Sentences with phrase «child custody statutes»

Tennessee's child custody statutes dictate that judges can't consider a parent's gender when determining which to name as the primary residential parent.

See generally Joanne Schulman & Valerie Pitt, Second Thoughts on Joint Custody: Analysis of Legislation and Its Implications For Women and Children, 12 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. 539 (1982); Joan Zorza, «Friendly Parent» Provisions in Custody Determinations, 26 Clearinghouse Rev. 921, 924 - 25 (1994)(stating that these provisions create many problems for women in custody disputes, particularly those in domestic violence situations); Family Violence in Child Custody Statutes: An Analysis of State Codes and Legal Practice, 29 Fam.

Parents who have questions about child custody or custody proceedings should speak with an attorney or refer to the Connecticut child custody statutes.

This year we saw a major change to our child custody statutes, and went from an archaic «custody and visitation» model to a presumptive allocation of parental responsibilities or «shared parenting» model.

New Jersey custody laws are similar to the child custody statutes in other states.

Tennessee child custody statutes overwhelmingly support the mother in cases where the parents of a child are not married.

In the previous year, there was a national study which rated the child custody statutes of each state.

For an account of 11 states in which a cautionary note specific to cases involving domestic violence is sounded through legislation, see the Family Violence Project of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Family Violence in Child Custody Statutes: An Analysis of State Codes and Legal Practice, 29 FAM.

The organization's inaugural Shared Parenting Report Card issued each state's child custody statutes a grade, and South Carolina scored a disappointing D.

When determining the child's best interest, the court weighs a number of factors, which are found in your state's child custody statutes.

In the first study of its kind to issue each state a grade, A through F, on how well child custody statutes encourage shared parenting and parental equality, Ohio received a C -.

For a listing of statutes in 35 states requiring courts to consider evidence of domestic violence or abuse of a spouse in custody or visitation determinations, see, the Family Violence Project of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Family Violence in Child Custody Statutes: An Analysis of State Codes and Legal Practice, 29 FAM.

[FN13] According to the Family Violence Project of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, in 1995, 10 child custody statutes included a public policy statement concerning a parent's ability to allow the child an open, loving, and frequent relationship with the other parent.

A parenting schedule may vary considerably from case to case based on the court's consideration of all of the factors in the child custody statutes.

Not exact matches

Parents who wish to file for child custody in Illinois should first become familiar with the custody statutes in this state.

For more information about child custody in Alaska, refer to the Alaska Domestic Relations statute or speak with a qualified attorney in Alaska.

For more information regarding child custody in Georgia, please refer to the Georgia Domestic Relations statute or speak with a qualified attorney in Georgia.

No matter your circumstances, parents who wish to file for child custody in Nebraska should first become familiar with the custody statutes in Nebraska.

For more information about child custody in Arizona, please visit the Arizona Domestic Relations statute or speak with a qualified attorney in Arizona.

For more information about child custody laws in Massachusetts, contact a qualified attorney in your area or refer to the Massachusetts Domestic Relations statute.

Parents who wish to file for child custody in New Jersey should first become familiar with the custody statutes in this state.

Parents who wish to file for child custody in Washington, D.C. should first become familiar with the custody statutes.

Parents who wish to file for child custody in Mississippi should first become familiar with the custody statutes in this state.

However, joint custody is not presumed to be in the best interests of the child (ren) under statute in Maryland, although the judge will likely consider joint custody in most every case.

If you're planning to file for child custody in Nevada, you should first become familiar with the state's custody statutes.

This is why we advocate amending our national social policy and state statutes to reflect sensitive family and child custody laws.

For more information about child custody in Nevada, visit the Nevada Domestic Relations statute or speak with a qualified family law attorney in the state of Nevada.

For more information about child custody in Washington, D.C., speak with a qualified attorney in Washington, D.C. or refer to the District of Columbia Domestic Relations statute.

For more information about child custody in Maine, please speak with an attorney in Maine or refer to the Maine Domestic Relations statute.

For further information about child custody in Oklahoma, speak with a qualified attorney in Oklahoma or refer to the Oklahoma Domestic Relations statute.

For further information about child custody in New Hampshire, speak with a qualified attorney in New Hampshire or refer to the New Hampshire Domestic Relations statute.

For more information about child custody in Vermont, visit Vermont's Domestic Relations statute or speak with a qualified attorney in Vermont.

Parents who wish to file for child custody in Vermont should first become familiar with the custody statutes in this state.

Parents who wish to file for child custody in New Mexico should first become familiar with the custody statutes in this state.

New York's existing «sanctuary city» statutes forbids the NYPD and Department of Corrections from turning undocumented individuals in its custody over to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless those persons have been found guilty of one of 170 violent felonies — including murder, rape, terrorism, assaulting a cop and physically or sexually abusing a child.

No statute or court rule requires a child to testify in a California custody proceeding.

However with no stated preference for joint custody over sole custody and with South Carolina case law favoring sole custody, I do not see any reason why this statute should radically alter South Carolina child custody determinations.

2012) the Court of Appeals held that the state and federal statutes for determining child custody jurisdiction in multi-state disputes are applicable to adoption cases that require a termination of parental rights (TPR).

Because no specific statutes are enumerating the factors a court must consider regarding school placement, the Arizona Court of Appeals defaulted to the factors a judge must consider when issuing an initial child custody order.

Source: Kentucky Revised Statutes, Dissolution of Marriage - Child Custody, Procedure - Commencement of actions, pleadings, abolition of existing defenses, § 403.150, accessed Jan. 5, 2015

Specifically, Arizona Revised Statute 25 - 408, known as the child custody relocation statute, adds a bunch of additional factors for a court to consider, which including the following:

That meant that the child custody modification statute — not the relocation statute — applied.

A child's «home state» is defined by statute by a coordinated definitions set forth in parallel laws at the state (the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act in 49 states) and federal (the Parental Kidnapping Prevent Act) lchild's «home state» is defined by statute by a coordinated definitions set forth in parallel laws at the state (the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act in 49 states) and federal (the Parental Kidnapping Prevent Act) lChild Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act in 49 states) and federal (the Parental Kidnapping Prevent Act) level.

In Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Washington state statute allowing the court to award grandparent visitation based only upon the best interests of the child, finding that such a broad standard violates the liberty interest of the parents in having custody of their children.

Thus, at heart, the UCCJEA is a subject matter jurisdiction statute, for it defines which state may take jurisdiction to decide a child custody case.

Modification of custody based upon custodial parent's relocation is determined under the general modification statute; substantial change in circumstances must be shown and that modification will serve the best interests of the child.

(d) A parent entitled to the legal custody or residency of a child pursuant to K.S.A. 60 - 1610 and amendments thereto shall not be required to give the notice required by this section to the other parent when the other parent has been convicted of any crime specified in article 34, 35 or 36 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated in which the child is the victim of such crime.

Although the Texas statutes that govern child custody and visitation do not discriminate on the basis of a parent's gender, in many conservative... [Read More...]

When South Carolina codified child custody factors in June 2012 as S.C. Code § 63-15-220, I noted, «I do not see any reason why this statute should radically alter South Carolina child custody determinations.»

It is important to know what Arizona statute says about how a court is to make a determination about child custody, as well as the types of child custody that the state recognizes.