Child Custody

WATCH: Can both parents have equal decision-making rights regarding their children?

In Indiana, parents can have equal decision-making power for big issues regardless of whether the children split their physical time equally between homes post-divorce.

WATCH: If the children split their time between two homes, is it always 50/50?

Many parents think they must follow the schedule set forth in the Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines; however, our courts encourage families to create schedules that will work for their unique family.

WATCH: How does a joint custody agreement usually work?

While legal custody refers to a parent’s right to make decisions regarding a child’s education, religious upbringing and medical care, physical custody refers to how a child spends time with her parents.

WATCH: Is there a difference between physical custody and legal custody of children in New Jersey?

There is. With joint legal custody we would have a parent of primary residence and as I earlier stated, the parent of primary residence will be responsible for the day-to-day decisions concerning the children. With that joint legal custody then, that parent would have to confer with the other parent, regarding major decisions and that […]

WATCH: What does a Guardian ad Litem do?

What does a Guardian ad Litem do? Jennifer J. Hostetter answers:

If a parent has sole custody of the children, can they move away with the kids without the other parent’s permission?

You ask a question that is really hitting the bull’s eye of what has been one of the most hotly contested areas of family law over maybe the last two decades of my practice, and that’s the concept of moving children away from an existing geographic area where likely both parents are located. There has […]