It would be a legal presumption that's rebuttable. It would not supplant evidence of mental health problems, violence or any of those factors that are already in the law. That's the way that we thought about it in Arizona. It would communicate importantly to parents that the courts are predisposed towards equal parenting time unless there's very good reason against it. That would overcome the widespread impression that there is a maternal bias in courts, which we found in Arizona.
On November 26th, 2018. See this statement in context.