Joint custody means that both parents have the right to make custodial decisions, with neither parents rights being superior to the other. Unfortunately, that is not a very helpful description. If the parents disagree, what happens? For example, mom wants the child to receive a vaccination; dad refuses to give consent. Doesn t dad s refusal effectively give him veto power over this decision, and therefore make his custody rights superior to mom s? And what if mom goes ahead and gets the vaccination anyway? She is exercising superior custody rights to dad by overriding his refusal. So how are these issues resolved? Discussion and compromise between the parents may be the best way, but sometimes that is not possible. Other options include mediation or co-parent counseling. Sometimes the rules for these options are established in the divorce or paternity judgment. The final option is litigation with the decision made by a judge. This is rarely the best option; do
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:45:30 +0000
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