It goes without saying that our world has gotten more and more polarized. You name the topic and there are two clearly divided sides; sides that are so diametrically opposed that you wonder how the concepts ever evolved from any sort of common ground, let alone coming to a reasonably compromised resolution of those differences.

This has even spilled over into the arena of Pennsylvania child custody legislation. Right now there are two bills pending in the state legislature that demonstrate just such a bi-polarity. Introduced May 6, HB 1397 seeks to amend the custody provisions of Title 23, such that a 50/50 custody schedule is a rebuttable presumption. On the other end of the spectrum, SB 868, which was introduced Sept. 30, focuses on the issues of domestic violence and its potential effect on children in child custody situations.