Sentences with phrase «primary custodial arrangement»

Not exact matches

(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary.

Physical custody, which means where children reside, may be an equal and shared physical custody arrangement where a child's time is evenly split between two homes, or an arrangement where the child resides with the primary custodial parent and the visitation schedule allows for parenting time with the non-custodial parent.

This article will examine recent decisions concerning the relocation of the custodial parent in sole or primary physical custody arrangements as well as the proposed relocation of a parent in cases involving a joint custodial arrangement, including both joint legal custody and joint physical custody.

This kind of arrangement usually gives the primary custodial parent the right to make major decisions concerning the child and allows the child to have a stable home environment.

This change in the law eliminates the terms «custody», «custodial» and «non-custodial parent», «primary residence», «primary residential parent» and «visitation» from all statutes in exchange for shared parenting plans and time - sharing arrangements.

In order to determine if such a shared custody arrangement existed, the court stated that the critical factor in making such a determination is the division of time regarding «each party's responsibility for the custodial functions, responsibilities and duties» normally performed by the child's primary caretaker.

The terms custodial parent and primary physical custody usually describe the same type of custody arrangement.

Terminology: In order to reaffirm our commitment of raising our child (ren) in a dual - household status, we choose to use the terms «live with mother» and «live with father» in describing our arrangement, rather than in terms of custody / primary and non - custodial / access as may be defined in other legal documents.

We have been serving the Rochester Region since 1975 What we believe: That maintaining meaningful parent / child relationship should be the primary goal of any custodial arrangement.

This is true whether she is the primary custodial parent or if parents share a joint custody arrangement.

(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary

However, the court also found that the relocation of a child by the parent of primary residence from one location in New Jersey to another may have a significant impact upon the relationship between the child and the non-residential custodial parent, and in those circumstances it may be necessary to modify the terms of the custodial and parenting - time arrangement.