Sentences with phrase «good shared parenting arrangement»

Dr. Darcy Sterling thinks the partnership between Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick is one good example of a good shared parenting arrangement with an ex.

Not exact matches

This co-sleeper is best used on wide beds and for practical parents who were confident on their safe bed - sharing arrangement.

But recent research brings us good news: children in shared - care arrangements appear to be better adjusted on several levels; and many studies show that most parents with majority care want their ex-partners to see more of the children.

Judges must provide a strong reason if they wish to order some other arrangement; in some areas, judges have the authority to order shared parenting if they believe it would be best for the child, or if one parent requests it.

Families who share caregiving among members of their extended family or trade caregiving with friends in a cooperative arrangement (strategies used by some single parent families as well as by two parent families);

That said, despite its theoretical benefits, it can not be said that shared parenting is inevitably better than an arrangement, say, in which one parent has primary residence and the other has a fixed visitation schedule.

Iowa law requires that the court must consider the best interest of the child and order a custody arrangement that will give the child the chance for maximum continuing physical and emotional contact with both parents after the parents have separated and dissolved the marriage, and which will encourage parents to share the rights and responsibilities of raising the child unless physical harm or significant emotional harm to the child, other children, or a parent is likely to occur.

He emphasized that defaulting to a presumption of shared parenting time oversimplifies the complex task of determining what parenting time arrangements are in the best interest of a child.

Although no federal laws specifically address custody, parental responsibility, visitation or time - sharing issues in military divorces, these issues are often made more challenging because service members» obligations to their jobs require extra flexibility and creativity in creating parenting plans and time - sharing arrangements that will work for both parents as well as serve the best interests of the children.

Every family has unique needs and schedules, and the court prefers the two parents to determine a time - sharing arrangement that works best for them prior to appearance in court.

Particularly in a joint custody or shared residency arrangement that has been found to be in the child's best interests, the reasons for one parent to want to move, effectively ending what has already been found to be in the child's best interests, would be very relevant to determining whether the child's needs can be met in this proposed new arrangement.

After considering the jurisprudence with respect to the double - bind question, the Court found that the risk of it resulting in a presumptive disposition may be greater where a joint custody or shared residency arrangement requiring both parents to reside in the same locale is in the best interests of the child.

As an added incentive for spouses with children, an uncontested divorce can reduce acrimony and allow parents to work together to develop a time - share arrangement that is truly in the best interests of the child.

Three recent comprehensive reviews, based on 30 years of research, support shared parenting as the best arrangement for children after separation or divorce.

However, where the parents have a shared custodial arrangement, the trial court was required to make a full redetermination of what custody order was in the best interests of the children.

In addition, experts from more than 20 countries at the International Council on Shared Parenting concluded, «There is a consensus that shared parenting is a viable post-divorce parenting arrangement that is optimal to child development and well - being, including for children of high conflict parentParenting concluded, «There is a consensus that shared parenting is a viable post-divorce parenting arrangement that is optimal to child development and well - being, including for children of high conflict parentparenting is a viable post-divorce parenting arrangement that is optimal to child development and well - being, including for children of high conflict parentparenting arrangement that is optimal to child development and well - being, including for children of high conflict parents.»

First, when it comes to children, the research is clear: shared parenting is the best custody arrangement for children whose parents live apart.

If the court determines that shared parental responsibility would be detrimental to the child, it may order sole parental responsibility and make such arrangements for time - sharing as specified in the parenting plan as will best protect the child or abused spouse from further harm.

In addition to working with the time - share preferences of each parent, Dr. Pickar offers empirically based knowledge regarding children's adjustment in various living arrangements following divorce, as well as information regarding developmentally appropriate parenting plans.

there is a presumption that arrangements which involve shared responsibilities and cooperation between the parents are in the best interests of the child.

FAMILY LAW — CHILDREN — Best interests — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility and for the child to live with them — Where the respondent mother believes the child would settle down and accept the arrangement if the court ordered for the child to spend no time with applicant father — Where the court has a statutory mandate to make parenting orders with the child's best interests as the paramount concern — Where there is little doubt that the child would benefit from having a meaningful relationship with both parents — Where the child's clear views that he does not want to spend time with the respondent mother should be given significant weight in the circumstances — Where the child is of an age, maturity and intelligence to have principally formed his own rationally based views — Where the court is satisfied that it is in the child's best interests for the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility to be rebutted — Where the respondent father is to have sole parental responsibility and the child is to live with him — Where the applicant mother is permitted to attend certain school and sporting events of the child — Where the child should be able to instigate contact with the respondent mother as he considers appropriate to his needs and circumstances — Where the orders made are least likely to lead to the institution of further proceedings in relation to the child — Where the child is to have the outcome of these proceedings, the effect of the orders and the reasons for judgment explained to him by an expert as soon as reasonably practiBest interests — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility and for the child to live with them — Where the respondent mother believes the child would settle down and accept the arrangement if the court ordered for the child to spend no time with applicant father — Where the court has a statutory mandate to make parenting orders with the child's best interests as the paramount concern — Where there is little doubt that the child would benefit from having a meaningful relationship with both parents — Where the child's clear views that he does not want to spend time with the respondent mother should be given significant weight in the circumstances — Where the child is of an age, maturity and intelligence to have principally formed his own rationally based views — Where the court is satisfied that it is in the child's best interests for the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility to be rebutted — Where the respondent father is to have sole parental responsibility and the child is to live with him — Where the applicant mother is permitted to attend certain school and sporting events of the child — Where the child should be able to instigate contact with the respondent mother as he considers appropriate to his needs and circumstances — Where the orders made are least likely to lead to the institution of further proceedings in relation to the child — Where the child is to have the outcome of these proceedings, the effect of the orders and the reasons for judgment explained to him by an expert as soon as reasonably practibest interests as the paramount concern — Where there is little doubt that the child would benefit from having a meaningful relationship with both parents — Where the child's clear views that he does not want to spend time with the respondent mother should be given significant weight in the circumstances — Where the child is of an age, maturity and intelligence to have principally formed his own rationally based views — Where the court is satisfied that it is in the child's best interests for the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility to be rebutted — Where the respondent father is to have sole parental responsibility and the child is to live with him — Where the applicant mother is permitted to attend certain school and sporting events of the child — Where the child should be able to instigate contact with the respondent mother as he considers appropriate to his needs and circumstances — Where the orders made are least likely to lead to the institution of further proceedings in relation to the child — Where the child is to have the outcome of these proceedings, the effect of the orders and the reasons for judgment explained to him by an expert as soon as reasonably practibest interests for the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility to be rebutted — Where the respondent father is to have sole parental responsibility and the child is to live with him — Where the applicant mother is permitted to attend certain school and sporting events of the child — Where the child should be able to instigate contact with the respondent mother as he considers appropriate to his needs and circumstances — Where the orders made are least likely to lead to the institution of further proceedings in relation to the child — Where the child is to have the outcome of these proceedings, the effect of the orders and the reasons for judgment explained to him by an expert as soon as reasonably practical.

Regarding the well being of kids with divorced parents, the debate over what kind of custody arrangement is best rages on, but the Swedish study goes against some current thinking that kids in shared - custody routines are exposed to more stress due to constantly moving back and forth and the social disruption that can come along with it.

There is no standard way to structure a shared physical custody agreement; courts encourage parents to work together and, if they can't, the judge will choose an arrangement that is best for the child.

However, the court will award sole decision - making responsibility to one parent if it finds a shared arrangement is not in the child's best interests, for example, when there is a history of abuse.

A shared or joint custody arrangement works best if you and your child's other parent maintain a reasonably amicable relationship.

In determining whether such an arrangement is in the best interests of the child, the court may consider the parties» geographic proximity to the extent necessary to ensure the ability to share performance of the parenting functions.

Child custody evaluator Robert Galatzer - Levy points to several studies indicating that shared custody arrangements are better for both children and parents in his book «The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions.»

It should be noted, that these shared parenting arrangements work best where both parties get along, the parties live in the same or in nearby towns, and where neither party has a career that requires excessive work hours or travel.

Mr. Speaker, I am quite honoured to be introducing a private member's bill today which would direct the courts in regard to divorce to make equal shared parenting the presumptive arrangement in the best interests of the child, except in proven cases of abuse or neglect.

Courts should grant shared custody to divorcing parents unless presented with clear and convincing evidence this arrangement is not in the best interest of the child.

Mr. Speaker, I am quite honoured in these few moments to be introducing a private member's bill that would direct the courts in regard to divorce to make equal shared parenting the presumptive arrangement in the best interest of the child, except in proven cases of abuse or neglect.

She found that children whose parents share physical custody have better outcomes even when one parent initially opposed the arrangement and even when conflict between the parents was high.

Simply, courts should grant shared custody, roughly 60 to 40 percent splits of time, to divorcing parents unless presented with clear and convincing evidence that this arrangement is not in the best interest of the child.

The only time shared parenting doesn't work better than other custody arrangements is if the parents continue to fight, says Luevy.

The amendments in Bill C - 560 would direct the courts in regard to divorce to make equal shared parenting, and I will talk later of the range being 35 % to 50 % roughly, but making it the presumptive arrangement in the best interests of the child, except in proven cases of abuse or neglect.

A study by former family court judge Richard Chisholm surveyed 24,000 parents and 500 grandparents and found that more than 70 % of couples in shared parenting arrangements said it was working well.

Instead, both parents equally share the burden of proving what parenting time plan and child custody arrangements will serve the best interests of the child following a parent's relocation.

Highly acclaimed and awarded (including «Best Documentary,» Front Page New York Film Festival; Gold Medal, Houston International Film Festival), this poignant production profiles six divorced families, some with shared parenting arrangements, some with the children living exclusively with their father or mother.

There is a consensus that the following principles should guide the legal determination of parenting after divorce: (1) shared parenting as an optimal arrangement for the majority of children of divorce, and in their best interests.

«Shared parenting — being defined as encompassing both shared parental authority and shared parental responsibility with a minimum of one - third time with each parent, including weekday time — is a viable post-divorce parenting arrangement for the majority of children of divorce, and in their best interests.

As shared parenting has been recognized by the research community, as well as by legal and mental health practitioners, as a viable post-separation parenting arrangement that is optimal to child development and well - being, there is consensus that both the legal and psycho - social implementation of shared parenting as a presumption should proceed without delay, with the full sanction and support of professional bodies and associations.

This study indicates that, on average, a two parent intact family is the best arrangement for children, and a shared parenting arrangement is better than a sole custody arrangement, i.e., a two - parent family is better even if parents are divorced.

In many cases, families that break up have had a shared parenting time arrangement and it is in the best interests of the children that this should continue.

In California, the legal presumption is that parents will have joint physical custody and joint legal custody of children — a truly shared arrangement — unless one parent proves that this wouldn't be good for the children.

A written agreement which describes the type of custody arrangement between the parents, how decisions will be made regarding the lives of their children, as well as a detailed schedule of how they will share time with their children, weekdays, weekends, holidays and vacations.

The Jaramillo court further held that once a party seeking to relocate has demonstrated that the joint custody arrangement is no longer workable, both parties share equally the burden of demonstrating with which parent the child's best interests will be served.

If the parties have a shared custody arrangement than the court will view the custodial parent's application to relocate as a change in custody application — which triggers an evaluation of whether the move would be in the «best interests of the child».

Some kids may even fair better in a shared custody arrangement than if they lived with both parents who no longer wanted to be married.

A parenting plan including a custody arrangement and a parenting time - sharing schedule must be submitted in every divorce involving children as well.

There are mountains of research showing that shared parenting is the best post-divorce custody arrangement for children, so even though you naturally want to spend as much time with them as possible, you need to recognize the importance of giving them plenty of time with the other parent.