Sentences with phrase «more joint decisions»

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Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

Other couples don't have a problem with this at all or make a joint decision to make the nighttime proximity with baby more of a priority.

Under shared parenting, both parents have the right to make joint decisions regarding the child and parenting time is divided more equally.

Unite's joint general secretary Tony Woodley was even more effusive, welcoming his decision to come out against many of New Labour's policies «at long last».

Interactive Entertainment has announced that no more expansion packs will be produced for LEGO Dimensions, after a joint decision has been made to call time on the game.

In countless Canadian and other decisions abroad, joint affidavits have been received and considered by the courts without any thought as to whether an affidavit made by more than one affiant at the same time and as to the same allegations is good evidence.

When parents have joint custody, they have equal decision making rights, although one parent may have physical custody of the child significantly more than the other parent.

Joint custody essentially means that both parents must agree on major decisions... MORE»

In regards to the marriage of Roger E. Thompson (Petitioner / Appellant) and Tanya F. Thompson (Respondent / Appellee), under Arizona Revised Statute 25 - 408, a parent granted joint custody and legal decision making or parenting time is granted the right to a minimum of 60 days of advanced notice prior to a relocation of the minor child by the other parent «more than 100 miles within the state.»

We also include within the definition an organized system of health care in which more than one covered entity participates, and in which the participating covered entities hold themselves out to the public as participating in a joint arrangement, and in which the joint activities of the participating covered entities include at least one of the following: utilization review, in which health care decisions by participating covered entities are reviewed by other participating covered entities or by a third party on their behalf; quality assessment and improvement activities, in which treatment provided by participating covered entities is assessed by other participating covered entities or by a third party on their behalf; or payment activities, if the financial risk for delivering health care is shared in whole or in part by participating covered entities through the joint arrangement and if protected health information created or received by a covered entity is reviewed by other participating covered entities or by a third party on their behalf for the purpose of administering the sharing of financial risk.

Two recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decisions have cast doubt on previous authority relating to joint tortfeasors, and provided guidance relevant not only to discrimination claims but also to tort more generally.

Joint efforts should focus on prevention, training workers to recognize both types of problems, improving assessment and referral procedures, providing access to appropriate treatment programs, encouraging clients to stay in substance abuse treatment, expediting permanency decisions, supporting recovery after discharge from treatment, and advocating for a more comprehensive service system.

Having both parties and the collaborative team meet altogether helps to more quickly resolve issues and make joint decisions faster.

From the moment two people decide to get married through their wedding day, partners face a host of unique experiences during their engagement period, including more in - depth interactions with in - laws, making important joint financial decisions, and preparing for a publically declared, lifelong commitment.

When there is more than one adult in a family, those who have primary responsibility for raising the children need to make joint decisions about the children and face and resolve any differences they have in order to do so.

One state is pushing for more joint custody decisions to give kids equal time with both parents.

In a nutshell, the report found that the legal professionals who utilize it have an overwhelmingly positive view of its ability to reduce parental conflict, move cases more quickly through the court, help children, assist in the time - sharing process, improve joint decision - making, and increase parental communication.

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.

With that joint legal custody then, that parent would have to confer with the other parent, regarding major decisions and that may be the child needs some medical care, not a flu shot but maybe something more specific.

Rather, many states recognize some form of «joint» or «shared» custody that affirms the decision - making and caretaking status of more than one adult.

By Lisa Gelman An interesting decision from Ontario took away a father's joint custody of his son, but allowed him to retain access so that the son, who was... Read more

While a number of researchers purport to have found relitigation rates lower following mediated decisions, or (primarily in early studies) in joint custody arrangements, not one of these studies appears to have corrected for (in the first case) the reality that negotiated agreements are not as legally amenable to modification as court orders, or (in both cases) that couples who achieved accord in mediation, as well as those who voluntarily chose early joint custody arrangements were already relatively more amicable couples.

Often claims for joint custody are more about a desire to share in decision - making, than about a desire to share in the day - to - day caregiving.

By Jennifer Samara Shuber A recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision has confirmed that placing a property in joint tenancy means sharing the property equally on... Read more

Honestly, it was a joint decision between my wife and me; in fact, I was more scared than she was.