Thomas James , Cokato Minnesota attorney at the Law Office of Tom James, is a recipient of the 2025 Ned Holstein Shared Parenting Research Award sponsored by the National Parents Organization . The award is given to people who have conducted groundbreaking research on shared parenting. The organization recognized Mr. James for his meticulously researched law review article, C hild Custody Presumptions : From Fault and Gender to Equal Time , which is published in the Georgia State University Law Review, vol. 42 (2026). From the article abstract: For most of history, judges have applied fault- and sex-based presumptions to decide the kinds of custody arrangements that are in children’s best interests. Now that those have been eliminated, courts have no clear guidance for deciding the custody of children other than a vague directive to do what is “best.” Legislatures have enacted nonexclusive lists of suggested factors to consider, but these statutes are frequently as vaguely worded ...
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