Iowa Joint Custody

The Iowa Family Law Blog discusses the first case regarding the 2004 Iowa amendment on joint physical care. It is not good:

The statutes language following the 1997 amendment, as well as its language following the 2004 amendment, constitutes neither a ringing endorsement of joint physical care, nor a mandate for courts to grant joint physical care unless the best interest of the child requires a different physical care arrangement.

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