can do that instead. In other words, if it's in the best interest of the child and preserving the relationships between parent and child, the Court may award joint physical care to both parents. When the court determines such action would be in the best interest of the child and would preserve the relationship between each parent and the child, joint physical care may be awarded to both joint custodial parents or physical care may be awarded to one joint custodial parent. (5)(a) Joint physical care may be in the best interest of the child, but joint legal custody does not require joint physical care. I've seen some media flurry around the Iowa "joint physical care" bill, with proponents championing the bill as codifying father's rights, but I'm not so sure it isn't a non-issue.
