Sentences with phrase «before awarding custody»

If parents in New Jersey are unable to agree on a child custody arrangement, a family court in New Jersey can require parents to submit a custody plan for the court's consideration before awarding custody.

Often, these laws lay out specific factors the court must consider before awarding custody or a visitation schedule, including the child's attachment to each parent and each parent's ability to care for the child.

Not exact matches

The primary issue before us is whether trial court's award of joint custody is in the best interests of the Burham children.

Before a court awards custody, both parents have legal custody.

In Cortina, the court upheld the trial judge's decision to award sole custody of teenage children to the father but varied the costs order to take into account the fact that a particular offer had expired three days before trial and thus was not in strict compliance with Rule 18 (14).

If you and your partner are unmarried, you will have to pursue a parentage action to settle issues of paternity before a court will award child custody and support.

An example of an error in law would be if state law requires a parent convicted of domestic violence to complete counseling before the award of any custody rights, but a judge nonetheless grants that parent custody without proof of counseling and in direct violation of the law.

If the child is 14 years of age or older, this must be considered by the court before custody is awarded to either parent;

Whereas before, the mother was often stereotypically awarded primary custody in child proceedings, the new rules consider a variety of important factors when determining time sharing rights.

In some instances, parents are required to attend counseling sessions before custody is awarded.

Like child support and custody, before the court will modify your alimony award, you must prove your circumstances have changed.

The court must consider the best interest of the child before it awards sole physical custody or sole legal custody to one parent.

Also, neither parent will be favored for custody over the other based on sex, so each parent has equal opportunity for being awarded custody before all of the other factors are evaluated.

«The record before this Court reflects, not a gender bias against Mother or the fact that she is a career - oriented woman but, rather, a case in which, as between two parents who are fit to be the custodial parent, the best interests of the child will be served by awarding custody of the child to Father.

For a custodial adoption (including same sex adopting parents), the adopting parent (s) must have been awarded allocation of parental responsibilities (custody) or guardianship (in probate Court) of the child, and must have cared for the child for at least one year before filing for an adoption.