Dependable Advice About Child Custody Problems
At Kaminski & Pozorski, our lawyers advise people about both kinds of custody issues that can come up between divorcing spouses or unmarried parents -- legal custody and physical placement. Contact us in Manitowoc for a free consultation about the best way to approach your situation.
Legal Custody
Legal custody refers to the responsibility and authority that parents share for their children, regardless of a family's residential arrangements. Legal custody covers such matters as a child's education, religious training, or important social or recreational activities. Even after a divorce, parents will most likely continue to have joint legal custody of their children, even if the children spend most of their time in one parent's home. Our attorneys can help you find ways to resolve parental disagreements about the most important issues in the lives of your children.
Physical Custody
Physical child custody addresses a more practical consideration -- the child's primary residence. We help parents understand the factors that a court will likely apply in resolving disputes over the primary physical custody of a child. Over the years, we have found that a good grasp of these considerations helps parents avoid and resolve disputes through the negotiation of agreements that meet the needs of the parents and the children on physical custody and visitation issues.
Wisconsin law today favors jointly developed parenting plans that cover the full range of issues on legal custody, physical placement and visitation. By keeping the focus on the best interests of the children involved while respecting one another as parents, most people manage to resolve custody and parenting time issues on mutually acceptable terms.
In some cases, such factors as alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence or mental illness need to be addressed before a parenting plan can be developed or approved by the court. At Kaminski & Pozorski, our attorneys have a great deal of experience with the resolution of high-conflict child custody cases. For many years, we have accepted client referrals from attorneys who were unprepared to deal with the special demands these cases can sometimes impose.
Most of our family law clients reside in the area roughly defined by Manitowoc County, Green Bay, Fond du Lac and Sheboygan. For more information about our experience with child custody and visitation issues in divorce or paternity situations, contact our office in Manitowoc for a free consultation.
