Couples separating who have a child or children will need to consider their minor child or children’s custody schedule and arrangements. One very popular and most common form of custody arrangement is a joint custody setup whereby both parents will equally share custody time with their minor child or children and jointly make the important decisions for them. Consult us to see if this is right for you.
Another form of custody arrangement is one whereby one parent exercises access rights to the child or children while the other parent will be the main custodian of the children. In this context, although the two parents do not exercise the same amount of custody time with the minor child, important decisions concerning the child are nonetheless taken together. Contact us to understand more about access rights.
Exclusive Custody
In certain other cases, one of the parents will end up with exclusive custody over the minor child or children while the other parent may have more limited access rights. An exclusive custody arrangement is to be treated more as an exception as compared to joint custody as the minor child will be deprived of one parent to a certain extent but this may be a better trade-off when considering the child’s well-being.
Parental Authority
In addition to the exercise of custody rights over the minor children, parents are legally vested with ‘parental authority’ rights whereby the parents will mutually decide on the important decisions relating to the minor children. Such decisions can be related to the selection of school, travel rights, medical treatments and therapy, religious teachings and any other material decisions concerning the children. Our family law firm will provide you with the necessary direction on the exercise of your parental authority rights.
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