SF0093

What it does

• Requires courts to provide specific findings when a child's custody is not equally divided between both parents, explaining why equal shared custody is not in the child's best interest based on sworn testimony presented at hearings.
• Specifies that temporary orders should generally order shared custody unless there are good reasons against it.
• For final custody decisions after temporary orders, courts must consider shared custody and hear from both parents before deciding whether to continue with shared custody or not.
• Defines new terms such as 'joint legal custody' and 'shared custody', explaining their meanings.