Sentences with phrase «retain custody of the children»

Mothers currently retain custody of the children in approximately 70 percent of divorces.

The Law allows non-Muslim mothers who do not renounce their religion to retain custody of their child, subject to the child's religious faith.

The client immediately had difficulty retaining custody of his children once the charges were laid.

If a judge denies her request to relocate, the custodial parent must make a decision whether she will remain in Pennsylvania and retain custody of her children, or move and relinquish custody to their other parent.

The adoption agency will retain custody of the child and be responsible for his / her welfare until the adoptive parents finalize the child's adoption in a New York State court.

However, when parents were never married, the mother may retain custody of the children until the father seeks visitation.

• Who will retain custody of the children?

It makes you feel terrible just thinking about it, but you've come to the conclusion that you may not be the best parent to retain custody of your children.

Not exact matches

Again we sat in front of the same judge who begged this literally insane woman to go to rehab so that she could retain custody of her minor children.

An order for joint custody may specify one home as the primary residence of the child and designate one parent to have sole power to make decisions regarding specific matters while both parents retain equal rights and responsibilities for other matters.

Both parents usually retain legal custody of the child, but courts are hesitant to award split physical custody, which can create a hardship for children.

The «Girl, Interrupted» actress will retain sole custody of the six children, who will have «therapeutic visits» with Pitt

Although women usually feel confident that they will retain custody of their kids, children are (not surprisingly) the number - one concern among women who file for divorce.

If Pennsylvania declines jurisdiction, the family court shall request Pennsylvania issue an order finding it no longer retains exclusive, continuing jurisdiction Pennsylvania Courts do not have jurisdiction over the matter of custody of this minor child.

In a nutshell, a Hague Convention application may be made when a child is taken or retained across an international border, away from his or her habitual residence, without the consent of a parent who has rights of custody under the law of the habitual residence, if the two countries are parties to the Convention.

The child has been «wrongfully removed or retained» in breach of rights of custody under the law of the State of the child's habitually residence.

Article 12 of the Hague Convention mandates the return of children who have been wrongfully taken or retained away from their habitual residence without the consent of a person with rights of custody, if less than one year has elapsed from the wrongful taking or retention to the commencement date of the return proceedings.

Regardless of whether a state has adopted the UCCJEA or retains the UCCJA, both the UCCJEA and the UCCJA are intended, among other things, to avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict with courts of other states in matters of child custody, to discourage continuing controversies over custody, and to deter abductions and other unilateral removals of children undertaken to obtain custody awards.

We've dealt with many cases of international child custody — in one recent example we successfully secured the return of a child that had been retained in Malta by their father, following a holiday there.

Sole custody means that one parent retains the right to make fundamental decisions regarding the upbringing and wellbeing of the child.

within one year after the holder of rights of custody has had or should have had knowledge of the whereabouts of the child, no request for return has been lodged before the competent authorities of the Member State where the child has been removed or is being retained;

Article 8 Any person, institution or other body claiming that a child has been removed or retained in breach of custody rights may apply either to the Central Authority of the child's habitual residence or to the Central Authority of any other Contracting State for assistance in securing the return of the child.

The chambers judge outlined the background and considered the evidence in light of the objects of the Hague Convention, being to secure the prompt return of children wrongfully removed to or retained in any contracting state, and to ensure that rights of custody and of access under the law of one contracting state are effectively respected in the other contracting states.

[para. 49] Because of this, the court went on, it is not necessary for a court to order a non-removal clause after making an interim custody order: the fact that the court retains some degree of custody under the Hague Convention, ``... removal of the child is unlawful within the meaning of the Convention...» [para. 50]

A child who is in the custody of his father in Ireland may go to visit his mother in the USA and, if she keeps him there beyond the agreed visiting time, he has been abducted and is unlawfully retained by his mother.

There are several reasons: (a) it's less adversarial than going to court; (b) it's more private; (c) you retain control of the process — i.e., you are not bound by what the mediator thinks (indeed, most mediators see their role as helping the parties effectuate their goals, not imposing the mediator's ideas); (d) it's usually much less expensive; (e) if there are children involved, the process is less likely to embroil them in a painful conflict; and (f) mediation often gives divorcing couples a better chance of successfully negotiating issues that may come up in the future (such as child support, alimony, or custody and visitation issues).

A court will need to determine if the non-custodial parent will assume full responsibility of the child, or if a third party like a grandparent will retain custody.

Finalization of Adoption: The Adoption Services of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New Orleans retains legal custody of the child until the court grants the final decree of adoption.

After extensive testimony from both parents, the trial court not unreasonably concluded that it was in the «best interest» of the minor children that the father and the mother retain joint legal custody and that the mother retain sole physical custody, even if she moved to Lancaster.

When children are involved and there are concerns related to parenting plans, visitation, and / or custody arrangement, a child mental health professional trained in collaborative practice may also be retained by the parties to have individual meetings with parents and children, attend collaborative «five - way» meetings (two clients, two attorneys, and one child specialist), consultation through meetings, conference calls, and email communication with the divorce coaches about child - and parent - related issues, and provide intervention to resolve child - related disputes as they may arise over the course of the collaborative divorce process.

If something were to happen to one of you, the other parent would immediately become the sole guardian and retain full custody of the children.

When you retain the help of my firm, I can help you resolve your unique child support and custody problems to ensure that your rights and the interests of your child are maintained.

Each parent retains legal custody of the child who lives with him or her and has scheduled visitation with the child who lives with the other parent.

A custodial parent who retains sole custody of a child often needs more financial support from a non-custodial parent, because of increased childcare cost and reduced work hours.

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The fact that the Clinical Investigator for the Office of the Children's Lawyer had previously recommended that the mother retain sole custody did not constitute an impediment to the trial judge doing what obviously had to be done.

If the two parents are married and share custody of their children, the surviving parent would obviously retain custodial guardianship over the child.

Instead of looking at court guidelines or even mediating a child custody dispute, the parties to a collaborative divorce proceeding may jointly retain a child psychologist, therapist or counselor, who will meet with the parties and the children and make recommendations regarding custody and visitation that are in the best interests of the child.

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Others may use it as sort of a child - related «prenup,» or prenuptial agreement that makes clear that in the event of a breakup one parent will retain primary custody of a child living in their shared home.

In child custody cases where primary residential custody is awarded, that parent often will retain ownership of the family home to ease the transition for the child.

When parents decide to end their marriage, they often disagree about custody arrangements for their children, and battles over who will retain primary custody can be an especially contentious part of divorce proceedings.

While feminists worked to enact laws that would help women retain their share of some of the economic security they had «in partnership» helped accumulate, along came joint custody theory and joint custody laws — once again, using feminists» own words about equality against them, and in a weird way, rendering children yet another possession for equitable division.

Prior to 1980, if there was a disagreement between mother and father about the custody of their child, the mother retained sole legal custody and was allowed to make all of the decisions, including whether her children would have a father in their life.

Her drug and alcohol addictions made it impossible for her to keep a job, maintain a home, or retain custody of her five children.