Not exact matches
The court will make an
order for joint
custody to both parents or sole
custody to one parent after reviewing factors such as the wishes of the parents and
child, the parents» ability to cooperate and parent
together, the
child's physical, developmental, and emotional needs, and the
child's relationship with each parent.
When the parents don't live
together, the custodial parent (the parent who has
custody) can obtain court -
ordered child support from the noncustodial parent (the parent who does not have
custody or who has less custodial time with the
children).
Our Georgia divorce attorneys,
together with the Atlanta divorce lawyer represent clients throughout the state of Georgia in divorce and family law issues such as: uncontested divorces, contested divorces, annulments, name changes, settlement agreements, prenuptial agreements, litigation, temporary protective
order hearings, legitimations,
child support and
custody, visitation issues and more.
Family relationships covered by the definition of «family member» in the PAFVA include current and former spouses, adult interdependent partners, others residing (or formerly residing) in intimate relationships, persons who are parents of one or more
children, regardless of whether they have ever lived
together, persons who reside
together where one of them has care and
custody over the other under a court
order, and generally, those related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption, or adult interdependent relationships, as well as
children in the care and
custody of the above persons (PAFVA section 1 (1)(d)-RRB-.
If they have
children together, the parents may already have a Family Court
order (s) that decides who has
custody and / or visitation and who pays
child support.
-- Enabling parenting coordination by agreement or court
order; — Amending the Commercial Arbitration Act to address family arbitrations; — integrating reproductive technologies into determining a
child's legal parents; — Replacing the terms «
custody» and «access» with «guardianship» and «parenting time»; — Defining «guardianship» through a list of «parental responsibilities» that can be allocated to allow for more customized parenting arrangements; — Extending the legislative property division regime to common - law spouses who have lived
together for two years in a marriage - like relationship or who are in marriage - like relationship of some permanence and have
children together; — Excluding certain types of property (e.g. pre-relationship property, gifts, and inheritances) from the pool of family property to be divided 50 - 50; and — Providing that debts are subject to equal division.
Wallerstein:
Children who have been forced into court - ordered custody and visitation have grown up very angry and resentful of the parent who forced these decisions... Sadly for all children involved in this study, court - ordered visiting failed in its very important purpose in bringing father and children together in a renewed loving relat
Children who have been forced into court -
ordered custody and visitation have grown up very angry and resentful of the parent who forced these decisions... Sadly for all
children involved in this study, court - ordered visiting failed in its very important purpose in bringing father and children together in a renewed loving relat
children involved in this study, court -
ordered visiting failed in its very important purpose in bringing father and
children together in a renewed loving relat
children together in a renewed loving relationship.
Courts have generally been reluctant to
order joint
custody where parents are unwilling to set aside their differences and work
together to raise their
child or
children.
Types of
Child Custody The court can order combinations of different types of custody to be applied to
Custody The court can
order combinations of different types of
custody to be applied to
custody to be applied
together.
This is the ideal situation, and it the
custody order is more likely to allow for this if parents are able to communicate amicably and work
together for the good of their
child.
In
order for shared
child custody to be awarded both co-parents must be determined by the judge to be fit for parenting the
child together.