Is a court likely to split children up between parents?

Is a court likely to split children up between parents?

The court will always endeavour in residency cases to keep children together if possible, and it's not an attractive argument to put before a court that you want to split children. There are circumstances where this happens, of course. Sometimes children themselves for whatever reason feel that its better to be apart, or for one of them to be with one parent or the other, but it certainly wouldn't be a preference when deciding residence.