Sentences with phrase «order equal parenting time»

If the parents can't agree on a parenting plan, the judge has no option but to order equal parenting time, regardless of the logistics.

In other cases, the court might order equal parenting time, but in all cases, courts must order parenting plans that maximize each parents parenting time with their children.

Not exact matches

A trial was held and the family court entered an order awarding joint custody and equal parenting time between Father and Mother.

[9] The most important provisions in the order, from my perspective, were that the defendant was required to produce to the plaintiff her monthly work schedule as soon as reasonably possible but in any event within 48 hours of receiving it; that upon receiving the defendant's work schedule the plaintiff was required to draw a calendar setting out parenting time for each parent for the coming month, the primary aim being to see that the children spend equal time with both parents if possible.

Such interim orders contained provisions stating that the plaintiff and the defendant shall have interim joint custody and guardianship, that the primary address of the children shall be the defendant's address, that for the purpose of access arrangements the plaintiff shall promptly inform the defendant of her monthly work schedule, and the defendant shall make efforts to ensure the children spend equal time with both the plaintiff and the defendant and, upon receipt of such work schedule, draw a calendar setting out parenting time for each parent for the coming month, and that the plaintiff shall be allowed to travel to Japan with the children from November 2, 2002 through November 18, 2002.

Yet under the Family Law amendment, judicial orders for these couples must apply a presumption that equal shared responsibility is in the best interests of a child and consequently, a judge must «favourably» consider a further order that a child spend equal time with each parent.

A very general Parenting Order may simply state that each parent has equal parenting time, meaning the child spends an equal amount of time with each parent and all decisions regarding the child are equallParenting Order may simply state that each parent has equal parenting time, meaning the child spends an equal amount of time with each parent and all decisions regarding the child are equallparenting time, meaning the child spends an equal amount of time with each parent and all decisions regarding the child are equally shared.

If the parent proposing the move or removal has sole legal or joint legal custody of the child and the child resides with that parent for the greater period of time or the parents have substantially equal periods of physical placement with the child, as an alternative to the petition, motion or order to show cause under par.

Parents share a joint and equal responsibility for following parenting time orders.

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.

The judge ordered roughly equal parenting time, which was what J had said he wanted.

-- Enabling parenting coordination by agreement or court order; — Amending the Commercial Arbitration Act to address family arbitrations; — integrating reproductive technologies into determining a child's legal parents; — Replacing the terms «custody» and «access» with «guardianship» and «parenting time»; — Defining «guardianship» through a list of «parental responsibilities» that can be allocated to allow for more customized parenting arrangements; — Extending the legislative property division regime to common - law spouses who have lived together for two years in a marriage - like relationship or who are in marriage - like relationship of some permanence and have children together; — Excluding certain types of property (e.g. pre-relationship property, gifts, and inheritances) from the pool of family property to be divided 50 - 50; and — Providing that debts are subject to equal division.

In joint custody situations, support may not be ordered at all if the parents have similar incomes and spend an equal amount of time with the child.

More and more decisions are coming down ordering equal time shared parenting.

Absent a joint custody agreement by the parents that includes an unequal physical custody arrangement, a judge is now required to order joint custody with an equal amount of parenting time, regardless of where the parent lives, unless one parent is ruled to be unfit.

But when shared responsibility is imposed (child abuse or family violence cancels the presumption), the courts are required to consider a further order that a child spend equal time with each of the parents.

Court orders entitle some noncustodial parents to equal amounts of time with the child as the custodian has.

(c) if it is, consider making an order to provide (or including a provision in the order) for the child to spend equal time with each of the parents.

(b) the court does not make an order (or include a provision in the order) for the child to spend equal time with each of the parents; and

FAMILY LAW — CHILDREN — Best interests — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility and for the child to live with them — Where the respondent mother believes the child would settle down and accept the arrangement if the court ordered for the child to spend no time with applicant father — Where the court has a statutory mandate to make parenting orders with the child's best interests as the paramount concern — Where there is little doubt that the child would benefit from having a meaningful relationship with both parents — Where the child's clear views that he does not want to spend time with the respondent mother should be given significant weight in the circumstances — Where the child is of an age, maturity and intelligence to have principally formed his own rationally based views — Where the court is satisfied that it is in the child's best interests for the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility to be rebutted — Where the respondent father is to have sole parental responsibility and the child is to live with him — Where the applicant mother is permitted to attend certain school and sporting events of the child — Where the child should be able to instigate contact with the respondent mother as he considers appropriate to his needs and circumstances — Where the orders made are least likely to lead to the institution of further proceedings in relation to the child — Where the child is to have the outcome of these proceedings, the effect of the orders and the reasons for judgment explained to him by an expert as soon as reasonably practical.

Less commonly, in what we will refer to as a shared custody order, the parents share primary physical custody, and the children spend nearly equal time with each parent.

Last year Kentucky passed a law making joint physical custody and equal parenting time the norm in all temporary orders before a divorce is finalized.

If a parent with the majority of or an equal amount of parenting time wants to move under certain circumstances, they need to obtain the agreement of the other parent or a court order.

The CBA objects to the proposed legislation, which says equal parenting time and responsibility must be ordered in every case.

Arizona courts have interpreted joint legal decision - making and equal 50 - 50 parenting time as their default orders based on recent law and precedent.

As equal parenting time and joint legal decision making are almost a given (aside from certain specific activities that rebut the presumption), parents can work from that place in order to personalize and custom tailor their specific agreements to fit their schedules, and their children's needs.

Even after explosive divorce litigation in Arizona, judge - ordered outcomes of joint legal decision - making and equal parenting time are still most common.

It would add an approach based on an equal sharing of the parental role and will replace the terms «custody» and «access» with «parenting orders», «parental responsibility» and «parenting time».

A physical custody arrangement where parents share equal parenting time will be ordered by a Kansas judge if parents are in agreement with that arrangement.

Bill C - 560 aimed to implement a presumption of equal shared parenting — where the starting point for negotiations between separated parents was to be as close to equal time shared as possible with their children and to «replace the concept of «custody orders» with that of «parenting orders.

Joint physical custody means that physical custody is shared by both parents in order to assure the child of substantially equal time and contact with both parents.

Brown v. Lloyd was a motion by the dad to change the previous final order so as to increase his already liberal access time with his then 9 year old son to equal parenting time.

Arizona courts have shown a willingness to order equal physical parenting time for both parents.

The children are often the ones who suffer the most in these types of conflicts, and in order to provide a better environment for children following divorce, the Michigan House of Representatives is currently considering legislation which would give equal parenting time to divorced parents.