Shared Residence

In a previous post 'Shared Parenting' I mentioned the fact that the courts are moving away from the assumption that shared parenting can only work where the parents remain on good terms. The recent case of C (A Child) [2006] EWCA Civ 235 supports this. In that case, although the parents were "not in fact incapable of working together", this was not one of the factors listed by Lord Justice Thorpe when he decided that this was "a classic case for a shared residence order". That list included the fact that the child had a strong attachment to both parents, that the two homes were in close proximity and that the child had a clearly expressed perception that he had two homes, despite being only five years old.