Increasingly, separated and divorced parents are either choosing or being forced by courts to share parenting time equally. While it makes sense for a parent with minority time to pay support to a ...

I am a big advocate for joint physical custody. If at all possible, I want children to spend a lot of time, and have good relationships, with both of their parents after a separation or divorce. But ...

Custody of minor children is usually written up as “joint” in the divorce decree. There is usually a distinction between “legal custody,” in which parents have equal rights regarding decision-making, ...

Although Domestic Relations Law 70 and 240 and Family Court Act 651 authorize the court to determine custody of and the right to or visitation with minors, the terms “custody” and “visitation” are not ...