Missouri allows third party custody in cases when it is warranted, if a court determines that both of the child's parents are unfit, unsuitable or unable to parent the child, and that awarding a third
party legal and physical custody is in the child's best interest.
Not exact matches
A court in Utah will always consider joint
physical or
legal custody if both
parties have completed a parenting plan
and if joint
custody serves the best interests of the child.
Full
custody allows one parent to have both
legal and physical custody of a child, while joint
custody allows both
parties to share
physical and / or
legal custody of a child.
if necessary to protect the child's welfare, give sole
legal and physical custody to a third
party (like a grandparent) who promises not to allow access to any violent parent.
The
parties have temporary shared
legal custody and the adverse
party has temporary primary
physical custody.
Upon consent of both
parties, parents may submit to the court a parenting plan to determine
physical and legal custody of the child.
The
parties agree that they shall share
legal custody of their minor child, but the Wife will have the primary
physical custody, subject only to the Husband's visitation with the minor child every other weekend beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Friday
and ending at 8:00 a.m. on the following Monday.
The court held that the applicable question was «whether these
parties truly share both
legal and physical custody.»
The court considers all types of
custody such as joint
legal, joint
physical, sole
custody,
and third -
party custody.
Full
custody allows one parent to have both
legal and physical custody of a child, while joint
custody allows both
parties to share
physical and / or
legal custody of a child.
In divorce
and child
custody cases, the contested issues vary depending on the
parties» unique circumstances, but generally they concern with whom the children will reside (
physical custody), who will make decisions concerning their religious
and educational upbringing, medical care
and treatment,
and extracurricular activities (
legal custody), how the assets
and debts of the
parties will be divided (equitable division of the marital property),
and what kind of spousal support, if any, is to be paid by one
party for the support of the other spouse.