South Dakota: Shared Parenting Bill Heads to The House!
The proposed bill could give children substantial time with both parents in divorce cases by setting up guidelines to help the court system decide whether the parent is fit. The current system has the non-custodial parent seeing their child four days per month, while the ‘fit’ parent gets more time.
“What this bill does is encourage parents to work together. Also, if shared parenting is not awarded, they do have to report why it’s not,” said District 11 Republican Rep. Christine Erickson.
Having a written document explaining why a parent does or doesn’t get time with their child is what had many lawmakers jump on board with the bill.
“I talked to someone in the past and he was so frustrated the court had made the decision and he didn’t know based what on,” said District 13 Republican Sen. Phyllis Heineman.
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