Child Custody
Child Custody
Parents are the biggest influence on their child’s growth and development. Child custody and access arrangements allow children to spend meaningful time with each parent so that they can learn from each of them. S. Cahill law can help you navigate the legal complexities of child custody and access and make sure that your children don’t miss out on their right to be with both parents.
Understanding The Types Of Child Custody
Custody gives parents the right to make significant decisions concerning the child’s care and upbringing. They are granted decision-making authority over the child’s religion, education, and medical care.
Sole custody, shared custody, split custody, and joint custody are a few different types of custody to understand.
Sole Custody
A parent with sole custody of a child has the obligation and legal power to decide how the child will be cared for and raised. Where there is severe parental conflict, suspicion of abuse, violence, drug or alcohol misuse, mental illness, or a history of poor judgement, only one parent will have the power to make frequent decisions.
Joint Custody
Joint custody requires collaboration and functions best when there is little tension between the parents. Separated parents can go for joint custody if they have few concerns about how each other’s decisions can affect their child’s life. Under a joint custody agreement, both parents will share equal rights and responsibility to make major decisions in their child’s life. However, joint custody does not mean each parent will have equal access to the child
Shared Custody
The main purpose of a shared custody arrangement is to determine the amount of time that a child spends with each parent. When both parents are obligated to provide support for their child, they each get 40% of time to spend with their child.
Split Custody
Split custody is necessary when the parents have more than one child together. Each parent will have one or more children that will primarily live with them.
Access
When one parent is granted sole custody of the child, the other parent is granted access also known as visitation. Similarly, if the parents have a joint custody arrangement but primarily stay with one parent, the other parent will have rights to visitation. Access to the child can be unsupervised or supervised depending on the relationship circumstances. As a parent with access rights, it’s important to note that they are not granted major decisions in regard to the child’s upbringing. They will have access to information about the child’s health care, school education, and welfare .
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