Educational material FYI
Click to read U.S. Supreme Court case Troxel vs. Granville U.S. (2000) If you remove/replace the grandparent rights statue used in Troxel and replace it with "Children's Best Interests" both terms are used in overly broad terms, which the US Supreme court held in Troxel is unconsitutional.
Click to read APA Study on Joint Physical CustodySeveral persons have made comments about equal parenting is not good for children. Yet, no one has explained 1.) who came up with the alternating weekend time or 2.) how that is any better for children than a joint custody arrangement.
Others have also made comments the judge in this case made the correct decision.
How does one explain how the civil appeals court reversed the trial judge after reviewing all the evidence, but the supreme court only "assumed" the trial judge did his job?
The U.S. Supreme Court has said in five parental cases (all are linked in the one post below ) that between a judge and a parent - a judge should defer to a fit parent, even if a judge thinks his decision is better.
Now, certainly this post is NOT in attempt to sway your opinions, however, here is some educational material worth a read, if you have opinions as have been stated here.
As for Dixie Chick, please read the entire opinion before you go claiming only certain parts are selected to benefit a certain position.