The suit for custody will be filed in the county where the child resides. Once the court makes a decision regarding physical and legal custody it will also issue child support and visitation orders. That court will continue to have jurisdiction over the case.
You need to have BOTH parents sign if they have joint custody.
Joint custody is a court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties. In joint custody both parents are "custodial parents" and neither parent is a non-custodial parents, or in other words the child has two custodial parents.
If both parents have joint legal custody, both parents must agree on the child going to boarding school. If one parent made the decision with out the input of the other, this would break the custody agreement.
It is a choice between both parents regardless of who has custody.
no not automatically. A grandparent is more likely to get custody.
One would think that there would be a court hearing scheduled in which the parents from both states would attend.
That depends on the state. In many states, if both parents have equal custody, then both signatures would be required.
In FL, if both parents are alive and both have custody, then both signatures are required.
* If the father has full custody of the children, yes. * If he has partial or shared custody with the mother, it may be a violation of parental rights; that area is quite dicey, so talk to a lawyer. * If the father has no custody but does have visiting rights, then again, talk to your lawyer. * If the father has no rights to the children, then there is no crime committed.
If you are divorced and granted custody that court order is valid unless the other parent (or the state) get custody for whatever reason (if both parents become unfit etc). And custody lasts until the child is 18. You can not get a guarantee from the judge that you as a parent will have custody until the child is 18. There are 2 parents and according to the law both are allowed to seek custody of their child.
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no because they might ask for their papers