How To Lose Your Child Custody Case in Ontario!
If you’re like most parents, your relationship with your children is the most important thing in the world to you.
You are really put to the test in dealing with your relationship with your kids and the relationship of the other parent with the kids when you are getting separated or divorced.
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You need to make sure you don’t do certain things that can really hurt your case for custody of your children in your separation or divorce:
1. Don’t alienate your children from your spouse or withhold parenting time
Today, more than ever, Ontario family court recognizes that a child has a better and more stable life when both parents are involved in the child’s life.
This means that you seriously damage your case for child custody when you interfere with the other parent’s parenting time with your children.
Children are increasingly spending more time with both parents during and after a separation or divorce.
2. Don’t turn every small issue or disagreement into a major battle
You must understand that you will face the wrath of a family court judge if you turn every simple disagreement with the other parent into a major issue.
You will not be happy with the results in court if you run off to court every time your ex-spouse returns the children 15 minutes later than they should be doing.
You must show the judge that you are a “parenting time” friendly parent in that you try to facilitate good parenting time between the other parent and your children.
3. Don’t make major decisions about your children’s health or education without consulting with the other parent unless the court has permitted you to do this.
A family court judge looks very closely at how much you and the other parent co-operate with each other in making major decisions.
If you make any major decisions without consulting with the other parent, you will find it much more difficult in family court to get custody of your children.
You need to show a judge that you can co-operate with the other parent.
4. Failure to make a reasonable parenting plan
Parenting plans are much more common in Ontario compared to a few years ago.
You really need to create a reasonable parenting plan to deal with the key issues in raising your children. You must have fair and reasonable parenting time for both you and your spouse in the plan.
You need to have solid consultation provisions set out in the parenting plan for making the important decisions in your children’s lives.
When you are not involved in any of these four problems, you can probably avoid losing your child custody case.
If you have any questions about your separation, divorce or family law case and you would like our help, feel free to contact on my Facebook law office page, that’s O’Malley Family Law, or call me at 905-434-8837 and I’ll point in you in the right direction.
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