Unable to resolve this question, Tom and Sue give Pete the
option of deciding if he would like a
visitation schedule or if he would like to be free to see his father whenever he pleases.
After sending the notice, parents have the
option to reach a mutual agreement about a new
visitation schedule or can go to court and have the judge modify the arrangement.
See the research and articles at http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/) So, given that there are just not all that many
options to choose from in deciding upon a child custody arrangement, and given that those
options overwhelmingly will be constrained or even dictated by fairly obvious facts about the parties» circumstances such as work and school
schedules, or how far apart they live from each other, and similar considerations, one really has to query what all the painstaking attention to detail and «science» (or pretext to science) is all about if, when all is said and done, the decision will boil down to the application of a default personal preference, and pragmatic ways of arranging custody and
visitation schedules to accomplish this while avoiding liability for placing children into situations in which detriment too obviously or easily can be proved to be the direct result of the arrangement.