Sentences with phrase «participate in a child custody case»

The appeals court in the Gove case held that a parent places their physical, mental, and psychological condition before the court when they participate in a child custody case as a result of the legislature specifically including the parties» mental and physical health as an issue the court is required to consider.

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This issue should not be confused with the issue of Shared Parental Responsibility (legal custody), which is awarded to both parents in the vast majority of cases and which gives each parent the same right to participate in making important decisions affecting their children in areas such as education, medical care, religious upbringing, etc..

[FN156] The case was tried prior to the Act's passage, but the Court of Appeals referred to the new law specifying its application to unmarried parents as bolstering its conclusion that even prior to the passage of the Act, joint custody could be awarded to unmarried parents, «particularly in a case such as this, where both parents -LSB--RSB- actively participated in the upbringing of the child.»