Most people don't realize that our current court system actually encourages one parent to alienate the other parent from a child. It is not just about Mother gets the child, Father becomes a visitor when its all said in done. Someone has to pay child support to the other because it is an incentive for States to receive Federal Funding (Title IV-D). If there were presumption of joint custody for both parents which is indeed the best interest of the child then there would not be any federal funds, Child support Enforcement would lose jobs as well as attorney's, and Judges. See the pattern? See the politics? Money is the Root of all Evil!