In divorce courts across Connecticut, including the Bridgeport and Stamford Family Courts, more fathers are being awarded sole custody. Full custody can be awarded at the time of the initial judgment or divorce decree or post judgment if a Motion for Modification is filed.

The vast majority of parenting plans call for the parents to share legal custody. However, there are circumstances where it is in the child’s best interest for one parent to hold sole custody. Some examples include lack of parental fitness (i.e. substance abuse, mental instability), child protection issues like abuse or neglect or the inability of parents to communicate effectively so that they can make joint decisions on their child’s behalf.

A Connecticut judge recently modified joint custody to sole custody based on the mother’s inability to handle the child when he misbehaves and extreme parental conflict.

The mother apparently struggled with her son’s behaviors and allegedly abandoned him at Wal-Mart during an argument. The child had to call his father to pick him up from the store. The mother also failed to intervene when her significant other treated the child poorly. It was reported to the child’s guardian ad litem the parent’s are extremely adversarial with one another.

A parent that poses a danger to the child’s physical or emotional well-being together with ongoing battles between parents is the type of case where sole custody should be ordered. Such an order is not designed to punish the non-custodial parent but rather to protect the child.

Stamford & Fairfield Sole Custody Attorney

I represent clients in Connecticut Family Court proceedings though out Fairfield County including Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Trumbull, Stratford, Bridgeport, Westport, Weston, New Canaan, Wilton, Norwalk, Darien, Stamford and Greenwich.

Contact me online or call my Fairfield office at (203) 259-5251 or my Stamford office at (203) 356-1475 if you have questions about a Connecticut sole custody case.

 

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