Tobey Maguire has filed for joint custody of his teen son, nearly five years after announcing his divorce from ex-wife ...

Tobey Maguire is requesting joint custody of his son.

Tobey Maguire has filed for joint custody of his son, Otis, nearly a decade after separating from estranged wife Jennifer ...

Tobey Maguire is taking steps to update custody arrangements for his teenage son, nearly nine years after announcing his ...

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Drug addiction, alcohol abuse, domestic violence, physical abuse, child sexual abuse, and abandonment are all extremely valid reasons to argue against joint custody, but these are in the extreme.

Joint physical custody is definitely an option to consider; it's my preferred option for cooperative parents. But it's only one of many options that can work for divorced parents and for children.

Joint physical custody is definitely an option to consider; it's my preferred option for cooperative parents. But it's only one of many options that can work for divorced parents and for children.

The psychologist analyzed 33 studies conducted between 1982 and 1999 that examined 1,846 sole-custody and 814 joint-custody children.

Joint custody “is an idea whose time has come,” added Richard Warshak, a divorce expert in Dallas and author of “Divorce Poison” (HarperCollins).

Separating parents will get joint custody of their children by default under a bill signed into law by Gov. Matt Bevin last week, unless a parent has a recent history of domestic violence.