Sentences with phrase «upon awarding joint custody»
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If the court awards joint custody to both parents, the court may award joint physical care upon the request of either parent.
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The court may award either joint or sole custody in a case, based upon the best interest of the child, and may also award visitation rights to a party.
More than 30 states now have statutes specifically authorizing joint custody awards, and most states now hold that a court's authority to award joint custody does not depend upon the parties that request it.
More than 30 states now have statutes specifically authorizing joint custody awards, and most states now hold that the courts authority to award joint custody does not depend upon whether the parties request it.
6 7 SECTION 2: In any domestic relations proceeding, the states shall award joint physical 8 care to both joint custodial parents upon the request of either parent during the proceedings 9 on the initial dissolution petition or during the proceedings on a modification of the original 10 custody order.
In Iowa, joint physical care is typically awarded upon request and when parents already share joint custody.
When couples cooperate, courts increasingly award joint custody because the routine puts childrearing upon the shoulders of both parents.
[FN67] While such eventualities would not necessarily preclude a joint custody award, they do underscore the difficulty of imposing interaction implicit in the marital relationship upon parties who are not in that relationship.