The Constitution Says Fitness, Not Marriage, Determines Parental Rights
Parental rights don't depend on marriage. The Fourteenth Amendment and nineteen Supreme Court cases say so. Here's the constitutional case for equal parenting.
Equal Co-Parenting
Children's continuing relationships with both fit parents as the legal and practical default — what the principle means, what the research supports, and where statute and ruling diverge.
What Equal Co-Parenting Actually Means
"Equal co-parenting" means three different things at once: a stance about children, a particular schedule, and a legal policy. The three keep getting conflated. Here's what each actually means, what the research says, and what reform looks like.