Joint custody is like shared custody but with
near equal parenting time for both parents and with each parent having equal responsibility for all decisions concerning their children.
When there is
near equal parenting time, and the custodial parent has significantly higher income than the noncustodial parent, application of the parenting time credit should result in an order for the child support to be paid from a custodial parent to a noncustodial parent, absent grounds for a deviation.
Not exact matches
He maintained that «plaintiffs alleging
equal protection violations must prove intent and causation and not merely the existence of racial disparity,» and that «public schooling, even in the South, should be controlled by locally elected authorities acting in conjunction with
parents, and that it is desirable to permit pupils to attend schools
nearest their homes.»
With respect to the resolution of
parenting disputes after separation, fewer of the family law cases of respondents from Alberta resulted in a form of shared custody, defined as the
equal or
near -
equal distribution of children's time between separated
parents, compared to the cases of respondents from the rest of Canada.
This term means that both
parents enjoy
equal overnights or
near equal blocks of time with the child.
Because the only way to solve divorce or separation issues is in The Family Courts, our society has broken down to understand that Family Courts
equals no where
near the equality and Co-Parenting necessary to properly
parent our children after divorce or separation, and since The Family Court are the only power that can endorse or honour a Fami ly Court Order, most Family Court Orders are worthless ourside of The Family Courts, un-enforceable by police and are not recognized by very few other places other than The Fa mily Court.
It could play a very important role indeed in helping to ensure that this is what happens, that the best rights of the child are considered and that it means, in most cases,
near equal access to each of their
parents.
Under joint custody,
parents typically work out a co-parenting plan based upon work schedules, housing arrangements and the needs of their children to try and reach a
near equal amount of time with each
parent.