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The Rhode Island Family Court judge utilizes the best goodness of the child standard in Rhode Island Child Custody and Child Visitation cases. The Factors a Family Court Judge should use in making a \”best goodness of the child\” determination are set forth in the seminal Rhode Island case of Pettinato v Pettinato, 589 A.2d 909 (R.I. 1990) Child Custody, Visitation and Placement issues are usually determined by the RI Family Court in Divorce, Post Divorce, Paternity, DCYF, Family Law, and Child Custody Cases.
The Basics of Legal Custody
The Judge of the RI Family Court can honor either mend jural custody to a parent or may honor Joint Legal Custody to both parents. The issue of jural custody is completely independent of the issue of visitation. RI Visitation Rights are beyond the scope of this Rhode Island Law Article. Please Consult with Rhode Island Child Custody Lawyer king Slepkow about the facts of your case.
Sole Legal custody
Sole Legal Custody means that a parent can make all important and field decisions concerning a child’s health, goodness and upbringing without consulting with the other parent. These field decisions include religious, educational, scrutiny and general goodness decisions. The parent with mend custody of the child will also have physical placement of the child. The parent with mend jural custody has rank access to medical, educational and other records related to the child.
Joint Legal Custody
Joint Legal Custody means both parents should be involved in field / important decisions concerning a child’s upbringing, education, scrutiny and religious welfare. Theoretically, both parents with joint custody have equal rights in making important decisions regarding their child or children. Both parents have full rights to access all medical, educational and other records pertaining to the child. In order for joint Custody to be feasible, the parents must have some level of communication and respect for each other to allow them to co-parent.