History Main / SolomonDivorce

* ''Literature/LottieAndLisa'' by Erich Kästner is the original novel from which ''TheParentTrap'' was adapted. It follows the same plot of two girls meeting, realizing they're identical twins, and proceeding to do a TwinSwitch to get to know their other parent.

* While today this is uncommon (although it does occur) it historically happened much more often. In particular, in the [[UsefulNotes/TheCommonLaw English-speaking countries]], a set of presumptions arose in the 19th century dictating that in general, sons of divorced parents should be raised by their fathers, while daughters should be raised by their mothers. An exception was made for children in their "tender years" (always below seven years old, although the limit could go as high as twelve in some jurisdictions), as young children were generally considered to "naturally" belong in the care of their mothers. Again, this was just a presumption--fathers could and did occasionally get custody of children in their "tender years", and sons who aged past the threshould could and did sometimes remain with their mothers--but in the vast majority of cases, as soon as the sons aged out of the "tender years," they were sent straight to Dad. Eventually, this doctrine was abolished, as the damaging effects of separating siblings was gradually accepted by the courts, and [[DontSplitUsUp keeping siblings together]] became the default rule. However, the "tender years" doctrine remained, which generally meant that ''all'' the children would stay with the mother, even if that wasn't necessarily the best thing for them. Only in the last quarter of the 20th century did the courts theoretically abandon this analysis, and it wasn't until the 1990s or 2000s that courts began to seriously regard fathers as potentially equally good caretakers for young children as mothers.

* Elan and his EvilTwin Nale, from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', were raised by their mother and father respectively, after they divorced over CharacterAlignment issues. Elan theorizes that they intentionally didn't tell either twin about the other, so as to [[GenreSavvy increase the dramatic tension should they ever meet as adults]]. Elan's correct about his father, at least in regards to why he didn't tell the one ''he'' raised. For their mother's part, Elan later recalls finding her from crying time to time over a lost "Nail" when he was a child. At the time, he thought she was just upset over carpentry but looking back it seems she was too heartbroken to ever explain the situation to Elan.

* ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'': Miki Aoni/Cure Berry lives with just her mom, who was divorced with her DisappearedDad and taking her brother Kazuki with him. They just coincidentally attend to the same school, and then Miki took advantage that nobody noticed the trope happening in their family, to ask Kazuki to pretend that they're a couple, just so Miki doesn't get swarmed with a lot of unwanted admirers.

* Elan and his EvilTwin Nale, from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', were raised by their mother and father respectively, after they divorced over CharacterAlignment issues. Elan theorizes that they intentionally didn't tell either twin about the other, so as to [[GenreSavvy increase the dramatic tension should they ever meet as adults]]. Elan's correct about his father, at least in regards to why he didn't tell the one ''he'' raised. For their mother's part, Elan later recalls finding her crying time to time over a lost "Nail" when he was a child. At the time, he thought she was just upset over carpentry but looking back it seems she was too heartbroken to ever explain the situation to Elan.

* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' had this with Yamato & Takeru. Yamato with his father, Takeru with his mother. [[AllThereInTheManual According to]] the ''Two-and-a-half Year Break'' CD drama, Yamato ultimately ended up making the decision of which kid went with which parent.
** Also in ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' with Koji and Koichi. Koji lives with their dad, Koichi with their mom. Despite being identical twins neither twin was aware of the other, with Koichi only finding out from his grandmother on the latter's death bed.

* ''LottieAndLisa'' by Erich Kästner is the original novel from which ''TheParentTrap'' was adapted.

* Elan and his EvilTwin Nale, from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', were raised by their mother and father respectively, after they divorced over CharacterAlignment issues.
** And they intentionally didn't tell either twin about the other, so as to [[GenreSavvy increase the dramatic tension should they ever meet as adults]]. At least, that's Elan's theory.
*** Confirmed by their father, at least in regards to why he didn't tell the one ''he'' raised. For their mother's part, Elan later recalls finding her crying time to time over a lost "Nail" when he was a child. At the time, he thought she was just upset over carpentry but looking back it seems she was too heartbroken to ever explain the situation to Elan.

* In ''Literature/AMurderisAnnounced'' Pip and Emma were separated by their parents in this manner. It has been so long that when they are both living in the same house, they don't recognize each other initially.

* While today this is uncommon (although it does occur) it historically happened much more often. In particular, in the [[UsefulNotes/TheCommonLaw English-speaking countries]], a set of presumptions arose in the 19th century dictating that in general, sons of divorced parents should be raised by their fathers, while daughters should be raised by their mothers. An exception was made for children in their "tender years" (always below seven years old, although the limit could go as high as twelve in some jurisdictions), as young children were generally considered to "naturally" belong in the care of their mothers--but as soon as the sons aged out of the "tender years," they were sent straight to Dad. Eventually, this doctrine was abolished, as the damaging effects of separating siblings was gradually accepted by the courts, and [[DontSplitUsUp keeping siblings together]] became the default rule. However, the "tender years" doctrine remained, which generally meant that ''all'' the children would stay with the mother, even if that wasn't necessarily the best thing for them. Only in the last quarter of the 20th century did the courts theoretically abandon this analysis, and it wasn't until the 1990s or 2000s that courts began to seriously regard fathers as potentially equally good caretakers for young children as mothers.

* In the {{DCU}}, this happened in the backstory of Todd Rice, aka Obsidian. After his adoptive father lost his job and started drinking heavily, Mrs. Rice eventually got fed up and declared she and the younger son were leaving. Todd didn't want to leave his father alone and stayed; his mother walked out with little Jeremy without a second thought or a forwarding address, and was never heard from again.

* While today this is uncommon (although it does occur) it historically happened much more often. In particular, in the [[UsefulNotes/TheCommonLaw English-speaking countries]], a set of presumptions arose in the 19th century dictating that in general, sons of divorced parents should be raised by their fathers, while daughters should be raised by their mothers. An exception was made for children in their "tender years" (always below seven years old, although the limit could go as high as twelve in some jurisdictions), as young children were generally considered to "naturally" belong in the care of their mothers. Eventually, this doctrine was abolished, as the damaging effects of separating siblings was gradually accepted by the courts, and [[DontSplitUsUp keeping siblings together]] became the default rule. However, the "tender years" doctrine remained, which generally meant that ''all'' the children would stay with mom, even if that wasn't necessarily the best thing for them. Only in the last quarter of the 20th century did the courts theoretically abandon this analysis, and it wasn't until the 1990s or 2000s that courts began to seriously regard fathers as potentially equally good caretakers for young children as mothers.

* While today this is uncommon (although it does occur) it was historically happened much more often. In particular, in the [[UsefulNotes/TheCommonLaw English-speaking countries]], a set of presumptions arose in the 19th century dictating that in general, sons of divorced parents should be raised by their fathers, while daughters should be raised by their mothers. An exception was made for children in their "tender years" (always below seven years old, although the limit could go as high as twelve in some jurisdictions), as young children were generally considered to "naturally" belong in the care of their mothers. Eventually, this doctrine was abolished, as the damaging effects of separating siblings was gradually accepted by the courts, and [[DontSplitUsUp keeping siblings together]] became the default rule. However, the "tender years" doctrine remained, which generally meant that ''all'' the children would stay with mom, even if that wasn't necessarily the best thing for them. Only in the last quarter of the 20th century did the courts theoretically abandon this analysis, and it wasn't until the 1990s or 2000s that courts began to seriously regard fathers as potentially equally good caretakers for young children as mothers.

The trope is a lot more common in fiction than reality. Children are (almost) never split up in a divorce with the possible exception of half- or step-siblings.

Named after the JudgmentOfSolomon, except in ''that'' case there was only ''one'' child. Can easily be seen as ValuesDissonance or MoralDissonance, since within the setting this is almost never looked upon as all that unusual. Compare SeparatedAtBirth for examples of when these siblings were separated by other factors.

->'''''Sharon:''' They must've quarreled and parted; and just sort of ... bisected us, each taking one of us.''
-->-- ''Film/TheParentTrap'' (Original Hayley Mills Version)

* In ''Literature/TheBabysittersClub'', Dawn's brother Jeff moved back to California because he missed his father after being separated from him after their parents' divorce. Dawn temporarily did this as well, but ultimately decided to stay in Stoneybrook with their mother.

The trope appears to be more common in fiction than reality. Children are (almost) never split up in a divorce with the possible exception of half- or step-siblings.

* Averted in the manga ''LittleHouseWithAnOrangeRoof'', Shoutaro and Natsumi gain full custody of both their children following their respective divorces. Further, Natsumi's struggle to ''keep'' her children in the face of a [[EvilMatriarch disapproving ex-mother-in-law]] is a plot point.

* Setsuna and Sara in ''AngelSanctuary,'' although they make a point of getting together. Sara refers to it as dating, and that's [[BrotherSisterIncest not the worst of it.]]

-->-- ''TheParentTrap'' (Original Hayley Mills Version)

* Koshiro & Nanoka in ''KoiKaze'' were separated for ten years following their parents divorce. The only reason Nanoka comes to live with Koshiro and their father: It's convenient for school.

* Ultimately revealed to be the origin of the two Mazes in ''MazeMegaburstSpace.''

* ''Anime/YuGiOh'', Katsuya Jonouchi lived with his father, an alcoholic and gambling addict ([[FridgeBrilliance which is probably a factor why his dueling style heavily involves luck]]), while his sister lived with their mother. Jonouchi and his mother were reluctant to even speak to each other until his sister's eye surgery (which Jonouchi paid for), and the plot didn't dwell on it. (Seeing as he was very close to his sister after that, we can assume he and his mother were at least on speaking terms.)

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-->--''TheParentTrap'' (Original Hayley Mills Version)

* In ''{{Saiyuki}}'', this is part of Hakkai's convoluted backstory. His parents divorced when he was a toddler, with his mother taking him and his father taking his twin sister. They didn't meet again until they encountered each other by chance at school [[spoiler:and promptly [[IncestIsRelative fell in love]]. Too bad about that Westermarck Effect never having the chance to kick in...]]

* Shugo and Rena ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight'' can apparently only meet in "The World." Though this isn't explained why it's possible they simply live across the country makeing meeting difficult. This is only in the non-canon anime however. The Manga has their parents together and they are sitting right next to each other while playing the game.

* Famously done in ''Film/TheParentTrap'' (all versions). The parents of a pair of twin girls each take one with them after they divorce, and the children only find out about it after meeting each other by chance.