Doing the Right Thing for Your Children
What is in the "best interest" of your child? And who understands that better: you or the court? When you and your child's other parent can come to a mutual child custody agreement, your child will almost always feel more secure. At the Arizona law firm of Davis Limited, Scottsdale and Phoenix child custody attorney Greg Davis helps you by focusing on non-confrontational communication that allows you to reach a custody solution that works.
Defining Custody
In Arizona, parents are often confused about the differences between legal custody, physical custody and parenting time:
- Legal custody is about decision-making authority. When legal custody is joint custody, it means that parents must agree on decisions regarding school, religion and medical care for their children. With sole legal custody, one parent assumes responsibility for those decisions. There is no such thing as "full custody."
- Physical custody (also referred to as "parenting time," visitation or access) refers to where and with whom the child will live. Most of the time, children will split the time they spend living with one parent and the other, sometimes equally, sometimes unequally. If one parent is deemed unfit, sole physical custody will be awarded by the court.
- Parenting time (sometimes called visitation) is the time set aside for a non-custodial parent to spend with their child.
How Custody Agreements Lawyer Greg Davis Helps Parents and Children
It can be difficult to put aside hard feelings toward your child's other parent. Scottsdale child custody attorney Greg Davis can help prevent custody disputes by providing a safe, sane and compassionate way for you to work out differences. Along with a network of family court advisors, psychologists and others, including parenting coordinators, we help you develop a parenting plan that works for you and is truly in the best interest of your child. (See how the state of Arizona defines "best interests of the child." Clicking on the link will take you to an Arizona State Legislature website.) Attorney Davis is a trained and Superior Court-approved parenting coordinator who can assist with this aspect of child custody issues.
Contact Us for Legal Guidance From a Scottsdale Child Custody Attorney
For an honest and open consultation about your child custody questions and concerns, please call us at 623-208-7130 (877-551-4908, toll free) or contact us by e-mail.
