Man Over pays Child Support, And visits his son too much, Sentenced to 180 Days in Jail

[Major Nikon]

220. Custodial orders don't even happen unless the parents can't work them out on their own

Even if the parents can't work them out on their own the vast majority of family court judges are going to order mediation to facilitate parents working out their own arrangements well before any court order goes into effect. Who on earth is going to get to the point at which a judge has to issue an order if joint custody arrangements aren't contested?

The very nature of divorce requires "actual, physical realities of what the child's living arrangement is", unless of course the parents decide to live in the same household, and if that's the case one has to wonder why custodial arrangements would be an issue in the first place.

I can give you all sorts of real life scenarios where the present system fails children. You seem to think arguing in a vacuum is relevant. Even if one places any relevance to your scenario, all it does is demonstrate the proposed changes are not without pitfalls. The current system most certainly isn't free from failing children. The only ones it seems to benefit universally are lawyers.