Section 48-9-102 - Objectives; best interests of the child(a) The primary objective of this article is to serve the child's best interests by facilitating:(1) Stability of the child;(2) Collaborative parental planning and agreement about the child's custodial arrangements and upbringing;(3) Continuity of existing parent-child attachments;(4) Meaningful contact between a child and each parent, and which is rebuttably presumed to be equal (50-50) custodial allocation of the child;(5) Caretaking and parenting relationships by adults who love the child, know how to provide for the child's needs, and who place a high priority on doing so;(6) Security from exposure to physical or emotional harm;(7) Expeditious, predictable decisionmaking and avoidance of prolonged uncertainty respecting arrangements for the child's care and control; and(8) Meaningful contact between a child and his or her siblings, including half-siblings.(b) A secondary objective of this article is to achieve fairness between the parents consistent with the rebuttable presumption of equal (50-50) custodial allocation.Amended by 2022 Acts, ch. 88 (SB 463), eff. 6/10/2022.Amended by 2021 Acts, ch. 93 (HB 2363), eff. 7/10/2021.