Sentences with phrase «legal and physical custody arrangements»

Legal and physical custody arrangements in recent divorces.

Not exact matches

Full custody differs from joint custody in that a full custody arrangement grants legal and physical custody to one parent as opposed to both parents.

The most common arrangement is one in which one parent has sole physical custody, both parents have legal custody, and the noncustodial parent is granted visitation time.

When we refer to «sole custody,» we are typically referring to a court ordered arrangement wherein one parent has both legal and physical custody of the child.

Most modern custody arrangements give physical custody to one parent (called the «custodial» parent) and grant visitation rights and shared «legal custody» to the non-custodial parent.

In true «joint custody» arrangements, parents share equal «legal custody» and «physical custody» rights.

Kansas judges deciding custody cases must determine «legal custody,» which refers to the responsibility to make educational, medical and other major decisions for a child, and «physical custody,» meaning the child's living and visitation arrangement with the parents.

This article will examine recent decisions concerning the relocation of the custodial parent in sole or primary physical custody arrangements as well as the proposed relocation of a parent in cases involving a joint custodial arrangement, including both joint legal custody and joint physical custody.

Sole custody refers to a custody arrangement where one parent has both legal and physical custody of the child.

Legal custody does not generally describe the child's living arrangements; rather, physical custody establishes where the child will live and who can spend time with her.

Child custody arrangements in North Carolina dictate the terms of physical and legal custody of children.

For the purposes of clarifying some of this confusion, let's take a moment to go over the differences between joint legal and joint physical custody, as well as some of the many ways choosing a joint physical custody arrangement can help both you and your children.

During a divorce, California courts determine custody arrangements for the divorcing couple's children, splitting both physical custody (who the child lives with) and legal custody (who makes important decisions for the child).

When parents divorce or are unable to agree on a custody arrangement, the court will make a determination as to which parent will have legal and physical custody.

Once a court issues an order for joint legal and physical custody, both parents must make legal custody decisions together and adhere to the physical custody arrangements.

Since Kentucky favors joint custody arrangements over sole custody, where one parent has physical custody, legal custody or both, 50/50 parenting time arrangements are not uncommon and may come in various forms.

During the initial stages of the divorce proceedings, before the court issues orders to modify the child custody arrangements, both parents typically continue to share legal custody and physical custody of the child.

In a joint custody arrangement, parents share physical and / or legal custody of a child; whereas, in a full custody arrangement, one parent has sole responsibility for a child.

Further, as respecting possible modification, because of past issues of the defendant failing to comply with orders of the court; providing token compliance with orders of the court while ignoring the spirit and intent of the orders (including the orders dated December 1, 2010); the defendant's lengthy pattern of contemptuous conduct; the expenses and financial waste caused by the defendant; the substantial financial drain on the resources of the plaintiff and the guardian ad litem caused by the defendant; the pattern of parental alienation; prior false reports of abuse and / or neglect to governmental entities; and the need for repose on the part of the minor child, it is anticipated that in addition to satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, no modification motion is permitted to be filed by defendant regarding the sole physical and / or sole legal custody arrangements, except in the case of the plaintiff's total and permanent disability as determined by the Social Security Administration, unless the following conditions are satisfied...» Eisenlohr v. Eisenlohr, 2011 WL 1566201 at * 4 (Conn.Super.).

Much more common than true joint custody arrangements (where both physical and legal custody are shared) is «joint legal custody,» in which both parents share the right to make long - term decisions about the raising of a child and key aspects of the child's welfare, with physical custody awarded to one parent.

Every situation is different, so it is possible that parents may be in an arrangement where both parents have joint legal custody, and only one parent is granted sole physical custody (or vice versa).

A sole custody arrangement gives only one parent legal and / or physical rights and responsibilities, while a joint custody arrangement gives both parents shared rights and responsibilities.

New Hampshire courts have a tendency to prefer a joint legal custody arrangement and joint physical custody, if not ample visitation time to a non-custodial parent.

In California, the legal presumption is that parents will have joint physical custody and joint legal custody of children — a truly shared arrangement — unless one parent proves that this wouldn't be good for the children.

THE JOINT CUSTODY ADVOCATES CLAIM: Lerman, Isabel A. «Adjustment of latency age children in joint and single custody arrangements» California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, 1989 This study evaluated 90 children, aged 7 to 12, divided equally among maternal, joint legal, and joint physical custody CUSTODY ADVOCATES CLAIM: Lerman, Isabel A. «Adjustment of latency age children in joint and single custody arrangements» California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, 1989 This study evaluated 90 children, aged 7 to 12, divided equally among maternal, joint legal, and joint physical custody custody arrangements» California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, 1989 This study evaluated 90 children, aged 7 to 12, divided equally among maternal, joint legal, and joint physical custody custody groups.

A court will generally agree to joint child custody arrangements when parents are able to work together to make legal custody decisions and physical custody arrangements that benefit the child.

There are two types of custody arrangements in Massachusetts: legal custody and physical custody.

A typical shared custody arrangement may have both parents sharing physical and legal custody, where one parent has the child during the week and the other parent during the weekend.