Sentences with phrase «ordered joint custody situations»

Wallerstein: I can only conclude that joint custody as a legal presumption for all children is a misguided policy... children, especially girls, do very poorly in court ordered joint custody situations.

Not exact matches

In joint custody situations, the judge could order the sale of the house and require both spouses and children to relocate.

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.

Typically, courts order joint physical care in situations in which the court also orders joint custody.

In such situations, the father generally must prove his parental rights if the mother contests them, in order to be entitled to a joint custody arrangement.

However, New York courts will sometimes order a situation that amounts to «joint physical custody,» even if they don't use those terms to describe it.

Fact: Fewer child support awards are ordered in joint physical custody cases; there is a greater income differential between fathers» households and mothers» households post-divorce in joint custody situations than in sole custody situations; and fathers with joint custody are more likely to have higher incomes relative to their ex-wives than fathers in situations of maternal custody.

The statute gives the court reason to be cautious in entering a joint custody order in these situations by requiring the judge to consider prior parenting history, but it is unclear whether prior history, listed as a factor to be considered in rebutting the presumption, will gain the distinction warranted in these situations.

Neither parent had final say since the joint custody order did not provide for final decisionmaking in this situation.