Sentences with phrase «initial custody award»

The Kansas court determines the initial custody award pursuant to the custody factors established by state law, and one parent's cohabitation may affect the court's decision.

1998)(cases in which parties share physical custody are indistinguishable from initial custody awards; thus, best interests of child would control any request for relocation by parent).

The New Jersey courts use different standards to determine initial custody awards versus requests for changes to an established custody order.

Not exact matches

I wrote the initial national training package for safer custody and achieved national awards for my training in these areas.

As with the initial award for custody, the court must consider the state's custody factors and determine the child's best interests.

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.

(In 2005 there was a far higher percentage of initial joint custody awards than in 1991.

6 7 SECTION 2: In any domestic relations proceeding, the states shall award joint physical 8 care to both joint custodial parents upon the request of either parent during the proceedings 9 on the initial dissolution petition or during the proceedings on a modification of the original 10 custody order.