Sentences with phrase «in custody decisions»

However, in many states, sexual orientation is still a deciding factor in custody decisions.

These are the same considerations in custody decisions as in civilian divorces, so the military service (including the demands of training schedules) is only one factor in determining custody.

As in custody decisions, the best interest of the child is the standard in determining how visitation should be arranged.

Neither the parent's gender or financial resources are relevant in custody decisions — either parent may have primary custody regardless of these factors.

In many family courts, the concept of «status quo» often weighs heavily in custody decisions.

Furthermore, if used in court, character attacks can result in a custody decision that may not be in your child's best interests.

Mr. Speaker, these undersigned petitioners are drawing the attention of this House of Commons to the fact that children ordinarily thrive best when being raised by both parents, their father and their mother, even when those parents divorce, so the petitioners are calling on Parliament to amend the Divorce Act, as in my Bill C - 560, to require equal shared parenting to be treated as the rebuttable presumption in custody decisions, except, of course, in cases of proven abuse or neglect.

New York State courts always work to put the child's interests first in all custody decisions.

'' [Potential child advocates] could perform a public function by lobbying for the replacement of the best interest of the child test with a more determinative substantive rule... as the substituted rule, I suggest the primary caretaker rule, which rewards past care and concern for children and minimizes the role and power of the helping professionals in custody decision making.

Such attempts have devalued traditional «maternal» characteristics such as «nurturing,» in an effort not to give mothers (who are presumed to have such characteristics) an advantage in custody decisions...» — Fineman, Martha and Anne Opie, «The Uses of Social Science Data in Legal Policymaking: Custody Determinations at Divorce,» Wisconsin Law Review, Vol.

In Missouri, joint legal custody allows both parents to equally share in custody decision - making rights and responsibilities, including matters of education, health care and the child's general welfare.

Sometimes the court enlists a child psychologist or social worker to aid the judge in his custody decision.

They may opt to work with a mediating attorney for the financial decisions and a mental health mediator with an expertise in custody decisions.

Suffice it to say, the guiding principle in all custody decisions is what is best for the child, i.e., the best interest of the child — not the parent.

Their laws instruct judges not to consider a parent's gender in custody decisions.

Diamond says that the maximum contact principle is «very important» as it is one of many considerations in custody decisions.

Therefore, the petitioners are calling on Parliament to amend the Divorce Act, as in my Bill C - 560, to require that equal shared parenting be treated as the rebuttable presumption in custody decisions, except in cases of proven abuse or neglect.

The section of the old statute that allowed judges to consider the physical proximity of the parents to each other as a factor in their custody decisions is no longer Alabama law.

«One of the factors in custody decisions is the ability to facilitate a close relationship between a child and his or her other parent, a scathing post on Cheaterville may be seen by a judge as antithetical to a child's best interest.»

The undersigned citizens of Canada call on Parliament to amend the Divorce Act as in MP Maurice Vellacott's bill, Bill C - 560, to require that equal parenting be treated as the rebuttable presumption in custody decisions, except in the cases of proven neglect or abuse.

Many of my friends and colleagues who have seen the harm caused by mental health professionals in the custody court system want to eliminate any role for them in custody decisions.