Do it for the kids: why ‘family law needs to evolve’ in separation cases

Victor Paul Borg explores the new thinking on whether children should be cared for jointly or singly by parents following separation. This suggests that Malta’s Family Court decisions are causing unnecessary harm to public health.

One of the world’s foremost specialists in children’s wellbeing after marital separation has told The Sunday Times of Malta that “family law needs to evolve” to protect children’s health after family breakdown.

William Fabricius, a psychology professor at Arizona State University in the US, was speaking after publication of his latest research paper last week by the UK’s Oxford University Press.

The paper – ‘Equal Parenting Time: The Case for Legal Presumption’ – builds on research carried out over the past 20 years into the post-separation living arrangements for children and the ramifications on their health.

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