Joint child custody does not mean parents will be sharing time with the children equally.
Not exact matches
Leving reports that the majority of mediation cases
do resolve with
joint custody of the
children, and most
do not go on to litigation.
If the mother lives in a state that recognizes a
joint custody arrangement, then the
child's father automatically has visitation rights if the
child's mother
does not specifically file for sole
custody.
If a parent has been convicted of an act of domestic violence, a court in Oklahoma presumes that
joint custody does not serve the
child's best interests.
(8) Is
joint custody in accord with the
child's wishes and
does he or she not have strong opposition to such an arrangement?
If parents have
joint physical
custody of three
children all at different stages of development, an iron clad schedule, of who has the
children when,
does not allow for the needs of the individual
children.
If the court
does not grant
joint custody, it must clearly state its reasons why
joint custody is not in the best interests of the
child.
A
joint child custody agreement requires, first and foremost, that both parents
do their level best to create a healthy parenting atmosphere, even despite the fact that you are getting separated or divorced and you may not be able to be the live - in full - time dad you once were.
Oregon courts also
do not typically modify a
joint custody agreement unless there is strong evidence of a change in circumstances that could adversely affect the
child.
If you
do have a
joint custody arrangement for your
children, you should be sure to keep track of all the money you spend on your
child's living needs.
Joint custody does not necessarily mean that the
child must spend equal time with or live with both parents.
I have been told that since Courts can award
joint custody of
children, they can
do the same for pets.
However with no stated preference for
joint custody over sole
custody and with South Carolina case law favoring sole
custody, I
do not see any reason why this statute should radically alter South Carolina
child custody determinations.
Joint physical
custody doesn't necessarily mean that the
child spends exactly half the time with each parent.
Thus the family court
did not err when awarding sole
custody of the
children to the mother and specifically declining to award
joint custody.
Joint custody is a somewhat misleading term that has nothing to
do with how much time the
child spends with each parent.
Second, he argued that «because he and Wife
do not communicate well,
joint custody would be healthiest, as it keeps the
child from developing a negative perception of the non-custodial parent.»
Although move out of state by parent with
joint legal
custody and primary physical
custody is not per se substantial change of circumstances such as to make that parent's continuing
custody unreasonable, this
does not mean that circumstances inherent in such move are always insufficient as a matter of law to warrant modifying
child custody.
However, if there is a domestic violence issue, then you can usually show this paperwork to the agency as proof that you don't want to pursue
joint custody and only want to file for sole
custody of the
children.
However,
joint custody does not necessarily mean that the
child will live with each parent for an equal amount of time.
Joint Custody Concerns:
Do I Have to Pay
Child Support If I Have
Joint Custody?
Please don't think asking for
joint custody or asking for half of the time with your
children, will affect your obligation to pay
child support or your right to receive
child support.
If the other parent doesn't agree, consider this; Courts generally don't like to award sole
custody to one parent without substantial evidence that
joint custody is not in the
child's best interest.
Changing
joint legal
custody usually involves proving that your ex doesn't contribute to decision making, even though he has the right to
do so, or that his decisions place your
children in dangerous situations.
A parent who
does not have
joint or sole legal
custody of his
child can make these kinds of decisions without consulting the other parent while his
child is visiting with him.
In order to
do so, Idaho
child custody laws set factors to be considered by the court in verifying if
joint custody is applicable over any other type of
custody.
However,
joint custody does not always mean that the
child is splitting his or her time 50/50 between each parent.
However,
joint custody doesn't guarantee that the
child will spend an equal amount of time between both parents» households.
Joint legal custody does not mean that the parents have joint physical custody; it only means that both parents share the right to make decisions affecting the child's education, health, and wel
Joint legal
custody does not mean that the parents have
joint physical custody; it only means that both parents share the right to make decisions affecting the child's education, health, and wel
joint physical
custody; it only means that both parents share the right to make decisions affecting the
child's education, health, and welfare.
Not all states automatically grant
joint custody requests from parents, particularly if they can not get along well enough to make such an arrangement work, but courts often will
do so if you can prove that the
custody terms are in the best interests of your
child.
Unlike some other states, California
does not have a preference for
joint custody, which means that California
does not automatically presume that
joint custody is the best decision for the
child.
Joint legal
custody does not mean your
child will spend half his time with you and half with your spouse, so if this is what you want, you'll also need to explain in your parenting plan where he's going to live and on what days.
Unlike most states, Massachusetts
does not presume that
joint physical or legal
custody is in the best interest of the
child.
And
joint legal
custody, or shared
custody, with one parent remaining as the primary physical custodian
does little to alter the amount of time a
child spends with the noncustodial parent, and
does a lot to create control conflicts between parents who continue to harbor resentment stemming from the failure of the marriage.
What
joint custody does is REDUCE the amount of time and attention a
child receives from its primary parent (who we now refer to as the custodial parent — CP), to be made up, presumably, by the other parent.
It is ironic that the fathers» rightsters who complain about not wanting to be a «visitor» in their
child's life, and therefore demand 50 - 50
joint custody,
do not seem to recognize that their solution not only renders their
child a continuous visitor shifting between two households, but also that the
child then
does not even have a home to which to return.
Joint custody does not even result in the father spending any more time with his
children.»
I really feel for the
children in
joint custody cases in which the parents
do not get along.
Joint custody does NOTHING to enhance the
child's sense of stability and «home», and in fact goes a long way toward destablizing, if not outright destroying it.
Wallerstein: I can only conclude that
joint custody as a legal presumption for all
children is a misguided policy...
children, especially girls,
do very poorly in court ordered
joint custody situations.
In fact, most
children in court - imposed
joint custody (not just those with abusive fathers)
do poorly and are more depressed and disturbed than
children in sole
custody, even when the parents genuinely choose
joint custody.
The above blather about attachment theory is to pave the way in advance for an excuse when infants and
children placed into
joint custody arrangements as a result of the «advice» in this article start
doing badly.
Children who are in
joint custody have not been shown to be protected by going back and forth between mothers» and fathers» households, and «shared parenting»
does not duplicate the well - being found in intact homes (even though researching this database largely eliminates the problem of conflating data such as from unwed inner - city teenager households with divorced households, and even though this database would contain all the non-abusive, amicable divorce cases.)
Joint custody is not synonymous with forming multiple attachments, and joint custody (removing the infant or small child repeatedly from the primary parent) does indeed interfere with and disrupt attachments to the primary pa
Joint custody is not synonymous with forming multiple attachments, and
joint custody (removing the infant or small child repeatedly from the primary parent) does indeed interfere with and disrupt attachments to the primary pa
joint custody (removing the infant or small
child repeatedly from the primary parent)
does indeed interfere with and disrupt attachments to the primary parent.
Another personal situation factor that distorts the thinking of many professional women is that most
did not get to be professional women by prioritizing the care and well - being of their
children; now, they suffer guilt and the desire to prove that what they
did (or didn't
do) for their own
children did not harm them, or helped them (whether that was
joint custody, or extensive third party care.)
This is a tough one for the
joint custody propagandists, because the research findings indicate that
children do not need to spend more time with their fathers in order to maintain their levels of attachment with them.
Most parents have
joint legal
custody of their
children, however, that
does require that the parents are able to have some communication and the ability to consult and confer with each other regarding the
children.
Nothing stops the parents from working out a different arrangement, such as
joint custody or the father taking the
child, if they're in agreement and their
child's welfare doesn't suffer.
Angeline Jolie's filing of sole physical
custody with visitation rights versus
joint custody suggests that the Hollywood mom doesn't want her
children to be with their father for very long hours.
The term
joint custody does have
child support implications, however.