Sentences with phrase «joint parental responsibility for child»

In Massachusetts, the Child Support Guidelines are intended to encourage joint parental responsibility for child support in proportion to income, also taking into consideration other monetary and non-monetary contributions as well as the availability and cost of health insurance coverage for the child.

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We published a discussion paper, Birth Registration and Parental Responsibility, in March 2007 when the Government was first considering the issue, and identified in it some of the costs and benefits to fathers, mothers, children and society of the Government's taking a more pro-active stance towards joint birth registration for unmarried fathers.

The court may award joint custody, where the parents share decision - making for the children, or sole custody, one parent having control over and parental responsibility for the care, upbringing and education of the child.

Florida judges presume that joint legal custody, called shared parental responsibility, is best for every child.

Section 61.13 of the Florida Statutes advises that a judge can only grant a request for sole parental responsibility if joint decision making would be detrimental to a child.

Under child custody laws in New Hampshire, joint legal custody, wherein both parents share joint responsibility for all parental rights and decisions, is deemed beneficial for the child.

From a socio - cultural viewpoint, cognitively responsive behaviours (e.g. maintaining versus redirecting interests, rich verbal input) are thought to facilitate higher levels of learning because they provide a structure or scaffold for the young child's immature skills, such as developing attentional and cognitive capacities.9 Responsive behaviours in this framework promote joint engagement and reciprocity in the parent - child interaction and help a child learn to assume a more active and ultimately independent role in the learning process.10 Responsive support for the child to become actively engaged in solving problems is often referred to as parental scaffolding, and is also thought to be key for facilitating children's development of self - regulation and executive function skills, behaviours that allow the child to ultimately assume responsibility for their well - being.11, 12