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Child custody issues legally challenging issues to be faced in family law. Working with skilled Child Custody Attorneys Salinas parents trust can help you navigate these challenges while ensuring your rights are protected.
For this and for many more reasons we at Miranda, Magden & Miranda, LLP retain experienced attorneys to ensure that families uniting for their children reach the right custody that best serves the children’s interest while meeting our clients’ individual needs.
Understanding Custody: How It Works
In California, child custody is divided into two distinct categories: Legal custody and physical custody: One is used when it comes to the physical wellbeing of a child while the other one is used when looking at the emotional wellbeing of a child and thus both are used by the court when arrangements of custody are being made.
Legal Custody
Medical treatment and medical choices
School enrollment decisions and or choices
The attendance & practice of religious beliefs
Sports, games and tours.
Legal custody can be either sole or joint:
Sole Legal Custody: The legal guardian is one parent that has the supreme power to make crucial decisions as to the welfare of the child.
Joint Legal Custody: Decision making is also joint although this can be arrived at individually or every parent has some topic they will be in charge of.
Physical Custody
Physical custody deals with issues to do with where the child will be living most of the time and how often the child will be with each parent. It is categorized as:
Sole Physical Custody: The minor mainly resides with one parent and vice versa, the other parent may be allowed to visit the child.
Joint Physical Custody: More significantly, in contrast to earlier arrangements where each party sought custody to spend limited time with the child, the child resides with both parents, although not necessarily an equal number of days.
Arising from that, most judges in California prefer joint physical custody where a child is allowed to have a close interaction with both parents.
The best interest of child
As in any child custody case, the court in California examines the best interests of the child under the law. This standard guarantees that the decisions arrived at will protect the best interest of the children as enjoined by the health, safety and general welfare of such children.
When determining the best interests of a child, courts evaluate several factors, including:
Parental care, safety, and stability that the child requires continuously over their early years.
How much each parent is involved in the child’s life
The basic per capita needs of the child and their individual bodily and emotional necessities and any other special requirements.
Each of the parents’ capacity to meet the needs of the child.
Every parent’s desire to cultivate a good relationship between their child and the other parent
Although everybody needs its history, very often it is not very positive; however, it is most applicable for the cases of domestic violence, child abuse, and neglect.
Any circumstances relating to the well being of that child that for one or the other reason the court had not considered.
An experienced child custody attorney in Salinas can offer the court sufficient proof that brings out their ability to cater for the child and protect the child as per their needs.
Why Work with Miranda, Magden & Miranda, LLP?
Custody cases, as most of the legal matters are sensitive, have tangible potential for change depending on the legal representation one hires. Miranda, Magden & Miranda, LLP has been engaging in rendering personal and professional legal advice to ensure that our clients get the desired outcomes.
Expertise in Family Law
Our attorneys are purely focused on family law and as such they understand the legal requirements and process in taking custody of children.
Client-Centered Approach
Primary focus is given to the clients for whom we seek to provide legal services that will meet their particular needs and objectives while there is appreciation of the emotional component of child custody cases.
Take the First Step Today
Call us today to book your initial appointment and get the process started to obtain an order for custody that is in the best interests of the child. Having our expert team on your side eliminates guesswork and helps to proceed with confidence.
For more information Miranda, Magden And Miranda, LLP can assist you, visit our website https://www.mirandalawgroup.com/.