Jeffrey Leving is mistaken that Illinois should pass a bill introduced in 2017 that would change divorce laws to create a presumption that both parents have equal parenting time with a child. Under the current law, the focus is where it belongs: the best interest of the child.
We should not depart from the child-first approach enshrined in existing law. The current law gives the judge the ability to make an individual, case-by-case determination based on the needs and interests of the child, rather than applying a one-size-fits-all presumption.
