No. Married parents have equal rights where their children are concerned. Legal joint custody means you have an equal right to make decisions that affect the children. If the two of you cannot agree then a court will need to break the impasse.
No. Married parents have equal rights where their children are concerned. Legal joint custody means you have an equal right to make decisions that affect the children. If the two of you cannot agree then a court will need to break the impasse.
No. Married parents have equal rights where their children are concerned. Legal joint custody means you have an equal right to make decisions that affect the children. If the two of you cannot agree then a court will need to break the impasse.
No. Married parents have equal rights where their children are concerned. Legal joint custody means you have an equal right to make decisions that affect the children. If the two of you cannot agree then a court will need to break the impasse.
No. Married parents have equal rights where their children are concerned. Legal joint custody means you have an equal right to make decisions that affect the children. If the two of you cannot agree then a court will need to break the impasse.
if you want
That depends on the custody order, but she can file for a change of custody.
You will need to read your custody agreement. There is no general rule.
A father can get custody of the children if it can be demonstrated that that is in the best interest of the child. The father being the primary caregiver would help.
not without court approval. see links
if she has primary custody, from the point of the filing date.
== == The important word here is PRIMARY, which means MOST of the time. The other party has "secondary " custody, which means SOME of the time. Remember that being divorced doesn't mean that the other party looses their rights to see the kids. The other person is still a Parent to those children, right?
Primary custody is generally defined as belonging to the parent with whom the child or children reside with the majority of the time. It does not mean that it cannot be a joint custody arrangement as well.
because 50% of marriages don't work out, so one parent takes full custody or primary custody for the children.
Joint Custody "My parents divorced when I was 2 years old. Because I was so young, I cannot remember anything of how the divorce actually felt at the time. But 12 years later, I am quite content with my life and my parents. Unlike many divorced couples with children, neither parent has primary custody of me, but rather, I switch between my parents' houses every other day, spending roughly equal time with my mother and my father." Equal Time - A Teen's Views On Joint Custody Charlotte Juerge Newsweek - Dec 15, 2008 see links
It is a term that has the same meaning as primary physical custody meaning the person so awarded has the child or children living with them the greater percentage of time.
You have full and primary rights to your children. Grandparents do not have custody rights to children over parents.