Provide the court with evidence that the children spend more time with you, that you are the one who helps with homework, helps them get ready for school, attends school conferences, PTO meetings and school functions. Provide evidence that you take the children to doctors appointments and trips to the dentist and that you always spend quality time with them when you aren't working and they aren't at school. Show the court that you are deeply and actively involved in their daily life. Show that you are able to provide a more stable home
Children live with their parent or parents. Your parent has the final say.
About 43% of children in Louisiana live in a single parent household.
In order to get interim custody, you will need to petition the court. When children live with one parent, and the other has visitation, but there is no order in place, the parent whom the children live with has what is called defacto custody.
no they lived with the closest parent to them but most of the time they did.
For the grandparents to get the custody over the parent, they have to go through a court case and prove to their case to have custody.
18
No but u have a small say in it.
To support and educate their children; any parent has that responsibility.
Programs such as Medicaid and food assistance generally require that the children live with the parent who's getting the assistance. However, this can become hard to sort out in a joint custody situation.
As soon as your reach 10 years of age, you can legally choose which parent you live with, as long as they have not done anything illegal, and they have a suitable home.
They have to be 18,
It's not a legal title, it's when you are in a relationship and live with the biological parent and take upon yourself the role of a parent towards their children and it's accepted by the parent that you do so.