Child custody is legal term which sometimes used to describe the legal relationship between a parent and the child, such as the right and duty to take care of a minor child on a daily basis, and decision making about the child. There are two forms of child custody: One is sole custody and the other is joint custody. In sold custody arrangements, one of the parents will take care of the child most of the time and has major decision power about the child. In joint custody arrangement, both parents will share decision making process, and they will spend majority of time together with the child.
How do courts decide custody?
Typically issues such as residence and contact will arise in divorce proceedings, annulment and other legal proceedings
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Younger children will need shorter but more frequent time with parents. Older ones need longer block of time with each parent instead.
To the contrary of many people's assumption, mothers will not automatically receive custody. In almost all states, both mothers and fathers have an equal right to the custody. It is not automatically assumed by courts that a child will be better off with one of parents.
Judges are supposed to be fair and unbiased in their decisions on dealing with child custody case. If any, bias on the part of individual judges can be avoided if the parents can decide between themselves what the custody or parenting arrangements should be.
Both sides of the parents have an equal burden of proving that his or her custody would be the best interest of the child. Some states have laws that give mother the preference of child custody, but even in those states many fathers have been successful in obtaining custody in the past. There are cases where the court make a formal decision of Legal Guardianship in which a judge orders to suspend parents' custody of their child and gives custody right to a
In the United States today more than one-half of all marriages end in divorce. The purpose of this paper is to examine the reason why women have typically received custody of the children far more often than the fathers. In order to better understand child custody one must first examine how fathers have often times been left out of the picture, and conversely why mothers have had such hard times raising children on their own. This paper will first examine the perspective of a father who has lost custody of his children.
Additionally, people are sometimes already given custody. Zits’ aunt was his one surviving family member, so she was already assigned custody: “She was the only living family I had.” (160) She wanted to let Zits’ mom leave this world trusting that her little boy would be in good hands and that he would not be in foster care. Unfortunately, this was not how it ended up, some people are not capable of raising a child especially while grieving the loss of someone close to them. Some people also do not know what actually comes with the upbringing of a child.
In child custody cases, the goal of the court is to resolve the disagreements in regards to the “parenting plan” between the parents. As stated, every child, parent, and situation is different. When a child is developing, the needs of the child might change accordingly (Mercer, 2009). I...
The income that people pay for child support has many factors. Depending on what state you may reside in plays a major role in how much the parent may end up paying. Looking at things on a broad spectrum anything is valid when it comes down to determining the amount that a child will receive from the noncustodial parent. According to LawInfo there are three models that states choose to follow in order to calculate the income of each person's child support case; Flat Percentage, Income Shares, and Melson Formula. The similarity between these three models is how much the parents receive economically and the child’s necessities. With these three models plugged into the child support system we will get a better understanding of how the parents and children benefit from each model. Once the economic issues are settled among the parents there may not be a stable environment just yet until custody rights are given and agreed on. The following models will give a brie...
Joint custody, when applicable, in which children spend an equal amount of time with both separated parents, causes a positive emotional environment for children of divorce, which further creates healthy family relations and avoids negative health effects.
...sed on what is best for the child or children involved. It should not be based on the sex of the parent, or who the judge may think would be the better parent because of biased opinions. The decision needs to be based on facts, and on the mental statuses of the parents involved. Which parent has the child best interest at heart? If it is the father, then grant him custody, if it is the mom, then give her custody, or if they are agreeable grant them joint custody. Do what is best for the child.
Child custody evaluations cover multiple issues such as custody, maintenance, support, valuation, visitation, relocation, and termination of parental rights. There are multiple forms of custody that can result from a child custody evaluation. First is physical custody which is defined as “how much time a child spends with each parent, if the parents share physical custody” (Costanzo & Krauss, 2012). Another form of custody is legal custody, which gives a parent the authority to decide certain influential factors in the child’s life (Costanzo & Krauss, 2012). Joint legal custody is also an option. Another form of custody is sole custody which is defined as “one parent has legal and physical custody while the other typically has agreed upon some rights to visit the child at regular intervals” (Costanzo & Krauss, 2012). “Most custody decisions – about 90% - are made without resorting to litigation” (Costanzo & Krauss, 2012). “Estimates of actual custody arrangements in...
When Amy Chua, a professor at Yale, wrote her personal memoir in 2011 called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, controversy arose regarding the topic of an extreme parenting type called a “Tiger Mom” (Tiger Mom). When The Wall Street Journal posted an excerpt from Chua’s book on their website, it received over 7,000 comments both positive and negative including death threats (Extreme Parenting). In her book, Chua describes is forcing her 7-year old daughter to stay up all night without bathroom or drink breaks until she was able to play a certain piano piece (Extreme Parenting). Her daughter rebels, drops violin, and takes up tennis (Luscombe). Extreme parents exert great pressure on their child to meet expectations, and if they are not met, the child may be punished (Hatter). The MacMillan Dictionary defines a tiger mom as “a very strict mother who makes her children work particularly hard and restricts their free time so they continually achieve the highest grades,” (Tiger Mother).
Does a child need both parents? Does a young boy need a father figure around? Does the government provide help for single parents? What role do step-parents and step-siblings play? With much speculation, this topic has become a very intriguing argument.
According to the article “Rather than confirming the home as a haven from the heartless world, this study has revealed the heartlessness of the system in which mothers and nannies are caught,” the researcher wants people to know, instead of that the child becoming a well respectful adult in society, there is a possibility that the child will experience some trouble in becoming that person in his/her later life, because of the constant conflict between mothers and nannies; puppeteer is the main reason for these conflict.
Children will be suffered conflict with the interaction with their parents and siblings, and other aspects in their family life by cause of the divorce (Berk, 2010). Some parents who decide to get divorced that they were waiting the time on arguments and fights. Also, these parents use their children to punishment to one to each other. For this situation, children have a lot of conflicts on their emotions, and they have issues in their security. For instance, the custody’s fights are the biggest battle during the separation, and parents develop a lot of stress during this process. In the majority of the cases, mothers have the custody of their children, and they have to raise as a single mother. Also, the children tend to develop a lot of fears and about what they want to do. The divorce brings several negatives on children, and children live with a lot of stress during the divorce process. As well as, each child is different, and they
Meanwhile, others believe that child raising should be shared in a way that suits the family. While single parents argue that even without one parent they can give their children the needed love and care. The first point of view about whether parents should assume equal responsibilities when raising a child is that a child should be raised with all the care and love from both parents. Women and men should share their responsibilities because it is important for the children that both parents are involved and are able to collaborate with each other.
Child abuse refers to lack of care or any type of emotional, physical or sexual mistreatment that results in emotional damage or physical injury to a child or a youth. In most countries, children are considered to be anyone below 18 years of age. Child abuse can occur directly by harming a child or indirectly by failing to prevent the child from any form of harm or injury. Child abuse can occur either in the family set up, in the community set up or in an institution such as a school. Also, children can be abused by adults or by other children or by people who know them or people who are complete strangers to them.
Everyone has a mom and a dad, however some people only live with one of the parent. Some parents are single parent or some have remarried to a different person, thus giving the child a step parent. If the step parent is up for the challenge and parents correctly they can easily just become a motherly or fatherly figure instead of the step mom or step dad. Regardless, there are many differences between a mom and dad. They typically have different ideas on parenting styles, different attitudes towards certain experiences or ideas, etc. They are almost never completely on the same page, but if they are it is very well known it took quite some time to get there together.
protective custody. The law may enforce this way of living for the children to keep them