Sentences with phrase «least equal parenting time»

Childrensrightscouncil Illinois In fact, according to university researcher Dr. Emily Douglas, in «Mending Broken Families: social policies for divorced families», the overwhelming majority of divorcing fathers have wanted at least equal parenting time with their children, or sole custody — and this has been consistent since the first surveys were undertaken in the early 1960s.

Not exact matches

The trend in Florida has been toward equal parenting time and time sharing for parents since about 2014, at least whenever possible.

FAMILY LAW — CHILDREN — Best interests — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility and for the child to live with them — Where the respondent mother believes the child would settle down and accept the arrangement if the court ordered for the child to spend no time with applicant father — Where the court has a statutory mandate to make parenting orders with the child's best interests as the paramount concern — Where there is little doubt that the child would benefit from having a meaningful relationship with both parents — Where the child's clear views that he does not want to spend time with the respondent mother should be given significant weight in the circumstances — Where the child is of an age, maturity and intelligence to have principally formed his own rationally based views — Where the court is satisfied that it is in the child's best interests for the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility to be rebutted — Where the respondent father is to have sole parental responsibility and the child is to live with him — Where the applicant mother is permitted to attend certain school and sporting events of the child — Where the child should be able to instigate contact with the respondent mother as he considers appropriate to his needs and circumstances — Where the orders made are least likely to lead to the institution of further proceedings in relation to the child — Where the child is to have the outcome of these proceedings, the effect of the orders and the reasons for judgment explained to him by an expert as soon as reasonably practical.

In our survey, the respondents reported that an average of 46 % of their cases involve some form of equal parenting time («joint physical custody,» «shared custody,» or «shared residence,» in which the children spend at least 40 % of their time with each parent).

With respect to each and every issue that the judge addresses, it is this writer's opinion that Her Honour was on the right and sensible side each and every time (or at least until such time as the legislation changes and we have a rebuttable presumption in favour of equal shared parenting).

Shared parenting does not necessarily mean equal parenting, at least not in terms of residential time with the child.