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Fathers held a protest at airport
Advocates for fathers sue trail court over child support

Remembering The father of Joint Custody "Cook worked to push through the nation's first joint-custody law in California, paving the way to changes in other states."

 

James Cook obituary: The obituary of joint custody advocate James Cook in Thursday's Section A said a 1980 California law made joint custody a first preference in custody decisions. The law states that it doesn't establish a preference but allows discretion in choosing "a parenting plan that is in the best interest of the child" and emphasizes that courts in granting sole custody should consider whether the custodial parent is willing to allow "frequent and continuing contact" with the noncustodial parent. —