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Whilst a good judge may/will see that, it will highlight conflict between parents, therefore Co parenting even on simple matters like handovers will be difficult to manage and thus the balance of the order will favour the resident parent.
All judges however, look to try and be child focused (although I'm sure we can all disagree on whether they do) and therefore being child focused is more likely to lead to a better outcome in relation to contact. That's not saying not to pull up the ex for issues but it has to be done in a proportionate/strategic way that increases chances of success. Eg highlighting safe guarding issues vs poor parental choices to avoid things being [censored] for tat..
Just my thoughts.
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