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family law issue
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| legal guardian? | someone who has some responsibility for the care and upbringing of the child |
| 3 examples? | grandparent, parents, non-parent |
| responsibility of decisions? | decision making responsibility |
| parenting arrangements? | legal docs that divides and describes the responsibilities and parenting time |
| 4 types? | sole decision making: child lives w/ a parent joint decision: child mostly lives w/ a parent but spends much time w/ other shared: child lives with each parent 40% of the time split: some children live a parent while others live with the other |
| legal test? | best interest of the child |
| parenting time? | the specific periods a child spends in the care and supervision of a parent |
| 3 types of parenting? | reasonable parenting: parents are left to agree on terms defined: the court decides supervised: contract time with one parent must be include the presence of third party |
| payment made? | child support |
| age limit? | up 19 unless the the child is 25 in school full time |
| adoption? | legal and permanent process of assuming parental rights and responsibilities for a child whose bio parents are unable to care for them |
| assets? | things of value |
| portion of net assets? | 50/50 |
| spousal support? | the money that one parent pays the other who's financially dependent spouse once the relationship is over |
| factors? | the financial needs of one spouse the length of the relationship the role of each spouse during the relationship |