Sentences with phrase «determine legal and physical custody»

If spouses have children, the court will also determine legal and physical custody, which it may award to one or both spouses.

Not exact matches

When the divorce is finalized both physical (residential) and legal custody will be determine

After parents separate or divorce, a Minnesota court will determine physical and legal custody of the child, as well as child support.

Instead, the courts fail to determine that either adult is the better parent and decide to rule in favor of joint custody, which can be joint legal custody or joint physical custody.

Kansas judges deciding custody cases must determine «legal custody,» which refers to the responsibility to make educational, medical and other major decisions for a child, and «physical custody,» meaning the child's living and visitation arrangement with the parents.

To effectively determine how parental responsibilities will be shared, your and your former spouse or the parent of your child may wish to agree upon legal custody or decision making, including medical decisions, education decisions, and religious decisions; physical custody including the child's primary residence, secondary residence, weekend and holiday residences, and summer vacation.

The trial judge awarded legal and physical custody of Coho to the husband, and granted the wife reasonable visitation rights as determined by the husband.

While it is often in the best interests of the children for parents to share legal custody — decision - making authority — determining physical placement and periods of physical placement (the children's physical residence and a schedule outlining each parent's time spent with the children) can involve evaluating a number of factors in order to identify the best interests of the children.

Determining physical and legal custody of a child can be a daunting task for parents in the midst of a marriage dissolution proceeding.

Upon consent of both parties, parents may submit to the court a parenting plan to determine physical and legal custody of the child.

In New York, our courts look to the best interest of the children to determine legal and physical child custody, both during and after divorce.

Legal custody determines which parent makes decisions regarding your children's well - being and upbringing, and physical custody specifies with which parent your children will make their primary home.

Physical custody determines which parent the child lives with while legal custody represents the right of a parent to make decisions about the child's upbringing, such as schooling, religion and health care.

If you are in a situation where you have sole physical and / or legal custody, and you do NOT want your co-parent to have care, custody and control of your child (ren) should something happen to you, then you need to see a qualified estate planner to determine your options.

The first step in determining custody and visitation — whether it is temporary or permanent — begins with the court establishing legal and physical custody.

During a divorce, California courts determine custody arrangements for the divorcing couple's children, splitting both physical custody (who the child lives with) and legal custody (who makes important decisions for the child).

Missouri allows third party custody in cases when it is warranted, if a court determines that both of the child's parents are unfit, unsuitable or unable to parent the child, and that awarding a third party legal and physical custody is in the child's best interest.

If the parents fail to reach an agreement for joint legal custody and joint physical custody, and refuse to cooperate with each other in negotiations, the judge determines what is in the best interest of the child.

In determining which parent (s) will have legal or physical custody and a visitation plan, the courts look at what is in the «best interests» of the child.

Instead, the courts fail to determine that either adult is the better parent and decide to rule in favor of joint custody, which can be joint legal custody or joint physical custody.

Further, as respecting possible modification, because of past issues of the defendant failing to comply with orders of the court; providing token compliance with orders of the court while ignoring the spirit and intent of the orders (including the orders dated December 1, 2010); the defendant's lengthy pattern of contemptuous conduct; the expenses and financial waste caused by the defendant; the substantial financial drain on the resources of the plaintiff and the guardian ad litem caused by the defendant; the pattern of parental alienation; prior false reports of abuse and / or neglect to governmental entities; and the need for repose on the part of the minor child, it is anticipated that in addition to satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, no modification motion is permitted to be filed by defendant regarding the sole physical and / or sole legal custody arrangements, except in the case of the plaintiff's total and permanent disability as determined by the Social Security Administration, unless the following conditions are satisfied...» Eisenlohr v. Eisenlohr, 2011 WL 1566201 at * 4 (Conn.Super.).

Both legal and physical custody will be determined, and these will be granted on a «sole» or «joint» basis.

After parents separate or divorce, a Minnesota court will determine physical and legal custody of the child, as well as child support.

In Rhode Island, both legal custody and physical placement are to be determined in every child custody case.

Both legal and physical custody will be determined, and doing so will dictate the responsibilities of each parents to their child.

Though the child custody vocabulary used in this state may vary from that in others, New Hampshire child custody laws call for both legal and physical custody to be determined.

In Michigan, the court may determine that parents can not adequately work together to take care of their child and award sole custody to one parent, meaning that one parent has both physical and legal custody.

1996)(granting the parents temporary shared legal custody of any minor child of their marriage upon the filing of a custody action, but permitting the court to award temporary sole legal custody if it determines that shared custody is not in the best interests of the child and stating that there is no presumption for temporary shared physical custody); Mont..