Sentences with phrase «joint custody of their children after»

It is possible for parents to continue to have joint custody of their children after separation or divorce and for the children to spend an equal amount of time with each parent if the parents can agree and arrange this.

Not exact matches

This is still considered joint physical custody because the parent who has the children on the weekend is spending pretty much equal time with them as the parent who has them from after school on Monday until beginning of school on Friday since the weekend parent is with them all day Saturday and Sunday, as well as rest of the day Friday.

Another potentially problematic situation is when a couple marries after the birth of a child, as in one New York case when the court denied a nonbiological, married but not adoptive mother's petition for joint custody.

Joint custody refers to the shared physical and / or legal custody of a child after the parents separate or divorce.

The court will make an order for joint custody to both parents or sole custody to one parent after reviewing factors such as the wishes of the parents and child, the parents» ability to cooperate and parent together, the child's physical, developmental, and emotional needs, and the child's relationship with each parent.

When parents separate after the child is born, the default rule is «joint custody» of the child unless there are circumstances that demonstrate one parent or the other should have sole custody.

California courts tend to prefer when parents share joint legal and physical custody of their children after a divorce.

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.

After DNA testing established paternity, on Sept. 22, 2017, Judge Gregory S. Ross, 24th Circuit Court Family Division of Sanilac County, MI awarded parenting time and joint legal custody to a convicted sex offender, Christopher Mirasolo, who forcibly raped and threatened to kill the minor child's mother 9 years ago when she was 12 years of age and Mirasolo was 19 years of age.

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.

Pullman v. Pullman 2000 BCSC 1654 After nine days of trial during which the mother sought sole custody with limited visitation by the children to their father, and a Section 15 Report by Robert Colby recommended that the mother be the primary residential parent, Mr. Justice MacKinnon ordered that the two daughters of the marriage, aged five and seven, be under the joint custodial care of both parents and that a shared parenting schedule of week on week off be implemented.

After frequent visitation while your child is an infant, you can transition to more of a joint custody arrangement when she is old enough to divide her time more easily between your homes.

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After extensive testimony from both parents, the trial court not unreasonably concluded that it was in the «best interest» of the minor children that the father and the mother retain joint legal custody and that the mother retain sole physical custody, even if she moved to Lancaster.

Alabama child custody law, Section 30-3-150 requires that «minor children have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the best interest of their children and encourage parents to share in the rights and responsibilities of rearing their children after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage [but] joint custody does not necessarily mean equal physical custody.»

Joint custody, when possible, is seen a practical and desirable since this is crucial in a continuing parent - child relationship even after divorce; however, it may be practical when the welfare of the child is jeopardized by one parent.

After a contentious custody battle, the parties were awarded joint legal custody of their two children, with the mother being awarded primary physical custody.

Martha Jacobson felt that the father should have joint custody, even though he had not asked for it, and even though she knew that he was planning to move 40 miles away to the next county right after the divorce, which would pose logistical problems with this kind of arrangement for a child in preschool or kindergarten.

When both parents share custody of the child (ren) after a divorce it is called joint custody, shared parenting or co-parenting, and may be either legal or physical in nature or both.

Also of note, a 2005 study by Margaret Brinig on the effects of presumptive joint custody laws found as follows:»... [S] eparation after the custody statute took effect, holding other things constant, was statistically significantly related to a decrease in the absolute dollars of child support awards, with a difference of about $ 80 a month.

Braver is a staunch advocate of continued father involvement in children's lives after divorce, and of joint legal custody as a tool to promote father involvement.

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Also see generally, e.g. Eleanore E. Maccoby & Robert H. Mnookin, Dividing the Child: Social and Legal Dilemmas of Custody, Harvard University Press (1992)(characterizing joint custody arrangements in which parents were not communicating as an indication that after a period of time, joint custody was not facilitating coparenting cooperation and not working for most of the famCustody, Harvard University Press (1992)(characterizing joint custody arrangements in which parents were not communicating as an indication that after a period of time, joint custody was not facilitating coparenting cooperation and not working for most of the famcustody arrangements in which parents were not communicating as an indication that after a period of time, joint custody was not facilitating coparenting cooperation and not working for most of the famcustody was not facilitating coparenting cooperation and not working for most of the families.)