Ultimately, the court will make a decision, if the parents can not agree
upon child custody arrangements, which are in the best interests of the children.
See the research and articles at http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/) So, given that there are just not all that many options to choose from in deciding
upon a child custody arrangement, and given that those options overwhelmingly will be constrained or even dictated by fairly obvious facts about the parties» circumstances such as work and school schedules, or how far apart they live from each other, and similar considerations, one really has to query what all the painstaking attention to detail and «science» (or pretext to science) is all about if, when all is said and done, the decision will boil down to the application of a default personal preference, and pragmatic ways of arranging custody and visitation schedules to accomplish this while avoiding liability for placing children into situations in which detriment too obviously or easily can be proved to be the direct result of the arrangement.
Not exact matches
Family courts in New Jersey can order a
custody arrangement agreed
upon by both parents unless it is determined that the requested
custody arrangement does not serve the
child's best interests.
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Such interim orders contained provisions stating that the plaintiff and the defendant shall have interim joint
custody and guardianship, that the primary address of the
children shall be the defendant's address, that for the purpose of access
arrangements the plaintiff shall promptly inform the defendant of her monthly work schedule, and the defendant shall make efforts to ensure the
children spend equal time with both the plaintiff and the defendant and,
upon receipt of such work schedule, draw a calendar setting out parenting time for each parent for the coming month, and that the plaintiff shall be allowed to travel to Japan with the
children from November 2, 2002 through November 18, 2002.
The type of
custody arrangement a couple agrees
upon or is decided by the court can drastically affect how parents care for their
children in the future.
There are many situations under which agreed
upon or mandated
Child Custody Arrangements might change.
But the shared
custody arrangement will reduce the impact of ongoing
child care
upon the recipient's employment prospects, such that progress towards self - sufficiency should occur more quickly.
Child support payments differ from case to case and depend
upon a variety of factors, including the
custody arrangements to which both parents have agreed.
Regardless of your
custody arrangement, neither your decision - making authority nor right to visitation can be infringed
upon for a failure to pay
child support.
Prepare a separation agreement outlining agreed -
upon support and
custody obligations as well as visitation
arrangements, if there are minor
children and the separation is uncontested.
The court will only modify a
custody order
upon a demonstration of a material change of circumstances, which means that the existing custodial
arrangement is no longer in the best interests of the
child, such as when a serious health problem prevents a parent from taking care of a
child.
Other areas that the new legal
arrangements for Texas
child custody touched
upon included
child support
arrangements, and also some quite detailed work on how parenting plans could be arranged, and what was needed to ensure that these would properly protect the rights both of the parents, and also of the
children.
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Family courts in New Jersey can order a
custody arrangement agreed
upon by both parents unless it is determined that the requested
custody arrangement does not serve the
child's best interests.
The change should not be viewed as radical: the court is still called
upon to evaluate
custody arrangements in relation to the best interest of the
child.
The focus in Tennessee is
upon agreed
child custody or parenting plan
arrangements.
Under joint
custody, parents typically work out a co-parenting plan based
upon work schedules, housing
arrangements and the needs of their
children to try and reach a near equal amount of time with each parent.
In making an equitable apportionment of marital property, the family court must give weight in such proportion as it finds appropriate to all of the following factors: (1) the duration of the marriage along with the ages of the parties at the time of the marriage and at the time of the divorce; (2) marital misconduct or fault of either or both parties, if the misconduct affects or has affected the economic circumstances of the parties or contributed to the breakup of the marriage; (3) the value of the marital property and the contribution of each spouse to the acquisition, preservation, depreciation, or appreciation in value of the marital property, including the contribution of the spouse as homemaker; (4) the income of each spouse, the earning potential of each spouse, and the opportunity for future acquisition of capital assets; (5) the health, both physical and emotional, of each spouse; (6) either spouse's need for additional training or education in order to achieve that spouse's income potential; (7) the non marital property of each spouse; (8) the existence or nonexistence of vested retirement benefits for each or either spouse; (9) whether separate maintenance or alimony has been awarded; (10) the desirability of awarding the family home as part of equitable distribution or the right to live therein for reasonable periods to the spouse having
custody of any
children; (11) the tax consequences to each or either party as a result of equitable apportionment; (12) the existence and extent of any prior support obligations; (13) liens and any other encumbrances
upon the marital property and any other existing debts; (14)
child custody arrangements and obligations at the time of the entry of the order; and (15) such other relevant factors as the trial court shall expressly enumerate in its order.