Not exact matches
If you have questions about whether you should keep or sell the family home, how
child support and spousal support work, how to increase your chances
of getting
joint or
even sole
custody of your
children, and proven strategies to help yourself (and your
children) to heal from divorce, you'll find the answers here.
Joint custody, he asserts, involves each parent's having joint control over the care, upbringing and education of the children, even though the children reside most of the year with one parent, while divided custody involves each * 272 parent's having the children for a part of the year with control over the children only when in his or her cus
Joint custody, he asserts, involves each parent's having
joint control over the care, upbringing and education of the children, even though the children reside most of the year with one parent, while divided custody involves each * 272 parent's having the children for a part of the year with control over the children only when in his or her cus
joint control over the care, upbringing and education
of the
children,
even though the
children reside most
of the year with one parent, while divided
custody involves each * 272 parent's having the
children for a part
of the year with control over the
children only when in his or her
custody.
Some moms in this predicament
even wonder whether formally filing for
child custody could work against them, causing an absent father to reappear «out
of the woodwork» and demand
joint custody or regular visitation.
Even when it is determined that the
child needs to spend time with both parents in order to thrive, courts are increasingly reluctant to award
joint physical
custody because
of the disruptions it causes
children.
Alaska law also creates a «rebuttable presumption» (a legal assumption that has to be overcome with credible evidence to the contrary) that if an abusive parent has a history
of committing domestic violence against the other parent, a
child, or
even a domestic living partner, the abusive parent must not be awarded sole legal
custody, sole physical
custody,
joint legal
custody, or
joint physical
custody.
Others thought that
joint custody should be granted
even if there was no agreement as it is in the best interest
of the
children to cooperate.
If you're divorcing in this state, and you have a history
of perpetrating family violence, you can't have
custody of your
children —
even joint custody shared with their other parent.
Ultimately,
custody is based on what is in the best interests
of the
children, and
joint custody may not result in a perfectly
even split between both parents.
Ultimately,
custody is based on what is in the best interests
of the
children, and
joint custody may not result in a perfectly
even split between -LSB-...]
You may be entitled to some
child support
even if you and your spouse share
joint custody of your
children.
Missouri courts usually prefer
joint custody and equal property division, but making your spouse's adultery an important issue in the divorce proceeding can impact parts
of your case, including financial aspects like property division, spousal maintenance, attorney fees and maybe
even child custody and visitation.
Children who are in
joint custody have not been shown to be protected by going back and forth between mothers» and fathers» households, and «shared parenting» does not duplicate the well - being found in intact homes (
even though researching this database largely eliminates the problem
of conflating data such as from unwed inner - city teenager households with divorced households, and
even though this database would contain all the non-abusive, amicable divorce cases.)
After extensive testimony from both parents, the trial court not unreasonably concluded that it was in the «best interest»
of the minor
children that the father and the mother retain
joint legal
custody and that the mother retain sole physical
custody,
even if she moved to Lancaster.
Joint custody, when possible, is seen a practical and desirable since this is crucial in a continuing parent -
child relationship
even after divorce; however, it may be practical when the welfare
of the
child is jeopardized by one parent.
Joint custody theory however,
even when very young
children commenced in sole mother
custody, arguably resulted in far more
children ending up in the sole
custody of their fathers than would reasonably be expected — or reasonably would approximate that parent's share
of the childcare and homemaking in «intact» two - parent homes.
Martha Jacobson felt that the father should have
joint custody,
even though he had not asked for it, and
even though she knew that he was planning to move 40 miles away to the next county right after the divorce, which would pose logistical problems with this kind
of arrangement for a
child in preschool or kindergarten.
Even if a
child's parent or parents are alive, a grandparent or other relative may be able to obtain
joint custody of the
child if they can prove that the parent or parents are unfit in some states.
Joint custody can apply
even when one parent has overnights with the
children 1/3
of the time; however, the parent who has the
children 2/3
of the time will be the Parent
of Primary Residence (PPR) and the parent with fewer overnights will be the Parent
of Alternate Residence (PAR).
Even if the parents had
joint legal
custody of their
children, the parent with whom the
children lived most
of the time was named the «residential custodian.»
Thus
joint custody does appear to protect
children from the complete loss
of a parent,
even in high conflict situations.
However,
even this turns into a larger net loss in buying power for the custodial parent because
of inflation during the same time period...» [Presumption
of joint custody] legislation increased the number
of motions to modify or enforce parenting time or
child custody... the number did increase significantly (and almost doubled) following enactment
of the statute.
The study did find one significant benefit from shared parenting
even in these cases: «Only one parent with
joint custody ceased contact with her
child, whereas 12 parents
of sole
custody children «dropped out».»
[FN181] Nevertheless, the alternative
of no access to this type
of public benefit in one
of their dwellings under a
joint physical
custody arrangement makes the lives
of children living in poverty
even more tenuous.
Even many feminists embraced «equal parental responsibility» rhetoric along with the post-hippy-era California notion
of «
joint custody,» which ironically, set up the perfect ploy toward an ultimate agenda
of doing away with
child support altogether!!
Joint custody can also refer to joint physical custody, in which the child spends time with each parent, either on a roughly even basis or in blocks of time that are, in effect, no greater than visitation under a sole custody arrange
Joint custody can also refer to
joint physical custody, in which the child spends time with each parent, either on a roughly even basis or in blocks of time that are, in effect, no greater than visitation under a sole custody arrange
joint physical
custody, in which the
child spends time with each parent, either on a roughly
even basis or in blocks
of time that are, in effect, no greater than visitation under a sole
custody arrangement.
However, the research reviewed here does not support claims by critics
of joint custody that
joint -
custody children are likely to be exposed to more conflict or to be at greater risk
of adjustment problems due to having to adjust to two households or feeling «torn» between parents... It is important to recognize that the results clearly do not support
joint custody as preferable to, or
even equal to, sole
custody in all situations.
Another example raises the question
of what influences advocacy, this one from a woman lawyer and AFCC activist who inexplicably lobbies for
joint custody and father's rights (and more therapeutic jurisprudence in the courts)
even though the arrangement worked for neither herself as a
child, nor, ultimately, her own daughter: [ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: «In personal life, we learn things about the day to day realities too, that influence the lenses through which we see life.
[FN50]
Joint custody arrangements were accepted
even thoughjoint
custody was considered suspect, particularly for
children of tender years.
According to the terms
of Section 19-6-15
of Georgia's Official Code,
even when parents share
joint physical
custody and their
children live with each
of them a fairly equal amount
of time, judges must name one parent as «primary custodian.»
The stay was denied because the appeal judge was not convinced that the
joint custody order would cause irreparable harm to the
child or
even that the balance
of convenience favoured the stay.
[FN156] The case was tried prior to the Act's passage, but the Court
of Appeals referred to the new law specifying its application to unmarried parents as bolstering its conclusion that
even prior to the passage
of the Act,
joint custody could be awarded to unmarried parents, «particularly in a case such as this, where both parents -LSB--RSB- actively participated in the upbringing
of the
child.»