Sentences with phrase «tender years doctrine»

That trend reversed in the early part of the 20th century when states adopted the tender years doctrine.

Like many states, Kansas has done away with the «tender years doctrine» that once assumed mothers should...

Like many states, Kansas has done away with the «tender years doctrine» that once assumed mothers should always have custody, especially of babies and younger children.

«There grew a change in the idea of childhood, too, what some have called the «tender years doctrine,» in which it was assumed that a growing child needed a mother's love more than anything.

A concept called the best interest of the child replaced the tender years doctrine in the millennium.

Washington used to subscribe to the «tender years doctrine,» which presumed that younger children, in particular, were better off with their mother.

This practice was called the tender years doctrine because it theorized that young children, or children of tender years, needed their mother's care and nurturing more than their father's influence.

As states have moved away from the tender years doctrine, they've adopted what's called the «best interests of the child» standard for determining custody.

North Carolina has abandoned what was once called the «tender years doctrine,» which heavily favored mothers in custody issues.

Known as the «tender years doctrine,» this rule is no longer the law in North Carolina.

This antiquated «tender years doctrine» held that children — particularly young ones — needed to be with their mothers.

Today the tender years doctrine — and in turn child custody arrangements — is fast being replaced by the idea of co-parenting.

Also, research has shown that under the tender years doctrine fathers tended to drift out of their children's lives.

As appealing as the idea of shared parenting may be, there may be as many potential hazards in it as there were in the tender years doctrine.

Not exact matches

There is no doubt that the «tender years» doctrine — which favored granting mothers custody of young children — would not pass constitutional muster in the 21st century.

Although the so called Tender Years Doctrine, which favored mothers as the custodial parent of children in the tender years, has become abolished by statute in some jurisdictions, courts still tend to award children to motYears Doctrine, which favored mothers as the custodial parent of children in the tender years, has become abolished by statute in some jurisdictions, courts still tend to award children to motyears, has become abolished by statute in some jurisdictions, courts still tend to award children to mothers.

Then later that grew into the «tender years» doctrine, which said mothers were better suited to care for children in their «tender years.»

This doctrine acknowledged that both parents had equal custodial rights, but presumed that mothers were the best custodians of children of «tender years.»

Some courts have noted that the «tender years» doctrine may apply until the child reaches the age of 14.

The «maternal preference» doctrine whereby a child of tender years was presumptively better off with the child's mother was abolished in Maryland.

Ct. 1973)(finding the «tender years» doctrine unconstitutional deprives the father of Equal Protection under the 14th Amendment).

Not that many years ago, the «tender years» doctrine governed most courts» custody decisions, giving...