Sentences with phrase «mean awarding custody»

With younger children, this may mean awarding custody to the parent who has been the child's primary caregiver.

Not exact matches

However, just because the rule has been phased out, that does not mean that parents can not ask a judge to award custody to the mother.

If a parent has been awarded legal custody of a child, this means that the parent has the legal authority to make decisions about the child's education, health and upbringing.

A court will award parents joint custody — meaning that parents will share the decision - making authority and must make all decisions together — only if they can demonstrate an ability to communicate and cooperate.

Courts can award joint physical custody — meaning that the toddler lives with both parents in equal time shares — or, the court can award sole physical custody — also called primary physical custody, meaning the toddler lives with one parent more than the other.

Sole custody can be awarded to one parent, which means that the child resides primarily with that parent and that parent has the exclusive right to make decisions about the child's upbringing.

Legal establishment of paternity does not automatically award an unwed father custody; it only means that he's in a position to ask the court for it.

In many cases, this means a judge will award joint custody.

Courts can award sole legal or physical custody, meaning only one parent has the right to that custody, but courts can also award shared legal or physical custody, meaning the parents split decision - making or time with their child, or both.

The state leans toward awarding joint custody, meaning that both parents have an equal say in major decisions.

Either parent may be awarded sole custody, which means that that parent has legal and physical custody of the child.

The court may also award joint physical custody, meaning that the child lives with both parents, or joint legal custody, requiring the parents to agree on decisions for the child.

Furthermore, Virginia courts may award sole custody to one parent, meaning that only one parent has both physical and legal custody.

Parents can be awarded joint conservatorship, which means one parent holds legal custody of the child and both hold shared physical possession of the child.

In all the jurisdictions, judges award disputed custody by deciding which parent serves the «best interest of the child» — a phrase that means what the judged says it means.

Legal custody refers to a parent's right to make important decisions for a child; courts commonly award joint legal custody, meaning the parents share the right to make important decisions, such as what medical care the child receives.

The court may also award joint legal custody, meaning that the parents must agree on decisions regarding the child, or that each parent is responsible for certain decisions.

Courts can also award one parent sole custody, which means that parent has the power to make major decisions about the child and the responsibility to be the child's primary caretaker.

In Michigan, the court may determine that parents can not adequately work together to take care of their child and award sole custody to one parent, meaning that one parent has both physical and legal custody.

If a parent is awarded sole legal custody, this typically means the other spouse does not have any decision - making authority.

Schwartz proposes the appointment of a guardian ad litem as a family mediator that can protect the interests of the children, promote the objectives of joint custody, and provide the courts with a means of evaluating joint custody awards.

When a parent is awarded sole physical custody of a child, it means the child resides with and is under the supervision of only one parent.