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- From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
- Subject: Re: Sexual Discrimination
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.185700.29755@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan26.011724.27341@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> <1993Jan26.035102.3766@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan26.085757.6320@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:57:00 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.085757.6320@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> noraa@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (aaron.l.hoffmeyer) writes:
- >Ted, one question....
- >
- >Given that women are awarded either sole custody or primary custody
- >(usually something like a 75/25 split) in roughly 85% of all divorces
- >in this country in which the divorcing couple are parents of children
- >under age eighteen, despite laws in virtually every state that
- >emphatically set forth that judges should NOT be biased by gender in
- >awarding said custody of children, are the judges and referees of the
- >domestic relations courts of the United States of America guilty of
- >sexual discrimination?
-
- I just noticed that you're comparing apples and oranges. Not all
- divorces are litigated before judges and referees. It could very
- well be the case that in 75% of divorces, the parents agree to grant
- the mother custody, in 5% of divorces, the parents agree to grant the
- father custody, and the other 20% goes before a judge for a 50/50
- split. It's certainly the case that custody battles are the exception,
- and not the rule.
-
- Aaron's solution, apparentally, would be to require parents to go to
- court and have a judge flip a coin to get his desired 50% quota.
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- the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
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