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Infant overnights
Direct studies, attachment concerns, later outcomes, father dropout, and the move from blanket rules to conditional planning.
Open this evidence guideShared care outcomes
The outcome reviews, large population studies, common objections, and the limits of comparing families who chose different arrangements.
Open this evidence guideHigh conflict and shared care
What conflict studies report, why court involvement is not the same as child exposure, and when safety concerns change the analysis.
Open this evidence guideAttachment to both parents
What attachment research supports, what multiple-attachment studies add, and what the science cannot decide for a court.
Open this evidence guideFather involvement and dropout
Why maintaining ordinary care can matter, what father-dropout figures show, and why they do not create a universal schedule.
Open this evidence guideParenting plans
The practical factors research says matter and the boundary between a useful research principle and an individual court decision.
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