Child custody
Guardianship of an underage person
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| March 6 2025 |
Trump administration family separation policy
ICE began detaining migrant parents and children together in a Texas detention facility, with the first group including 3 minor children.
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| February 2025 |
Trump administration family separation policy
Reuters reported that ICE planned to locate over 600,000 people who entered the US as children without their parents, with potential plans for deportation or immigration court notices.
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| January 2025 |
Trump administration family separation policy
An estimated 1,000 families who were separated during the first Trump administration remained unreunited.
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| December 2023 |
Trump administration family separation policy
A federal judge banned the separation of families at the U.S. southern border, establishing a settlement that prohibits family separation policies until December 2031 under the 'Ms. L. settlement agreement'.
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| 2022 |
Shared parenting
Legal reforms in Spain led to equal parenting time (EPT) laws being applied to approximately 40% of all divorces, signifying a major shift in custody arrangements.
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| 2020 | The Ohio NPO chapter repeated the Ohio Parenting Time Report, showing significant improvement in local parenting time rules. Six counties received grades in the A range, and no counties received an F grade. |
| 2019 |
Trump administration family separation policy
Continued family separations, with an estimated 1,100 families separated between June 2018 and the end of the year.
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| 2019 | NPO published another Shared Parenting Report Card, demonstrating progress in shared parenting legislation. Arizona and Kentucky received grades in the A range, and all legislative initiatives between 2014 and 2019 were favorable to shared parenting. |
| 2019 |
Trump administration family separation policy
Emails revealed the government could only reconnect sixty children with their parents, despite claims of using a central database
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| 2018 |
Joint custody
Virginia passed a law specifying joint physical custody as an option on par with sole custody, without a legal presumption either way.
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| 2018 |
Joint custody
Scientists and practitioners at the International Council on Shared Parenting conference called upon governments and professional associations to identify shared parenting as a fundamental right of the child.
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| 2018 |
Joint custody
Kentucky became the first state to enact a shared parenting presumption law, establishing a rebuttable presumption in favor of shared parenting as being in the best interest of the child.
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| 2018 |
Shared parenting
Kentucky became the first US jurisdiction to establish a legal presumption for shared parenting, with the state house voting 81-2 and the senate voting 38-0 in favor. Governor Matt Bevin signed the bill into law.
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| 2018 | The Ohio NPO chapter evaluated county court guidelines for determining parenting time, grading each county from A to F. Most counties received a D, with Ashtabula and Tuscarawas counties receiving an A, and Van Wert county receiving an F. The report generated media attention and sparked discussions among judges and court officials. |
| 2018 | The Virginia chapter co-chair wrote an Op-Ed comparing child-parent separations in family courts to children separated at the border, raising awareness about parental separation issues. |
| 2018 | In Kentucky, the National Parents Organization, led by Matt Hale, was instrumental in passing HB528, which established the nation's first legal presumption that shared parenting is in the best interest of the child. |
| June 26 2018 |
Trump administration family separation policy
US District Judge Dana Sabraw issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the family separation policy, ordering all children to be reunited with their parents within thirty days
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| June 20 2018 |
Trump administration family separation policy
President Trump signed an executive order ending family separations at the border following national and international criticism
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| April 2018 |
Trump administration family separation policy
The 'zero tolerance' policy was officially adopted across the entire US-Mexico border, mandating family separations
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| 2017 |
Trump administration family separation policy
Family separations began at the US-Mexico border, prior to the official announcement of the 'zero tolerance' policy
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| May 2017 | Sponsored the Third International Conference on Shared Parenting in Boston, focusing on shared parenting research and children's best interests, with presentations by scientific experts in post-divorce parenting arrangements. |
| 2016 |
Joint custody
Missouri passed a law specifying joint physical custody as an option on par with sole custody, without a legal presumption either way.
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| 2016 |
Shared parenting
Shared parenting rates in Sweden began to increase, reaching 28% across different age groups of children.
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| 2016 | The NPO affiliate in Missouri helped pass a law prohibiting judges from giving custody preference based on gender, age, or financial status. |
| 2016 | Shared parenting arrangements in Sweden significantly increased, reaching 34% among 6-12 year old children and 23% among 13-18 year old children, demonstrating a growing trend in alternative custody arrangements. |
| 2015 | In Utah, the National Parents Organization successfully advocated for House Bill 35, which encourages family courts to more equally award physical custody after divorce or separation. |
| 2014 |
Joint custody
A group of 110 scientists endorsed a consensus report supporting shared parenting as the norm for parenting plans for children of all ages, including very young children.
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| 2014 | NPO published the 2014 NPO Shared Parenting Report Card, grading states on their shared parenting statutes. Alaska, Arizona, and Minnesota received the highest grade of B, while New York and Rhode Island received the lowest grade of F. |
| 2013 | According to the Current Population Survey, custodial mothers were more likely to have child support agreements (52.3 percent) compared to custodial fathers (31.4 percent). |
| 2012 |
Joint custody
Arizona passed a law specifying joint physical custody as an option on par with sole custody, without a legal presumption either way.
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