Authorised carers now have the option to apply for
sole parental responsibility for children and young people who have been in their care for two years or more.
Not exact matches
The court may award joint custody, where the parents share decision - making
for the
children, or
sole custody, one parent having control over and
parental responsibility for the care, upbringing and education of the
child.
In this aspect women in particular (thanks to Gardners sterotyping) are told to leave their abusers and are supported therein, but as soon as it happens and they are fighting
for sole parental responsibilities to protect their
child from exploitation and as a proxy
for continued abuse, they are labeled «mother gaters» or alienators.
Section 61.13 of the Florida Statutes advises that a judge can only grant a request
for sole parental responsibility if joint decision making would be detrimental to a
child.
If the court determines that shared
parental responsibility would be detrimental to the
child, it may order
sole parental responsibility and make such arrangements
for time - sharing as specified in the parenting plan as will best protect the
child or abused spouse from further harm.
FAMILY LAW —
CHILDREN — With whom a child shall live — Where there are competing applications for the care of the children by the maternal grandmother, the maternal grandmother's former de-facto partner and the maternal great aunt and uncle — Where the children's biological mother supports the maternal great aunt and uncle's application for sole parental responsibility and residence with them for the subject children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle have parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
CHILDREN — With whom a
child shall live — Where there are competing applications
for the care of the
children by the maternal grandmother, the maternal grandmother's former de-facto partner and the maternal great aunt and uncle — Where the children's biological mother supports the maternal great aunt and uncle's application for sole parental responsibility and residence with them for the subject children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle have parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children by the maternal grandmother, the maternal grandmother's former de-facto partner and the maternal great aunt and uncle — Where the
children's biological mother supports the maternal great aunt and uncle's application for sole parental responsibility and residence with them for the subject children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle have parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children's biological mother supports the maternal great aunt and uncle's application
for sole parental responsibility and residence with them
for the subject
children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle have parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle have
parental responsibility for the mother's three youngest
children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children — Where the maternal great aunt and uncle will facilitate a relationship between the
children and the maternal family, including the children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children and the maternal family, including the
children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have parental responsibility for the children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children's mother — Ordered the maternal aunt and uncle shall each have
parental responsibility for the
children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children, to the exclusion of the mother and father of the
children — Ordered the children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children — Ordered the
children shall live with the maternal aunt a
children shall live with the maternal aunt and uncle
FAMILY LAW —
CHILDREN — with whom the
child lives — where there are allegations the father and paternal grandmother sexually abused the
child — whether there is an unacceptable risk of harm to the
child in the father's care — where the
child has speech and language delays — where the
child had spent unsupervised time with the father after separation — where the parties entered into final Consent Orders in October 2015 — where the allegations arose after that — where the
child has been spending supervised time with the father since October 2016 — where the mother obtained a domestic violence protection order against the father in 2015 — where an order
for equal shared
parental responsibility is not in the
child's best interests — where an unacceptable risk of harm is not found — where the mother is granted
sole parental responsibility — where the
child will continue to live primarily with the mother and spend unsupervised time with the father on an increasing basis
FAMILY LAW —
CHILDREN — Parenting — Parental responsibility — With whom the children shall live and spend time — Separation of siblings — Where the two eldest children have been living with the father and the youngest child has been living with the mother — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility for all three children and for the children to live with them ---- Where there are concerns about the mother's parenting capacity in relation to the two eldest children — Where the mother's relationship with the youngest child is a protective factor for the child — Orders made for the father to have sole parental responsibility for the two eldest children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
CHILDREN — Parenting —
Parental responsibility — With whom the children shall live and spend time — Separation of siblings — Where the two eldest children have been living with the father and the youngest child has been living with the mother — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility for all three children and for the children to live with them ---- Where there are concerns about the mother's parenting capacity in relation to the two eldest children — Where the mother's relationship with the youngest child is a protective factor for the child — Orders made for the father to have sole parental responsibility for the two eldest children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
Parental responsibility — With whom the
children shall live and spend time — Separation of siblings — Where the two eldest children have been living with the father and the youngest child has been living with the mother — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility for all three children and for the children to live with them ---- Where there are concerns about the mother's parenting capacity in relation to the two eldest children — Where the mother's relationship with the youngest child is a protective factor for the child — Orders made for the father to have sole parental responsibility for the two eldest children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
children shall live and spend time — Separation of siblings — Where the two eldest
children have been living with the father and the youngest child has been living with the mother — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility for all three children and for the children to live with them ---- Where there are concerns about the mother's parenting capacity in relation to the two eldest children — Where the mother's relationship with the youngest child is a protective factor for the child — Orders made for the father to have sole parental responsibility for the two eldest children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
children have been living with the father and the youngest
child has been living with the mother — Where both parents seek
sole parental responsibility for all three children and for the children to live with them ---- Where there are concerns about the mother's parenting capacity in relation to the two eldest children — Where the mother's relationship with the youngest child is a protective factor for the child — Orders made for the father to have sole parental responsibility for the two eldest children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
parental responsibility for all three
children and for the children to live with them ---- Where there are concerns about the mother's parenting capacity in relation to the two eldest children — Where the mother's relationship with the youngest child is a protective factor for the child — Orders made for the father to have sole parental responsibility for the two eldest children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
children and
for the
children to live with them ---- Where there are concerns about the mother's parenting capacity in relation to the two eldest children — Where the mother's relationship with the youngest child is a protective factor for the child — Orders made for the father to have sole parental responsibility for the two eldest children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
children to live with them ---- Where there are concerns about the mother's parenting capacity in relation to the two eldest
children — Where the mother's relationship with the youngest child is a protective factor for the child — Orders made for the father to have sole parental responsibility for the two eldest children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
children — Where the mother's relationship with the youngest
child is a protective factor
for the
child — Orders made
for the father to have
sole parental responsibility for the two eldest children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
parental responsibility for the two eldest
children and the mother to have sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
children and the mother to have
sole parental responsibility for the youngest child — Orders made for the two eldest children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
parental responsibility for the youngest
child — Orders made
for the two eldest
children to live with the father and the youngest child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
children to live with the father and the youngest
child to live with the mother — Orders made permitting the
children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age t
children to determine when to spend time with the non-resident parent on reaching age thirteen.
FAMILY LAW —
CHILDREN — With whom a child lives and spends time — Best interests of the child — Whether either the mother or the father presents as an unacceptable risk to the children — Where the father asserts that the mother is an unacceptable risk to the children — Where the father opposes orders for the mother to spend time with the children — Where each party seeks sole parental responsibility — Where equal shared parental responsibility is untenable — Where the ICL recommended a three month suspension of the children's time with the father — Meaning of «meaningful relationship» — Where the mother recognises that it is in the best interest of the children to have a meaningful relationship with the father — Where a meaningful relationship has been established between the mother and the children — Where the father does not consider that the children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with th
CHILDREN — With whom a
child lives and spends time — Best interests of the
child — Whether either the mother or the father presents as an unacceptable risk to the
children — Where the father asserts that the mother is an unacceptable risk to the children — Where the father opposes orders for the mother to spend time with the children — Where each party seeks sole parental responsibility — Where equal shared parental responsibility is untenable — Where the ICL recommended a three month suspension of the children's time with the father — Meaning of «meaningful relationship» — Where the mother recognises that it is in the best interest of the children to have a meaningful relationship with the father — Where a meaningful relationship has been established between the mother and the children — Where the father does not consider that the children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with th
children — Where the father asserts that the mother is an unacceptable risk to the
children — Where the father opposes orders for the mother to spend time with the children — Where each party seeks sole parental responsibility — Where equal shared parental responsibility is untenable — Where the ICL recommended a three month suspension of the children's time with the father — Meaning of «meaningful relationship» — Where the mother recognises that it is in the best interest of the children to have a meaningful relationship with the father — Where a meaningful relationship has been established between the mother and the children — Where the father does not consider that the children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with th
children — Where the father opposes orders
for the mother to spend time with the
children — Where each party seeks sole parental responsibility — Where equal shared parental responsibility is untenable — Where the ICL recommended a three month suspension of the children's time with the father — Meaning of «meaningful relationship» — Where the mother recognises that it is in the best interest of the children to have a meaningful relationship with the father — Where a meaningful relationship has been established between the mother and the children — Where the father does not consider that the children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with th
children — Where each party seeks
sole parental responsibility — Where equal shared
parental responsibility is untenable — Where the ICL recommended a three month suspension of the
children's time with the father — Meaning of «meaningful relationship» — Where the mother recognises that it is in the best interest of the children to have a meaningful relationship with the father — Where a meaningful relationship has been established between the mother and the children — Where the father does not consider that the children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with th
children's time with the father — Meaning of «meaningful relationship» — Where the mother recognises that it is in the best interest of the
children to have a meaningful relationship with the father — Where a meaningful relationship has been established between the mother and the children — Where the father does not consider that the children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with th
children to have a meaningful relationship with the father — Where a meaningful relationship has been established between the mother and the
children — Where the father does not consider that the children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with th
children — Where the father does not consider that the
children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with th
children would benefit from a significant and substantial relationship with the mother
FAMILY LAW —
CHILDREN — Best interests — Where both parents seek
sole parental responsibility and
for the
child to live with them — Where the respondent mother believes the
child would settle down and accept the arrangement if the court ordered
for the
child to spend no time with applicant father — Where the court has a statutory mandate to make parenting orders with the
child's best interests as the paramount concern — Where there is little doubt that the
child would benefit from having a meaningful relationship with both parents — Where the
child's clear views that he does not want to spend time with the respondent mother should be given significant weight in the circumstances — Where the
child is of an age, maturity and intelligence to have principally formed his own rationally based views — Where the court is satisfied that it is in the
child's best interests
for the presumption of equal shared
parental responsibility to be rebutted — Where the respondent father is to have
sole parental responsibility and the
child is to live with him — Where the applicant mother is permitted to attend certain school and sporting events of the
child — Where the
child should be able to instigate contact with the respondent mother as he considers appropriate to his needs and circumstances — Where the orders made are least likely to lead to the institution of further proceedings in relation to the
child — Where the
child is to have the outcome of these proceedings, the effect of the orders and the reasons
for judgment explained to him by an expert as soon as reasonably practical.
Authorised carers can apply
for «
sole parental responsibility»
for a
child or young person who has been in their care
for two years or more.
If a parent is granted «
sole»
parental rights and
responsibilities, she is responsible
for providing a home
for the
child and making decisions concerning his welfare, such as decisions about education, health and religion.