Sentences with phrase «award joint custody as»

Not exact matches

An award of joint custody in Maine will include provisions such as:

In today's society, fathers can be awarded primary custody as well as joint custody.

Under Alabama law, a court may consider an award of joint custody, whereby the parental rights of both parties remain intact, with one parent as the primary custodian of the children and the other as the secondary custodian.

California: There is no presumption in favor of joint or sole custody; custody shall be awarded to both parents jointly or to either parent as is in the best interests of the child.

It is very common for a court to award partial custody to both parents, otherwise known as joint custody.

Section 63-15-230 allows the court to award either joint or sole custody as it sees fit but does not express a preference between either.

When it looks like joint legal custody would lead to a lot of conflict, however, the judge will award one parent sole legal custody, or sometimes will designate one parent as having the «tie - breaker» vote if there's a disagreement.

Updated: A Michigan man and convicted sex offender who pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in an alleged rape of a 12 - year - old girl was awarded joint legal custody of the boy who was conceived as a result of the crime, according to the victim's lawyer.

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.

Courts can grant sole custody, joint custody or award custody to third parties such as grandparents.

In 2012 our legislature enacted S.C. Code § 63-15-230 (C), which reads, «If custody is contested or if either parent seeks an award of joint custody, the court shall consider all custody options, including, but not limited to, joint custody, and, in its final order, the court shall state its determination as to custody and shall state its reasoning for that decision.»

In this case, in what was characterized as a consent judgment, a trial judge removed a child from the custody of the mother and awarded joint custody to both parents.

Some of the recent decisions, both from trial and interim applications, awarding equal time shared parenting and joint custody where one parent typically sought to be the sole custodial parent with «access» to the other parent every other weekend are as follows.

The court can award sole or joint legal custody, which refers to a parent's right to make major decisions concerning the child — such as medical and educational decisions.

Like other states, South Carolina recognizes both legal and physical custody, and South Carolina courts can award either type as sole custody or joint custody.

Regardless of each state's position for or against a presumption or preference in favor of joint custody and whether or not it has been specifically authorized, overall there appears to be a growing trend in favor of joint custody and more and more bills are being introduced to adopt a presumption that joint custody is in the best interest of the child unless certain circumstances apply (such as convincing evidence that a parent is unfit or that it would not be in the best interest of the child to award joint custody).

New York courts often award legal custody to both parents, known as joint custody, and physical custody to one parent with the other granted visitation rights.

As such, the Courts view parents equally and thus, outside of evidence to the contrary, Courts are inclined to award joint legal custody.

«As Wallerstein points out, the courts have often believed that awarding joint custody would force parents to put aside their anger and cooperate for the sake of the children.

Legal custody refers to a parent's right to make important decisions for a child; courts commonly award joint legal custody, meaning the parents share the right to make important decisions, such as what medical care the child receives.

Because 95 % of all joint custody awards are for joint legal custody 6 the living arrangements are exactly the same as under a sole - custody / visitation order.

Child custody had been traditionally awarded to mothers from the onset of the 20th century, but as the father's role in the family evolved, laws changed to allow fathers custody, and eventually, the concept of joint custody was created.

108, 113, 953 S.W. 2d 596, 598 (1997)... With the interest of Maegan as our primary concern, we reverse the chancellor's order awarding the parties joint custody and remand the case to the chancellor to enter an award granting primary custody to appellant with liberal visitation rights to appellee.»

If a Connecticut family court does not order joint custody, it may order alternative custody arrangements, such as awarding sole physical custody to one parent with appropriate visitation for the child with the non-custodial parent.

They are happy to award parents joint legal and / or physical custody as long as there is evidence to support that this is in the child's best interests.

Legal custody may also be awarded as either sole custody or joint custody.

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.

[FN156] The case was tried prior to the Act's passage, but the Court of Appeals referred to the new law specifying its application to unmarried parents as bolstering its conclusion that even prior to the passage of the Act, joint custody could be awarded to unmarried parents, «particularly in a case such as this, where both parents -LSB--RSB- actively participated in the upbringing of the child.»

Schwartz proposes the appointment of a guardian ad litem as a family mediator that can protect the interests of the children, promote the objectives of joint custody, and provide the courts with a means of evaluating joint custody awards.

Often when joint custody is awarded, both parents share physical custody of the child; however, one parent will usually serve as the child's primary residential parent.