Sentences with phrase «child custody matters based»

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In Oregon, family courts make decisions on custody and visitation matters based on what they perceive to be the «best interest» of the child.

The court reasoned that in matters of child custody and visitation, where public policy makes paramount the best interests of the child, the Domestic Relations Law places the responsibility on the courts for making orders on that basis, irrespective of any bargain the parents have struck.

Madilyn Keating Ellsworth is an associate attorney at the Chicago - based firm Boyle Feinberg, P.C. Madilyn practices all aspects of family law including child custody, child support, distribution of assets, and post-dissolutions matters.

According to the Mississippi Code, Title 93, Section 93-5-24 <» [i] If the parents do not mutually agree on matters concerning child custody, the Mississippi family court shall award custody based on the best interests of the child.»

Based in Phoenix, AZ The Cantor Law Group handles all aspects of divorce, including adoption, child custody, child support, alimony and other family law matters.

Though, in determining child custody matters, a Florida judge must take into consideration the «moral fitness» of the parents (see Florida Statutes Section 61.13 (3)(f)-RRB-, the court may not make a custody determination based solely on whether a parent is gay.

The main purpose of the Act is to amend the Adoption Act 2010 to provide: • that married parents may place a child for adoption, on a voluntary basis, in circumstances where both parents place the child for adoption and where both parents consent to the making of the adoption order; • for revised criteria so that where an application to adopt a child is made in respect of a child who is in the custody of and who has had a home with the applicants for a period of at least 18 months, and where that child's parents have failed in their parental duty towards that child for a continuous period of not less than 36 months, the High Court may dispense with parental consent and authorise the Adoption Authority to make an adoption order in respect of that child; • that the best interests of the child is the paramount consideration in relation to any matter, application or proceedings under the Adoption Act 2010 and that the views of the child shall be ascertained by the Adoption Authority or by the court, as the case may be, and shall be given due weight, having regard to the age and maturity of the child.

Madilyn Keating Ellsworth is an associate attorney at the Chicago - based firm Boyle Feinberg, P.C. Madilyn practices all aspects of family law including child custody, child support, distribution of assets, and post-dissolutions matters.