[summer]

turn that decision over to the govenment, correct ?

Uh, I don't know how you made the leap from PARENTS -- which is what I have repeatedly said - to "GOVERNMENT" -- which is what you said.

PARENTS are the ones I am talking about. Reread all my posts on this thread, and you'll see. Or quote me a post where I said what you claim (because there is no such post).

[RS]

"PARENTS are the ones I am talking about."

Dosen't the government have to decide to make this change ?
Does the government have the right to go into your marriage contract and retroactivly change it ?

What if the mother decides she wants to take care of her but the father does not ?
What if the mother and father both want to, but they are now living with their new spouses ?
What if the father does, but the parents were divorced years ago, and the father had no other contact ?
Does the widowed step-father get a chance at guardianship ?


Just how do you write this law that specifically sticks it's nose into the marriage contract ?