Sentences with phrase «favor joint custody»

At the beginning of every case, Idaho child custody laws favor joint custody.

Most family law professionals favor joint custody because it is most often seen as the best interest of the child that both co-parents play an active role in raising the child.

Nevada child custody laws favor joint custody.

In general, Massachusetts family courts tend to favor joint custody when doing so is feasible.

At the time of this writing, courts in Clark County, Nevada, favor joint custody unless one of the parents lives at too far of a distance from the children's schools to make it feasible to transport them there several days per week.

Nevada law favors joint custody if the parents have agreed to it, unless there is evidence of domestic violence or some other indication that the parents will not be successful in working together for the benefit of their child.

Within the past few years a bill to make grandparent visitation more uniform ended up greatly weakening grandparent visitation rights while a bill to encourage joint custody ended up merely codifying case law without favoring joint custody.

Kentucky favors joint custody.

While the law favored joint custody, unless the parents agreed on a different arrangement, judges could consider a number of factors that might make a joint custody arrangement unfeasible.

Because Michigan favors joint custody, its legal system mandates several opportunities for parents to work out a custody agreement without involving the court.

Unless there is evidence of an intrafamily offense, abuse, neglect, or parental kidnapping, the court favors joint custody.

Missouri law favors joint custody of children when parents separate, so that children have «frequent, continuing...

Since Kentucky favors joint custody arrangements over sole custody, where one parent has physical custody, legal custody or both, 50/50 parenting time arrangements are not uncommon and may come in various forms.

Missouri law favors joint custody of children when parents separate, so that children have «frequent, continuing and meaningful contact with both parents.»

Myth — The father's rights movement is about interest in caring for children; thus it favors joint custody and «shared responsibility.»

Find out if the custody evaluator favors joint custody or writes recommendations that are favorable toward mothers or fathers or both parents.

Tennessee law favors joint custody when couples divorce, but Section 4:1.04 of the state's code instructs judges that «in domestic abuse cases, joint custody is inappropriate.»

Tennessee law favors joint custody when couples divorce, but Section 4:1.04 of the state's code instructs judges that...

Not exact matches

Connecticut statutes favor joint legal custody whenever possible.

In cases where no «better parent» is established and the courts rule in favor of joint custody, parents should work together to determine a parenting schedule.

California: There is no presumption in favor of joint or sole custody; custody shall be awarded to both parents jointly or to either parent as 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.

There is no presumption in favor of sole custody or joint custody.

Antoine pleads his case as a scorned dad and the appointed judge rules in favor of joint custody.

Prior statutory law neither favored nor disfavored joint custody but case law disfavored joint custody.

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.

Judges are required to consider possible joint custody in every case, but there's no presumption in favor of this unless both parents agree.

For this reason, joint custody is heavily favored by family law courts in all states, but it is not always the best option, especially if a child of divorce is quite young.

In both states, joint legal and joint physical custody are favored over sole custody.

Nevada law has actually altered to favor joint legal and joint physical custody plans between parents, where the parents have an equivalent role in kid raising after divorce or separation.

In addition, Idaho favors the active participation of both parents in raising children after divorce, which policy is reflected in I.C. § 32 - 717B supporting joint custody.

One might read these code sections and conclude that joint custody is not favored over sole custody.

Unlike legal custody, there is no statutory presumption favoring joint physical custody.

Generally the court favors joint legal and physical custody but there are many situations where a court will give sole physical to one parent and joint legal (decisionmaking) custody to both parents.

In joint custody agreements, which courts often favor, both parents typically share legal custody of the children; however, depending on the state, it can also mean the parents share both physical and legal custody.

A father can still fight for liberal visitation or joint custody, but the default setting still seems to favor the mother.

Except in cases of abuse, negligence, or addiction, joint custody arrangements are favored by the courts.

If the father and mother are equally competent caregivers, there is a strong presumption in favor of joint custody.

Custody may be awarded to either parent through fair proceedings and without presumption either in favor of or against physical or joint cCustody may be awarded to either parent through fair proceedings and without presumption either in favor of or against physical or joint custodycustody.

Regardless of each state's position for or against a presumption or preference in favor of joint custody and whether or not it has been specifically authorized, overall there appears to be a growing trend in favor of joint custody and more and more bills are being introduced to adopt a presumption that joint custody is in the best interest of the child unless certain circumstances apply (such as convincing evidence that a parent is unfit or that it would not be in the best interest of the child to award joint custody).

According to the American Bar Association website, other states such as Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, Vermont, and Washington also adopted laws in favor of joint custody, but only when the parents agreed to it.

People want answers that will either reassure them that joint custody is helpful of provide the grounds for changing social policy back in favor of sole custody.

Some legislation creates a presumption in favor of joint custody, and while parental disagreement may rebut the presumption, the legislation may then favor awarding sole custody to the «friendly» parent who is willing to share.

That motion judge's ruling was reversed by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey (our intermediate appellate court), ruling that giving such a presumption in favor of the custodial parent is improper in cases where the children's surname was chosen by the parties at the birth of each child and especially in cases where the parents share joint legal custody.

Many courts rule in favor of joint legal custody.

Georgia favors joint legal custody, in which both parents share these decisions.

States whose family law policies, statutes, or judicial practice encourage joint custody have shown a greater decline in their divorce rates than those that favor sole custody.

I am in favor of joint physical custody arrangements, but only when both parents are able to work together and have their children's best interest at heart.

Legal custody governs who makes decisions regarding the child, and many states have a presumption in favor of joint legal custody.

While the most misogynistic branches of the father's rights movement state outright that they favor male control and father - only custody in the hopes that this will turn the clock back on women's independence (e.g. by helping to entrap women in marriages that are otherwise broken), much of the movement prefers to publicly posture in favor of the more palatable and misleading rhetoric of «shared parenting,» i.e. joint custody, as a ruse to accomplish this end more indirectly, as well as to reduce or eliminate the foundations for child support payments.