Why Every State Should Follow Kentucky’s Lead on Equal Custody.

Divorce Ends a Marriage, Not a Child’s Love for Both Parents

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Every year, thousands of children lose daily contact with one of their parents and this is not because of neglect or disinterest, but because the court decided one home should become “primary.”

For decades, the legal system has treated separation like a competition: where one parent wins, and the other visits. Over the years the result this left children growing up missing bedtime stories, hugs after school, and the everyday love of a parent who wants to be there but can’t.

We tell kids both parents matter yet, when families break apart, the system too often says otherwise.

But Kentucky decided to challenge that.

Kentucky’s Bold Reform (The Turning Point)

Like a prayer answered, Kentucky became the first state in America to pass a law that assumes both parents deserve equal time and responsibility after divorce or separation.

It’s called a shared parenting presumption, and it means that courts now start from a simple but powerful belief:

Children do best when they have equal access to both parents.