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FAQ - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time (Custody)

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What is legal decision-making (custody) and parenting time (visitation)?
Why is parenting time important?
What is sole or joint legal decision-making?
What is the procedure to get a legal decision-making order?
If parents have joint legal decision making, do both parents enjoy equal amounts of parenting time?
What parenting time rights does a parent have?
What amount of parenting time is right?
What is reasonable parenting time?
Do I have to start a court case to have parenting time?
How do I obtain a legal order for parenting time?
What does the judge consider when determining legal decision-making and parenting time?
What if the parents agree how legal decision-making should be decided?
What if the parents want to have joint legal decision-making?
When do legal decision-making and parenting time issues arise?
When legal decision-making is decided, how does a parent obtain child support?
What is supervised parenting time?
How can a parent obtain school, medical, and other records of their child after dissolution of marriage?
How can a legal decision-making order of the court be changed (or modified)?
Can a person other than a parent have legal decision making?
When may one parent move out of state with a child?
What if my job requires an immediate transfer in less than 60 days?
If the father is on the birth certificate, does he still need to petition the court for paternity orders as well as parenting time and legal decision making?
Will I get to talk to the judge about my family court emergency?
How can I get my parental rights restored?