Fathers who are working on gaining sole or
joint custody of their children following a divorce will find resources to help in their efforts.
Not exact matches
According to North Carolina
child custody laws, if a military parent has sole or
joint custody of a
child and receives deployment papers that involve moving a substantial distance from the parent's home, a North Carolina family court will issue a temporary
custody order
of the
child during the parent's absence, which shall end no later than 10 days
following the parent's return.
What
follows are some
of the most frequently asked questions we get regarding
child custody,
joint custody,
child visitation, and family law.
The judge will weigh the
following factors when determining if
joint custody is in the best interest
of the
child:
We'll provide a brief refresher on the meaning
of the term (information you will also find in the
Child Custody and Access section of our Help Centre), followed by some more detailed information on when a court may, or may not, order joint c
Custody and Access section
of our Help Centre),
followed by some more detailed information on when a court may, or may not, order
joint custodycustody.
In comparison to
children in sole
custody arrangements,
children in
joint custody arrangements who spend at least 35 percent
of their time with each
of their parents enjoy the
following benefits:
The ideal set forth in Section 3040 (a) is that
joint custody is the first choice
of a judge,
followed by a person in whose home a
child has continually resided and lastly, to anyone else judged to be able to provide adequate care.
According to North Carolina
child custody laws, if a military parent has sole or
joint custody of a
child and receives deployment papers that involve moving a substantial distance from the parent's home, a North Carolina family court will issue a temporary
custody order
of the
child during the parent's absence, which shall end no later than 10 days
following the parent's return.
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.
However, even this turns into a larger net loss in buying power for the custodial parent because
of inflation during the same time period...» [Presumption
of joint custody] legislation increased the number
of motions to modify or enforce parenting time or
child custody... the number did increase significantly (and almost doubled)
following enactment
of the statute.
A number
of duplicative father's rights websites (e.g. Shared Parenting, CRC) and
custody articles cite to the
following items to make the claim that «the research» supports
joint custody as being either innocuous or actually beneficial for
children or women.
The District
of Columbia Court
of Appeals expressed its concern regarding
joint custody of young
children as
follows:
The court found that
joint custody would be unworkable because
of the
following communication related issues: 1) the father had the tendency to bully the mother, 2) the father continued to denigrate the mother in the
child's presence, and 3) the parents had incompatible approaches to communication.
What
follows is a legislative proposal that creates a simpler statute, and, while it includes
joint custody, it emphasizes maintaining the status quo with regard to caretaking while encouraging an assessment
of what best addresses the need
of the
child.