Sentences with phrase «give equal custody»
Remember, Florida law prefers to give equal custody to each biological parent, so after paternity is established, time sharing rights will likely be put into place.
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Mothers and fathers are given equal opportunity before the law, with neither having a better chance of being granted physical custody based on gender alone.
Placement determines where the child or children will live, but joint custody gives each of the parents equal rights in decision - making.
Notwithstanding the custody arrangement and in addition to all rights and duties given to parents pursuant to Section 63-5-30, each parent has equal access and the same right to obtain all educational records and medical records of his or her minor children and the right to participate in the children's school activities and extracurricular activities that are held in public locations unless prohibited by an order of the court or State law.
The Missouri Legislature passed a bill aimed at giving divorced parents more equal custody over their children.
One parent may obtain full custody, making the other person a non-custodial parent, or they may be deemed joint custodians, giving them equal rights and responsibilities.
Joint legal custody is usually ordered by the court to give parents equal say regarding important decisions made on behalf of the children.
Child custody laws are shifting as lawmakers see the need to give divorced parents equal parenting time.
While preference previously was given to mothers, Alabama custody laws now give fathers an equal chance of receiving custody if it is in the best interest of the child.
Dad relied on the principles of Beck v. Beck, 86 N.J. 480 (1981), which defined joint legal custody as giving both parents equal decision - making regarding their children's care, education and welfare.
Fact: «The sheer prevalence of the problem of violence and the dynamics surrounding it make it clear any assumptions about equal partnership in these cases are out of the question... the majority of women never report the assaults or in fact ever tell anyone about it (Johnson, 1996) and thus may not be believed if the first time the issue is raised is at the point of separation... may avoid going to court out of fear of retaliation, a fear which is not unfounded given the data on the escalation of violence at separation... agree to whatever the husband wants in an attempt to pacify him... as an exchange for custody... may appear unstable or emotional while their batterers are perceived as confident, rational and economically secure (Rosnes, 1997)... all the research flies in the face of what Rosnes argues is presently happening in the courts:»... judges assume that wife abuse is not necessarily damaging to a child, and that being violent does not necessarily affect a father's parenting ability....
Mothers and fathers are given equal opportunity before the law, with neither having a better chance of being granted physical custody based on gender alone.
[Appeal of trial court's change of custody granted: To change custody on four factors alone, as enunciated by the trial judge, and give less than equal weight to the love, affection and emotional ties the son had for and to his mother, her husband and her other children was found to be an error in law.]»
Giving Parents «Joint Custody» does not mean their children are allowed equal time with both of them.
One state is pushing for more joint custody decisions to give kids equal time with both parents.
Many judges also don't like giving parents shared or equal custody.
A joint physical custody agreement can give each parent equal time with their child, or it can give one parent majority of the time and the other parent with just some time.
Furthermore, the measure would have given each parent in a custody case, unless one parent was proven unfit, equal parental rights and responsibilities, parenting time, primary residential responsibility and decision making responsibility over a child.