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Child Custody Attorney - Saginaw, Michigan
Child Custody Lawyer Saginaw
If you have children, and you’re getting divorced, legally separated, or having your marriage annulled and cannot agree on custody, Michigan courts will have to make a ruling on child custody, visitation, and what is known as “parenting rights and responsibilities,” chiefly by applying the legal principle of “the best interests of the children.” If you and your ex-spouse have an uncontested divorce the matter much easier: the court will only have to review the agreement, and if it finds that the agreement is in the best interests of the child, they will endorse it. If the divorce is contested, the court will have to make the final decision based on the evidence presented by both parties.
Taking the best interests of the children into account is not always so easy because a variety of factors must be considered, one of which is the distance between the parents’ domiciles. If the parents live in the same town or a nearby town, the relationship between the children and the parents seems solid, and neither parent appears deficient in their parental responsibilities, the judge may award joint custody so that the contact between the children and the parents remains constant and equitable. If joint custody is not an option, the court may allow for visitation rights to one parent and primary custodial rights to the other.
Child custody is one of the stickier points of a divorce, so you need to make sure your child custody rights are protected when you get a divorce. Shinners and Ellsworth PLC are Michigan child custody attorneys serving Saginaw and all of Mid-Michigan. We have helped hundreds of parents through the intricacies of the Michigan family law courts.
Taking the best interests of the children into account is not always so easy because a variety of factors must be considered, one of which is the distance between the parents’ domiciles. If the parents live in the same town or a nearby town, the relationship between the children and the parents seems solid, and neither parent appears deficient in their parental responsibilities, the judge may award joint custody so that the contact between the children and the parents remains constant and equitable. If joint custody is not an option, the court may allow for visitation rights to one parent and primary custodial rights to the other.
Child custody is one of the stickier points of a divorce, so you need to make sure your child custody rights are protected when you get a divorce. Shinners and Ellsworth PLC are Michigan child custody attorneys serving Saginaw and all of Mid-Michigan. We have helped hundreds of parents through the intricacies of the Michigan family law courts.
