If you are not making
parenting arrangements under the Divorce Act, you may decide to have your parenting plan included in an order under provincial or territorial law or to make it a legally binding agreement.
If you are not divorcing but are still using this tool, you can find information about
parenting arrangements under the family justice laws that apply in your province or territory.
You can use this parenting plan tool if you're making
parenting arrangements under the Divorce Act.
Supervised Time - Sharing -
a parenting arrangement under which time - sharing between a parent and his or her child (ren) is supervised by either a friend, family member, or a supervised visitation center.
Sole Parental Responsibility -
a parenting arrangement under which the responsibility for the minor child (ren) is given to one parent by the court, with or without rights of time - sharing to the other parent.
Not exact matches
She feels that this
parenting arrangement is the best possible one they can have
under the circumstances.
Although the
parents do not go around the neighborhood together,
under this
arrangement, the children stay in their usual environs with their friends and are still able to enjoy time with both of their
parents.
Under the new law, surrogacy
arrangements are regulated by a statute which states that a «judgment or order shall establish the
parent - child relationship of the intended
parent or intended
parents identified in the surrogacy agreement and shall establish that the surrogate, her spouse, or partner is not a
parent of, and has no parental rights or duties with respect to, the child or children.»
Further, it has been shown that in the majority of cases where a child was apparently suffocated, some abnormal sleeping
arrangement was present, such as too many people in too small a bed,
parents under the influence of sleep - altering drugs or alcohol, or unsafe sleeping surfaces such as couches or bean bags.
No study has shown, however, that the goals for separateness and independence (or happiness, for that matter) are obtained in the individual by, among other things, separate sleeping
arrangements for
parents and children, nor do any studies demonstrate negative consequences for children or
parents who choose to cosleep for ideological or emotional purposes, except when cosleeping is part of a larger psychologically disordered set of family relationships or when cosleeping occurs
under dangerous social or physical circumstances.
The principle that children
under three should not stay overnight with their separated or divorced fathers, when
parents can not agree on co-
parenting arrangements, has recently reappeared as an argument against co-residential
parenting for very young children.
Under this
arrangement, both
parents remain involved in the decision making responsibilities regarding the children, with each
parent having «tie breaking» authority regarding certain issues, such as education, health and dental care, religion, civic and cultural activities, and athletic involvement.
For example, you and the child's other
parent may wish to work out an
arrangement under which you both make decisions on the child's upbringing and welfare.
The courts in these cases noted that,
under certain custody
arrangements, non-custodial
parents may have visitation schedules that rival those of the custodial
parents and at a similar cost.
Such a system would entail allowing
parents to choose the schools their children will attend, because the many different kinds of schools established
under such an
arrangement would correspond to the values and needs of educators, students, and
parents.
Under the school admissions code, the local education authority must make it clear in admissions
arrangements that
parents can request a deferral until later in the academic year or until the term in which the child reaches compulsory school age.
When the child is young (typically
under 14),
parents have to be the ones who make decisions about the
parenting arrangement.
Under the new version of the best interest test, a judge needs to ask all of the following questions about proposed
parenting time and custody
arrangements:
(e) In determining the proportion of caretaking functions each
parent previously performed for the child
under the
parenting plan before relocation, the court may not consider a division of functions arising from any
arrangements made after a relocation but before a modification hearing on the issues related to relocation.
Eligible employees may request a flexible working
arrangement to assist with care for: A child or children
under the age of eighteen for whom the employee has assumed parental responsibility; A person or persons with a serious health condition in a family relationship with the employee; or A
parent (age 65 or older) of the employee.
Under this
arrangement, regardless of physical custody, the
parents have an equal right to make determinations about their child's future.
Under many custody
arrangements, children are with one
parent or the other for longer stretches during the summer than during -LSB-...]
Sharing extensive jurisdiction with the Supreme Court
under the new BC Family Law Act, the Provincial Court handles matters including guardianship,
parenting arrangements, child and spousal maintenance, and protection... View website from Provincial Court of British Columbia
The second is that where the court makes an express order requiring the
parent with care to comply with contact
arrangements, and that order is breached, then, in the interests of consistency, the judge must support the order by considering enforcement, either
under the enforcement provisions in section 11J of the 1989 Child Act or by contempt proceedings.
Under s. 47 of the Act, the court may change the terms of an order respecting
parenting arrangements where there has been a change in the needs or circumstances of the child...
If an order contains terms governing
parenting arrangements, can a family law arbitrator vary the
parenting arrangements in the order and, if so,
under what circumstances?
Private fostering is when a child
under the age of 16 (or 18 if disabled) is looked after for 28 days or more by someone who is not their
parent or a relative, and the
arrangement was made privately.
If
arrangements for your children
under a court order are not working out, either
parent may apply to the court for the order to be changed, revoked, or enforced.
For example,
under a joint custody
arrangement both
parents will be able to make decisions in terms of education, religion and health care.
Under a shared custody
arrangement, the child does not necessarily spend an equal amount of time with each
parent.
Visitation rights can be granted to grandparents or other parties other than the
parents under Louisiana law if such a custody
arrangement is in the child's best interest.
The right is structured so that it is functional and flexible, and it will not place the current residential
parent under a scheduling burden that will effectively prevent that
parent from engaging in spontaneous last - minute
arrangements and activities
under threat of facing possible litigation allegations of noncompliance or noncooperation.
That amount can then be added
under the appropriate
parenting arrangement below.
Under this
arrangement, while only one
parent has physical custody, both maintain legal custody at all times.
Health Insurance - coverage
under a fee - for - service
arrangement, health care maintenance organization, or preferred provider organization, and other types of coverage available to either
parent,
under which medical services could be provided to a minor or dependent child.
Further, if the
parent ordered to pay support has at least 30 percent of the overnights with the child
under a custody order, it is considered a shared custody
arrangement and the court has discretion to reduce the obligation to account for any support provided directly by that
parent during overnight visitation.
Shared Parental Responsibility - an
arrangement under which both
parents have full parental rights and responsibilities for their child (ren), and the
parents make major decisions affecting the welfare of the child (ren) jointly.
Non-parent third parties may obtain child custody rights when biological
parents consent to the
arrangement or if it becomes necessary
under the circumstances to grant custody to a third party.
Most Americans will use the Adoption License process, whereby an adoptive child will leave Jamaica
under a guardianship
arrangement in the custody of their future
parents.
On the last page,
under Section II — your requested «relief» — check the second box, asking the court to approve your proposed
parenting plan for a custody
arrangement.
Under this
arrangement, both
parents share custody of the child, with one
parent designated as the primary residential custodian of the minor, and the non-custodial
parent enjoys visitation.
Three primary considerations
under the best interests of the child test that the courts often consider are preserving the status quo in the interests of maintaining some stability for the child, whether one
parent acted as the primary caregiver during the relationship, and the importance of keeping siblings together when considering future housing
arrangements.
Throughout the United States, family, friend and neighbor (FFN) care is the most common child care
arrangement for children
under the age of 5 whose
parents are employed.
The term Shared Lives Carers is used to cover
arrangements under a «specific social care scheme» and covers Adult Placement Carers, Kinship Carers, Staying Put Carers and
Parents & Child
arrangements.
The study showed that
under these circumstances frequent shuttling between both
parents in joint custody was «linked to more troubled emotional problems» in children than the sole - custody
arrangement.
Shared physical custody means a child lives part of the time with each
parent, having more frequent and substantial contact with each
parent than
under a sole custody
arrangement, in which one
parent has primary physical custody and the other has occasional visitation.
Joint custody can also refer to joint physical custody, in which the child spends time with each
parent, either on a roughly even basis or in blocks of time that are, in effect, no greater than visitation
under a sole custody
arrangement.
If a
parent can not comply with
parenting time
arrangements, despite their good faith efforts to do so, or if they are inadvertently late for a pickup or drop off, it would not be wise to immediately seek court sanctions
under either the family law or criminal law statutes.
The possible sanctions include: compensatory time with the children; economic sanctions for costs incurred by the non-violator
parent due to the other
parent's custody or
parenting time violation; modification of the existing transportation (pick up / drop off
arrangements)-- including changing the exchange location to a public place; ordering counseling for either or both of the parties and / or the children at the expense of the violator; ordering a temporary or permanent modification of the
parenting time and custodial
arrangement if
under the circumstances this relief is in the best interests of the children; ordering the violator to participate in a community service program; incarceration of the violator with or without work - release; issuance of a warrant to be executed if the violator persists in failing to comply with court orders; any other appropriate equitable remedy.
Under this sort of
arrangement both
parents are usually encouraged to take an active role in their child's upbringing, discipline and
parenting plans.