Many
times custodial mothers struggle with noncustodial fathers who violate custody and visitation court orders.
Not exact matches
A too sizable portion of my practice
time is spent counseling
custodial parents (typically
mothers) not to undermine the other parent.
Add the percentages of
custodial time for all three children together and divide by the number of children (50 % plus 50 % plus 30 % = 130 % divided by three children = 43.33 % average percentage of
time with
Mother).
Whereas in the past, rules were oriented on fixed age brackets and the gender of the parent and child, they have increasingly been formulated in favour of the principle of the best interests of the child and / or in favour of the
mother through an extension of the
custodial time period afforded to her as a matter of law.
Whether you are a father seeking parenting
time with your children, a
mother seeking visitation when the father has custody, a grandparent who has been denied visitation, or a
custodial parent who has legitimate reasons to fear for the child's well - being when with the other parent or a grandparent, I will work creatively and diligently to help you achieve your goal.»
Comparisons were made to determine whether the
custodial mother's number of dating partners, remarriage courtship length, or the
timing and sequence of typical courtship stages affected the child's adjustment and his or her relationships with the residential parents after remarriage.
In the vast majority of cases, when custody is contested, courts award physical (or primary) custody to the
mother, who becomes the
custodial parent, and visitation rights («parenting
time») to the father, who is the noncustodial parent and who also pays child support.
There was a
time in history when the
mother of a young child had an absolute right to be the full -
time,
custodial parent of the child.
Then
times changed and the
mother no longer was considered to be the presumed
custodial parent.
And children become alienated against
custodial parents (traditionally
mothers), as well as parents with less parenting
time (traditionally fathers).
In fact, we reached a major milestone in the past decade: for the first
time since the mid-19th century,
custodial arrangements that did not provide sole custody to
mothers constituted a majority.
But, sometimes Father's Day can instead be painful, especially when the father looks at his current child custody order, visitation schedule, or parenting plan and sees that Father's Day is actually one of
mother's days of
custodial time under the order or agreement.
Soon thereafter the joint -
custodial concept came into vogue, eroding even further the
time that
custodial mothers were given with their children.