Laws are not designed to provide accomdation (to a greater extent) on actual situations. They do have the benefit of being predictable, usually consistent, and open.
Common Sense can at least accomdate the situation at hand, make reasonable compromises, and deal with the realities of life. On the other hand, common sense is not common, it is referential to one person's point of view, not shared, nor predictable, nor open.
I certainly often rail at the unfairness of divorce law. But, the more I think about it the real issue is that Divorce Law is a Law. And it does precisely what laws do. So, perhaps somewhere between Common Sense and Law exists a better answer. I am throwing this open to suggestions as the current method of using salary and nothing else to impute support and a million other aspects of parenting which cannot be measured seems profoundly broken to me.
Common Sense can at least accomdate the situation at hand, make reasonable compromises, and deal with the realities of life. On the other hand, common sense is not common, it is referential to one person's point of view, not shared, nor predictable, nor open.
I certainly often rail at the unfairness of divorce law. But, the more I think about it the real issue is that Divorce Law is a Law. And it does precisely what laws do. So, perhaps somewhere between Common Sense and Law exists a better answer. I am throwing this open to suggestions as the current method of using salary and nothing else to impute support and a million other aspects of parenting which cannot be measured seems profoundly broken to me.
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