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Residential Schedule for Children
Posted: February 10, 2010

If parents cannot decide together which residential schedule is in the best interests of their children, they need the help of the legal system. In making a residential schedule, the Court will try to fashion a residential schedule that encourages children to maintain and have a loving relationship with each parent. The Court will consider several factors including but not exclusively, the strength, nature, stability of the child’s relationship with each parent, the emotional and developmental needs of the children, the parents past and future ability to parent, child’s relationship with siblings, and the wishes of a child of sufficient age to express themselves.

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