Sentences with phrase «fathers awarded custody»

And Dad is asking for joint or primary custody more and more: Over the past decade, the number of fathers awarded custody of their children has doubled, according to the latest data.

Not exact matches

Jeffrey Leving, in his book, Father's Rights, indicates that 85 % of cases today include the mother being awarded physical custody of the children.

In today's society, fathers can be awarded primary custody as well as joint custody.

In some states, an award of joint physical custody is possible when a child will be staying with both the mother and the father for significant periods of time.

Mothers and fathers who are splitting up may both seek and be awarded physical custody of their child.

As in most cases where one parent is awarded physical custody, Father is given visitation rights as the non-custodial parent — entitling him to exclusive time with Child every other weekend, on alternating major holidays, and for four consecutive weeks over Child's summer vacation.

The fact that the father had no rights of custody was also considered immaterial, if no plausible case had been made that rights of custody could not be awarded to him.

A trial was held and the family court entered an order awarding joint custody and equal parenting time between Father and Mother.

Courts in South Carolina, where the adoptive parents lived, awarded custody to her birth father because ICWA's adoption procedure had not been followed.

After a dissolution of the marriage between Kiley S. Sheehan («Mother») and Shawn M. Sheehan («Father»), Mother was awarded sole legal custody («legal decision making»), as well as primary physical custody of her minor child.

In 2012, Ms. Simon received the Denise O'Donnell Day Award from the Idaho State Bar for her pro bono representation of a single father who ultimately obtained a paternity order and award of primary custody of his child, over the mother's assertions that he was not the biological faAward from the Idaho State Bar for her pro bono representation of a single father who ultimately obtained a paternity order and award of primary custody of his child, over the mother's assertions that he was not the biological faaward of primary custody of his child, over the mother's assertions that he was not the biological father.

A Michigan judge says he was not aware he had awarded joint legal custody of a boy to a father accused of raping the boy's mother when she was...

The father alleges the court abused its discretion in awarding sole custody to the children's mother stating that the court failed to make detailed findings of fact.

In the colonial era, the courts usually awarded the sole custody to fathers, he says.

A Finnish court awarded sole custody of a child to the father.

In 2000, a report by Justice Canada found that mothers were awarded sole custody in around 79 per cent of court - ordered custody arrangements, compared with just seven per cent of fathers.

In a novel and lengthy opinion, a New Jersey family court judge has awarded joint custody of a child to three people — the biological father, his same - sex spouse, and the mother.

In one case, a judge awarded custody to the child's mother despite the children preferring to live with their father, because an expert witness testified that the children would be better off, psychologically, with their mother.

Following a lengthy arbitration in which he determined that the mother had undertaken a campaign of parental alientation, the arbitrator awarded custody of the two sons to the father and ordered the father to attend a reunification program with the children.

In 1993, Father filed for a modification of that decision and was awarded joint legal custody and parenting time with Mother retaining primary physical custody.

The evidence at trial established that Mother and Father were divorced in 1991 with Mother being awarded sole custody of their child and Father granted reasonable visitation.

It is unlikely that a court would award joint custody to a parent (usually the father, when the mother is the primary caregiver), if there is any history of abuse in the relationship.

In Cortina, the court upheld the trial judge's decision to award sole custody of teenage children to the father but varied the costs order to take into account the fact that a particular offer had expired three days before trial and thus was not in strict compliance with Rule 18 (14).

At the time of the divorce in 2003, Mother was awarded sole legal custody and primary physical custody of the children, followed by her remarriage and relocation with the children to Texas in 2005, Father's relocation for 6 months to be near the children in Texas, Father's return to Arizona after not finding steady employment, Mother's separation from her new husband and subsequent move to an apartment with the children (that resulted in a change of schools).

In May 2005, the court entered a divorce decree awarding sole legal custody of the children to Mother and liberal visitation to the Father.

In Massachusetts, courts use several criteria to establish custody of children born out of wedlock; custody can be awarded to the mother, the father or to both parents together.

Through my divorce and custody practice, deserving Father / Clients have been awarded primary custody of their children, and in cases where is it appropriate, I fight for shared parenting orders so that my Dad clients enjoy the same rights, responsibilities and parenting time as the Moms do.

The paternal grandparents are most likely to be affected, as fathers are still generally less likely to be awarded custody and their wider family may find it harder to stay very involved in the child's life.

The father had been awarded interim custody of the children in Germany.

Does anyone have Court of Appeal cases where by custody is awarded to the father or shared custody is awarded?

In Kentucky, an appellate court affirmed a lower court's decision to award primary custody to the father, based in part on Facebook photos showing the mother partying and drinking against the advice of her mental health providers.

In this case, the motion judges» three factual findings of: (i) the need for the father to pursue lengthy custody and access litigation in order to have any relationship with his children; (ii) the mother's failure to pay anything toward the costs ordered by the Court of Appeal; and (iii) the fact that the mother thwarted the enforcement of the costs award by reneging on assurances she made to the court about her intent to pay the costs and not use bankruptcy to thwart that payment, ground the finding of prejudice.

In most contested cases, mothers are awarded sole — or effectively sole — custody over children, with fathers relegated to the role of visitors, an unsatisfactory situation for them and for their children.

A Justice Canada report from 2000 found that mothers were awarded sole custody in around 79 per cent of court - ordered custody arrangements, compared with just seven per cent of fathers.

To win sole physical and legal custody, you must show the court that awarding you custody is in the best interests of your child due to factors such as your existing relationship with the child; stability of the home life you provide; inability of the father to meet the child's needs; father's lack of involvement in the child's life; father's failure to financially support the child; father's violent behavior toward you or the child; or father's substance abuse issues.

Unmarried fathers can be awarded custody of a child in this situation.

Today, eight out of ten custodial parents are mothers, but until the beginning of the twentieth century, fathers routinely were awarded custody.

Legal establishment of paternity does not automatically award an unwed father custody; it only means that he's in a position to ask the court for it.

If you're divorcing in this state, the court neither awards nor denies custody based solely on the fact that you're the father.

When actress Choi Jin - sil, who had sole custody of her two children after divorce, committed suicide in October 2008, there was heated discussion over who should be awarded custody of the children because the actress» mother did not want the father to raise the children, and many pointed out that the system needs to be overhauled.

An initial award for child custody in a Kansas divorce, paternity or custody case determines the child's primary residence as well as the parental rights of the mother and father in a parenting plan.

The letter indicated that her parents were going through a divorce; that the judge had awarded custody of her to her mother; that she wanted to live with her father; that she was very unhappy living with her mother; and that the law guardian appointed to represent her had not worked to help her live with her father.

Maryland child custody laws provide that judges can not favor either the mother or the father in awarding custody.

If the mother has a documented history of violent behavior associated with the disorder, the court may find that awarding the father sole physical custody is in the child's best interest.

FATHERS: In our view, this film, if given credence, will have the effect of creating an environment in which judges are fearful of allowing perfectly good men from participating in the care of their children, and of creating the impression among the general public, custody evaluators, the legal community, legislators and others that it is dangerous to award any form of custody to fFATHERS: In our view, this film, if given credence, will have the effect of creating an environment in which judges are fearful of allowing perfectly good men from participating in the care of their children, and of creating the impression among the general public, custody evaluators, the legal community, legislators and others that it is dangerous to award any form of custody to fathersfathers.

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While some fathers may take little interest in their children, the main causes include failure of the courts to award joint physical custody, failure to award significant parenting time («visitation»), failure to enforce the parenting time that has been ordered, readiness to curtail contact between fathers and children when estranged wives make any allegation, child support orders that require fathers to work two or three jobs, thus leaving no time for parenting, moveaways, and other factors.

FATHERS: The Fathers & Families» Mission... We believe that 20 years of child - centered research has demonstrated that children are suffering under the present legal custom of awarding custody to only one parent, usually the FATHERS: The Fathers & Families» Mission... We believe that 20 years of child - centered research has demonstrated that children are suffering under the present legal custom of awarding custody to only one parent, usually the Fathers & Families» Mission... We believe that 20 years of child - centered research has demonstrated that children are suffering under the present legal custom of awarding custody to only one parent, usually the mother.

Even if the mother is fit, the court is likely to award primary custody to a father who has been the child's primary caretaker or had a significant role in his life.

If a mother is unfit, perhaps due to drug or alcohol abuse or a history of violence, the court is more likely to award custody to the father.