You may have
agreed on a child custody schedule in court, but getting it implemented correctly can be a challenge for some families.
During mediation, the parents work with a court - provided mediator to try to reach an
agreement on a child custody arrangement and / or visitation.
Additionally, you may find yourself grappling with motions to modify prior court
decisions on child custody, child support or spousal support.
When
deciding on child custody matters, state courts put the best interests of the child first and foremost when making their rulings.
Another area that can have a large
impact on child custody proceedings is the introduction by a paid psychologist or other expert witness of past patterns of behavior of one of the parents.
Without this, the actual and legal requirements faced by lawyers
working on child custody cases can no longer be met in the long term.
If both spouses agree to legal separation, the process like a divorce, leads to a final
judgment on child custody and other matters.
And lawyers may have a better
bead on child custody issues and what the court considers as a parenting plan that has the child's best interests.
Parents who can agree
on child custody through a parenting plan can make the process simpler; those who can not agree may face a difficult and emotional process.
Ideally, you and the other parent can come together with your attorneys and
decide on a child custody agreement that is fair and that the court will agree with.
If the judge makes the child custody decision for the parents, it is often referred to as a final judicial order or
judgment on child custody.
Workshop presented at the 10th AFCC Symposium
on Child Custody Evaluations, Phoenix, 11/2/2012 (with Robert Kaufman, Ph.D.) Intermittent Evaluative Mediation with Enduring Post-Divorce Conflict.
The Nebraska divorce section provides a professional directory of divorce lawyers, mediators, counselors, financial planners and other divorce professionals as well as
articles on child custody, visitation, child support, alimony, and property and debt division.
Co presented with Coates, C. A., Flens, J. R., Hobbs - Minor, E., & Nachlis, L. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, 6th International
Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations.
He was a principal consultant to the New York Law Revision Commission's Report
on the Child Custody Dispute Resolution Process, which recommended a program of mediation for child custody disputes.
He is the author of the classic book, Mediating Child Custody Disputes and has published extensively in the professional
literature on child custody and child psychology.
But, unlike divorcing couples, unmarried parents will not need to resolve any potentially complicated (and contentious) divorce - related issues such as division of property and payment of spousal support, so the decision - making process is focused almost
exclusively on child custody.
Associates in the Newark office had drafted wills for first responders through the Wills for Heroes program, offered
advice on child custody at a domestic violence clinic, and helped push asylum applications for undocumented children from South and Central America.
You should read our analysis of the Arizona Court of Appeals decision in the Hurd v. Hurd case for more information on the effect of domestic
violence on child custody decisions in Arizona.
What makes this analysis special is its direct association with the names of each judge
ruling on child custody determinations in each case.
Recent Projects: research on how to design an incinerator to avoid chemical reactions (two and a half hours, $ 100); history of a
bill on child custody; helping a small company build a corporate library.
If you live in California and have experienced a breakup where there are minor children involved, it is important to get a
handle on child custody laws in the state.
This course, and other educational programs, including
seminars on child custody, executive compensation, and bankruptcy, is intended to prepare AAML fellows to take the national exam.
These visitors will relate more readily to a page discussing child custody and outlining the process of working with your
firm on child custody issues than they will to an overview of family law services.
Depending on the child custody arrangement that the parties agree to when they decide to live separately, one parent may be responsible for ensuring that they provide financial support through child support payments to the other parent.