Can a mother get full custody?
Full custody is often referred to as sole custody. Parents who have full custody rights should be able to share those rights with their children, so that the children do not suffer as a result of the parent’s disloyalty. A parent with full custody rights should be able to send their child to the only school that accepts the child, and the other parent should be allowed to send their child to a non-disruptive school. A non-disruptive school means the school does not normally have contact with the child’s father, and the non-resident parent should not have visitation with the child’s father. A parent with full custody rights should be able to send their child to the only public school that accepts the child, and the other parent should be allowed to send their child to a private school. A private school means the parent has full-time access to the child’s school, and the other parent has to travel extensively to make sure the child’s school is a good match for the parent’s lifestyle. A non-disruptive school means the school does not normally have contact with the child’s father, and the non-resident parent should not have visitation with the child’s father. A non-resident parent should have full-time access to the child’s school, and the other parent should have to travel extensively to make sure the child’s school is a good match for the non-resident parent.
Can a mother get full custody?
Full custody means the mother has more than 50% of the children’s time. This means the father has to give the mother substantial time to prepare for and participate in their children’s lives. In addition, the father has to allow the mother time to prepare for and participate in their other activities.
In many states, including New Mexico, California and Hawaii, courts are required to award joint custody. Joint custody may be:
When parents share joint custody, they usually have joint decisions-making responsibilities, and joint custody generally means that the mother has more time than the father. However, joint custody can also mean the father is “grievous” or “unfair” in his treatment of the children. A parent with sole physical custody can share legal custody with the other parent, who usually has the right to regular visitation. In joint custody agreements, which courts often favor, the parties often work out equitable sharing of the children’s time.
It can improve the children’s relationship with the other parent, who usually has the right to regular visitation. Joint custody requires constant communication between the parents, and sometimes between both parents. Sometimes this requires visits from the children’s father. Sometimes this involves emails or text messages. Sometimes it involves arranging for child care. And sometimes it involves taking the children to court to enforce a judgment.
Contacting our family law lawyers a good start to get your child custody case on the right track. Even if your case has already started and you believe is not going well, our attorneys can sit down with you, evaluate where you have been and help get your case in the right direction.
Can a mother get full custody?
Full custody is often referred to as sole custody. Parents who want to have full custody rights should understand the differences between full custody and joint custody. Joint custody allows the father to have full custody, but the other parent shares legal custody of the children. Joint custody is often granted to the mother to encourage the father to participate fully in the child’s life. A mother can’t get sole physical custody unless the father requests it.
That depends on the facts. If the mother and father are both good parents, neither is a danger to the children and both have the reasonable time to dedicate to their parenting, joint custody makes more sense. What if the father refuses to co-parent, disparages the mother to the children or children to the children, makes false allegations of abuse or neglect or is alienating the children? Then the other parent should seek full custody.
What we do at our family law firm is evaluate the facts with the law and, in collaboration with the father we represent, decide together whether it makes sense to ask for joint or full custody.
still has a husband and father who works full-time and a wife and mother who either works less hours, earns less pay and/or does not work at all. While this is less common today compared to decades ago, it still pervades the majority of divorce cases we see.
For fathers who have full-time jobs and young children who are not yet in school, the practical problem and fear of not getting quality time with the children is an issue near and dear to the dad’s heart.
