Missouri has made changes to its child custody statute that will go into effect August 28, 2016. . Many people have "heard' that this change in the law will result in Mothers and Fathers having equal time with their children where the parents are no longer residing together. This is not accurate. The full revisions can be found here (please cut and paste into your browser): http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills161/billpdf/truly/HB1550T.PDF Generally, what the law wi