Gini wrote:

BTW Fred, where are the jurisdictions of
equity?

Minnesota will implement its new equity-based law on January 1. I am
told by a co-worker whose child lives in Michigan that Michigan's child
support law is equity-based. There are others as well, but I don't keep
up on that sort of thing.

When it comes to support, the way you can tell is to see if the law in a
given jurisdiction takes the circumstances of both parents into account.
And for those for whom it's all about the money, I'm talking about more
than financial circumstances.

When it comes to custody, look for jurisdictions where the default is
joint custody.