In cases
without allegations of child abuse or neglect, many judges choose to grant both parents legal custody and give only one parent primary physical custody.
Not exact matches
If domestic violence has been an issue, there are restraining orders that are or have been in place, there are
abuse or neglect
allegations present (including emotional
abuse of a spouse or
children), or the co-parents have had trouble coordinating and reaching decisions
without outside assistance, be prepared to explain these situations in factual detail so you can avoid summarizing the situation in a vague way.
A growing number
of disputed custody cases since 2006 have demonstrated that a mother, or a father, from all social classes, who cut off the
child's contact with the other parent, not seldom in combination with
allegations of abuse or psychiatric problems, easily can take control over the
child and influence the
child to reject the other parent
without any objective reason — as the investigations made by the police or by consulting psychiatric records show.