In situations where parents share joint physical custody, there is often a designation of parent of primary residence and
parent of alternate residence.
The parent who has the child less than the majority of overnights is deemed
the parent of alternate residence (PAR).
When two parents have not been to court previously to decide who is the parent of primary residence (PPR) and who is
the parent of alternate residence (PAR) the court has to make an initial determination of custody.
The other parent is the «
parent of alternate residence,» or PAR.
The Shared Parenting Worksheet is used to calculate child support when the non-custodial parent has two or more overnights per week, and
the parent of alternate residence can demonstrate that the child has separate living accommodations maintained specifically for the child.
The PPR has an obligation to provide notice of any proposed change in provider within a reasonable time to
the parent of alternate residence (PAR).
It is an alternative to the much more expensive, protracted and intense full custody evaluation and may be applicable to those parents who can't afford a full custody evaluation or where the dispute is minimal (such as the parties fighting over two versus three overnights per week with
the parent of alternate residence of the children).
At that point,
the parent of alternate residence can file a motion seeking the children's return as well as ask for other pertinent relief.
Not exact matches
Shared Physical Custody (the child
alternates periods
of residing with each
parent)- The child has two
residences, spending at least 35 %
of their time with the other
parent.