With family courts closed because of the coronavirus, child custody arrangements are being tweaked on the fly — some more amicably than others.
Henry picks up their son after school and stays with him at Lisa's until she comes home. Their 9-year-old, Alex, sleeps at his mom's during the week and spends every other weekend at his dad's.
Story continues"All of our literature leads us to believe that it is as important, especially now, for children to have contact with both parents if both parents are completely capable of taking care of that child's needs," said family attorney Susan Myres, president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Those are the most extreme cases. Overall, most co-parents are complying with their court agreements, said Matthew Sullivan, president of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, an organization of 5,500 family law professionals worldwide. Cameron McGowan of Buffalo, New York, shares a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old with her ex-husband, who lives five blocks away. The two divorced last year, and they split their children's time between their homes. Earlier this month, when the kids were at her house, McGowan, a fifth grade teacher, developed a low-grade fever, a sore throat and chest pain — symptoms of the coronavirus.
"You still care for the person. You want to make sure they're healthy. At the same time, you don't want your kids exposed unnecessarily," he said. "I just said to him: 'I want to make sure you're comfortable. Yes, I'm social distancing, but I still have to go to work at the Pentagon a couple days a week,'" Moffitt said.
If a child normally goes between homes every three days and one or both parents are hesitant about that, consider keeping the child at each home for longer — say, five days to minimize the back and forth, Myres of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers suggested.
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