Dodd v. Dodd

OPINION OF THE COURT

Felice K. Shea, J.

In this action for divorce, the court must determine whether or not to order joint custody of the parties’ infant daughters, ages five and seven. The plaintiff mother seeks sole custody of *643the children, with liberal visitation to the defendant father. Defendant urges that custody be awarded jointly and that the children divide their time equally between the two homes. In the alternative, the father requests that he be the custodial parent.

Joint custody is an appealing concept. It permits the court to escape an agonizing choice, to keep from wounding the…