The Court may order mediation of
child custody and visitation disputes where it is appropriate and would likely be beneficial to the parties or the child.
The Law & Mediation Offices of Debra N. Caligiuri handles all aspects of family law including divorce,
child custody and visitation disputes, paternity cases, adoption proceedings, complex family law matters, premarital and post-nuptial agreements.
Allegations of sexual abuse in
child custody and visitation disputes.
Includes articles about legal indicators of child adjustment to divorce;
child custody and visitation disputes; relocation cases; pregnancy, drug testing, and the fourth amendment; new reproductive technologies; parental fitness of psychiatrically diagnosed individuals; and same - sex domestic violence.
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For unmarried parents involved in a
custody dispute, options for the
custody decision are largely the same as those for divorcing couples —
child custody and visitation will be resolved either through agreement between the
child's parents, or by a family court judge's decision.
In this one, ex-husband got in a bitter
custody /
visitation dispute after his ex-wife
and child moved to India.
2002), the court also held that a settlement agreement incorporated into divorce decree, requiring that all
child support,
custody,
and visitation disputes be submitted to binding arbitration, was void as inconsistent with public policy.
If you are involved in a
dispute regarding the paternity of a minor
child, whether you are seeking
visitation,
custody or support, you need an experienced lawyer to explain your rights, get results in court or at the negotiating table,
and help you through the process.
Only the courts are empowered to resolve
disputes relating to
child custody and visitation.
If you are dealing with a
child custody or
visitation dispute, or your parental rights are in jeopardy, you need assistance from a knowledgeable Manassas
child custody lawyer who can protect the rights of you
and your
child.
Ms. Faulkner has been appointed as Attorney for the
Child to represent the interest of minor
children involved in
custody and visitation disputes by Dutchess County Supreme Court
and Family Court Justices.
Orange County Family Law Associates caters to families going through divorce,
child custody cases,
and visitation disputes.
Provides
child custody recommending counseling for families with
custody and visitation disputes.
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You may want to seek legal advice if you
and your spouse own property or operate a business, either of you intends to seek alimony, or your divorce involves a
dispute over property,
visitation or
custody of
children.
In the Collaborative Law approach, the parties agree to resolve all
disputes regarding
child custody and visitation,
child support, alimony or spousal support
and property distribution without the time consuming
and costly need for court intervention.
During high conflict divorce, relocation
disputes,
and parental alienation cases, forensic psychologists
and therapists can provide expertise in social investigations
and child custody evaluations, interaction studies, psychological evaluations, gate keeping assessments, relocation evaluations, individual therapy, therapeutic supervised
visitation,
and reunification therapy.
The Orlando
custody lawyers at the Kramer Law Firm have worked with countless divorcing couples involved in decisions
and disputes about parenting issues commonly known as
child custody and visitation.
Depending on the particular circumstances, such decisions often involve residency
and legal
custody of
children,
visitation, geographic restrictions,
child support, maintenance (alimony), equitable distribution of personal
and real property, allocation of debts
and liabilities, tax implications,
and provision to resolve future
disputes.
The key to uncontested divorce is that both spouses must be in agreement about the terms
and conditions of the divorce, including
child custody and visitation;
child support, health
and dental insurance,
and medical expenses for the
children; tax deductions
and exemptions; division of the marital assets
and debts; alimony; any other
dispute involving the marriage;
and lastly, the grounds for the divorce.
If
dispute over the parenting agreement occurs, the court steps in to resolve issues concerning
child support,
custody,
and visitation rights.
When
children are involved
and there are concerns related to parenting plans,
visitation,
and / or
custody arrangement, a
child mental health professional trained in collaborative practice may also be retained by the parties to have individual meetings with parents
and children, attend collaborative «five - way» meetings (two clients, two attorneys,
and one
child specialist), consultation through meetings, conference calls,
and email communication with the divorce coaches about
child -
and parent - related issues,
and provide intervention to resolve
child - related
disputes as they may arise over the course of the collaborative divorce process.
Located in Cherry Hill, NJ, Borger Matez, P.A concentrates its practice in divorce,
custody, parenting time (formerly called «
visitation»), alimony,
child support, equitable distribution of marital property and debt, post-divorce disputes (i.e., custody / parenting time, alimony and child support modification and enforcement), adoptions, domestic violence, cases involving the NJ Division of Child Protection and Permanency (formerly DYFS), and all types of family law is
child support, equitable distribution of marital property
and debt, post-divorce
disputes (i.e.,
custody / parenting time, alimony
and child support modification and enforcement), adoptions, domestic violence, cases involving the NJ Division of Child Protection and Permanency (formerly DYFS), and all types of family law is
child support modification
and enforcement), adoptions, domestic violence, cases involving the NJ Division of
Child Protection and Permanency (formerly DYFS), and all types of family law is
Child Protection
and Permanency (formerly DYFS),
and all types of family law issues.
The practice includes, but is not limited to, divorce,
custody, parenting time (formerly called «
visitation»), alimony,
child support, equitable distribution of marital property
and debt, post-divorce
disputes (i.e.,
custody / parenting time, alimony
and child support modification
and enforcement), domestic violence, DYFS cases, adoptions,
and applications to relocate
children from New Jersey incident to or after separation or divorce.
The firm concentrates its practice in divorce
and family law litigation, arbitration, mediation of family law
and matrimonial issues,
and collaborative law (one of the newest areas of
dispute resolution in the family law field), including but not limited to
custody, parenting time (formerly called «
visitation»), alimony,
child support, equitable distribution of marital property, post-divorce
disputes, domestic violence matters, DYFS matters, adoptions,
and applications to relocate
children from New Jersey coincident to or after separation or divorce.
In the event a
dispute occurs, the court shall step in to resolve issues concerning
child support,
custody,
and visitation rights.
By Tracy Fischer Family law
disputes such as divorce,
child custody,
visitation,
and spousal support discussions are often emotional
and can be stressful.
The court may order divorcing parents to attend meditation in cases that involve
disputed child custody and visitation issues.
Their practice includes but is not limited to, divorce,
custody, parenting time (formerly called «
visitation»), alimony,
child support, equitable distribution of marital property, post-divorce
disputes (i.e.,
custody / parenting time modifications, alimony
and child support modifications, enforcement), domestic violence matters, DYFS matters, adoptions,
and applications to relocate
children from New Jersey coincident to or after separation or divorce.
Instead of looking at court guidelines or even mediating a
child custody dispute, the parties to a collaborative divorce proceeding may jointly retain a
child psychologist, therapist or counselor, who will meet with the parties
and the
children and make recommendations regarding
custody and visitation that are in the best interests of the
child.
Pearson, Jessica, citing AFCC / Research Unit, Allegations of Sexual Abuse in
Custody and Visitation Cases: An Empiracal Study, Report for National Center on
Child Abuse
and Neglect (1988); Nancy Thoennes & Patricia Tjaden, The Extent, Nature,
and Validity of Sexual Abuse Allegations in
Custody /
Visitation Disputes, 14
Child Abuse & Neglect 151 (1987).
The parenting plan describes how the parents will care for the
children in the areas of
custody and visitation, decision - making,
dispute resolution
and expenses.
While this domain will continue to include divorce
and child custody /
visitation mediation, mediation of pre-nuptial agreements, dependency mediation, parent -
child mediation, mediation of gay
and lesbian couple
disputes, of elder care, of family wills
and estates, of family business, adoptions, post-divorce
and stepfamily
disputes, the field, without doubt, will continue to grow even beyond these already diverse areas.
2) To legislate the non-existence of alienation as forbidden in assessments of
children in
custody and visitation disputes (Assembly Bill in the California 2010 legislature).
These include divorce mediation of property
and asset division, spousal support
and child support,
and custody /
visitation, mediation of only
custody and / or
visitation, parent -
child mediation, mediation of gay
and lesbian couple
disputes, of elder care, of family wills
and estates, of family business, adoptions, post-divorce
and stepfamily
disputes, pre-nuptial agreements, as well as others.
These include the response of one spouse to divorce, reactions of
children,
disputes and disappointments about
child custody, support
and visitation,
and financial worries
and woes.
For unmarried parents involved in a
custody dispute, options for the
custody decision are largely the same as those for divorcing couples —
child custody and visitation will be resolved either through agreement between the
child's parents, or by a family court judge's decision.
With families, Mr. Cahn represents clients with issues relating to the division of property, spousal
and child support issues;
custody,
visitation and other parenting issues,
and estate
disputes.
The
Children's Bureau of the Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare awarded AFCC a research grant to study the effects of mediation on
custody and visitation disputes in courts in Connecticut, Los Angeles
and Minneapolis.
Parenting coordination, domestic abuse, mediation - arbitration, collaborative law, supervised
visitation,
custody evaluation,
and child protection
and dependency mediation began to appear on conference programs as members searched for effective family
dispute resolution processes.
Peter G. Jaffe, «
Children of Domestic Violence: Special Challenges in
Custody and Visitation Dispute Resolution,» Domestic Violence
and Children: Resolving
Custody and Visitation Disputes: A National Judicial Curriculum, edited by Janet Carter et al.; Peter G. Jaffe, D. Wolfe, S. Wilson,
Children of Battered Women, Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1990.
J. Orthopsychiatry 576, 588 (1989)(a study of parents who were entrenched in
disputes over
custody and visitation, concluding that
children who have more frequent access are more emotionally troubled
and behaviorally disturbed).
Social media evidence is now routinely used in divorce cases, alimony reduction / Lepis hearings,
child support hearings,
and child custody visitation disputes.