Legal And Physical Custody Divorce Attorney GA

If you do not have physical custody of the children, you will generally be given visitation rights. If one parent has both legal and physical custody and the other has fairly limited visitation, the primary custodial parent has “sole custody.” If both spouses share physical custody, legal custody, or both it is referred to as joint custody.

At the beginning of the divorce process, the spouses need to come up with a temporary agreement about how they will share time with the children. The spouses should do that as quickly as they can. This will ease the children’s insecurity. Whatever is decided between the spouses must be written down. This arrangement is generally temporary and not something for the long haul. It may take a while to figure out what long-term arrangement works best.

If you are seeking sole custody of the children, make sure you don’t move out and leave your children behind. If you leave your children behind, the court may infer that you think your spouse is a good parent who can take care of the children without your help. Generally in all civil litigation judges don’t like to disturb the status quo. So if the children are staying with you when you separated from your spouse, it is likely that the final order will direct likewise.

Our divorce attorneys are based in Columbus, GA (Georgia) and can represent you in Columbus, GA (Georgia), Fort Benning GA (Georgia), Chattahoochee County, Harris County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Lagrange, Atlanta, Albany, Newnan, Peachtree City, Carrollton, Muscogee County, Troup County, Phoenix City AL or Opelika AL.

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The Law office of Scot Sikes handles family law in Columbus GA. Scot Sikes is a Columbus GA divorce lawyer & Georgia child custody attorney.

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