NZ: Gender-Neutrality Applies in Child Custody Awards
According to recent statistics just released by the New Zealand family courts, child custody determinations there are gender-neutral, meaning that either parent may win custody without regard to that parent’s gender.
The New Zealand statistics demonstrated that roughly two-thirds of the time, whichever parents seeks custody, receives it. In New Zealand, that is still the mother more than twice as often as the father.
Gender-neutrality is also the rule under Florida statute and is becoming increasingly common throughout the US.
Read more in this Stuff.Co.NZ article: Gender ‘not a factor’ in Family Court decisions.
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