Sentences with phrase «award joint decision»

Not exact matches

A family court's award of joint custody will determine where the child will physically live and when, and the court will also make a determination regarding how major decisions regarding his health, education, and religious needs will be made.

If the court awards joint custody, both parents must jointly make decisions concerning the child's health, education and medical needs.

He was awarded the Joint Service Achievement Medal for his work during the 2011 Libya Crisis, where his analysis was used to brief senior decision makers in the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the President of the United States.

Therefore, the court will award either sole legal decision making or joint legal decision making in a child custody case.

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.

However, the Court of Appeals affirmed the family court's decision not to award Husband joint custody.

In 1993, Father filed for a modification of that decision and was awarded joint legal custody and parenting time with Mother retaining primary physical custody.

The court may award joint custody, where the parents share decision - making for the children, or sole custody, one parent having control over and parental responsibility for the care, upbringing and education of the child.

When joint legal custody is awarded, both parents have equal rights in the decision making process.

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.»

However, it is extremely common for a judge to award joint legal decision making and equal parenting time.

The local authority appealed against the decision that the award be joint and several.

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.

A court will award parents joint custody — meaning that parents will share the decision - making authority and must make all decisions together — only if they can demonstrate an ability to communicate and cooperate.

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.

When joint legal custody is awarded, both parents may make important decisions concerning their child.

Courts can award joint physical or legal custody in a 50 - 50 split, but courts may avoid this type of arrangement since it can be difficult for parents to get along enough to split a child's decisions or time equally.

Kentucky courts can award joint or sole legal custody, which is the right to make important decisions for the child.

For example, if the court awards joint legal custody, both parents have the right to make important decisions for the child.

The state leans toward awarding joint custody, meaning that both parents have an equal say in major decisions.

The court may also award joint physical custody, meaning that the child lives with both parents, or joint legal custody, requiring the parents to agree on decisions for the child.

The court may award joint physical or legal custody, allowing the parents to share the responsibilities for taking care of or making decisions for the child.

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.

The court may also award joint legal custody, meaning that the parents must agree on decisions regarding the child, or that each parent is responsible for certain decisions.

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.

If the court awards joint custody, both parents must jointly make decisions concerning the child's health, education and medical needs.

A family court's award of joint custody will determine where the child will physically live and when, and the court will also make a determination regarding how major decisions regarding his health, education, and religious needs will be made.

The court may also award joint or shared custody, where the child lives and spends time with both parents and the parents are responsible for agreeing on major decisions for the child.

A reasonable award of joint legal custody would anticipate and foreclose manipulation of long range decisions by the authorized parent who may otherwise be tempted to delay action until situations require an immediate response.

However, a recent Count of Appeals decision reversed the award of joint custody.