Sentences with phrase «about awarding joint custody»

For the family court judge facing contested child custody cases, there is nervousness about awarding joint custody to parents who seem unable to agree on anything.

Not exact matches

Citing Indiana Code Section 31 -17-2-15, it ruled that because the parents could communicate without being hostile, it would be in the best interests of the children to award joint legal custody, as well as overnight stays on Sundays, and additionally reduced his support payments from about $ 250 a week to $ 150 a week, based on the increased amount of time he was spending with the children and the fact that the mother's pay had increased and the cost of child care had gone down.

A court will be hesitant to award joint custody, unless it looks like you and your former spouse are able to communicate about your child and make decisions together with the child's best interests in mind.

Much more common than true joint custody arrangements (where both physical and legal custody are shared) is «joint legal custody,» in which both parents share the right to make long - term decisions about the raising of a child and key aspects of the child's welfare, with physical custody awarded to one parent.

Also of note, a 2005 study by Margaret Brinig on the effects of presumptive joint custody laws found as follows:»... [S] eparation after the custody statute took effect, holding other things constant, was statistically significantly related to a decrease in the absolute dollars of child support awards, with a difference of about $ 80 a month.

They found that joint custody was awarded in about one - third of cases in which mothers and fathers had each sought sole custody.

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«If we are serious about the best interest of the child being the principle that comes first, if that's the primary consideration in awarding custody, then we ought not to have a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint custody.

In about 70 % of the cases a judge awards custody to the mother and in about 20 percent of the time the judge awards joint custody to both parents.