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Civil Litigation, Immigration Law, Family Law
“Khan assisted me with my immigration application and he ensured that I was always in the know and he was always available to answer any questions I may have had.”
FAQs
What is Joint Decision Making?
Joint decision-making responsibility Parents who have joint decision-making responsibility for their children: share the right to make important decisions about their care remain involved in making decisions about the children For joint decision-making responsibility to work, parents must be able to co-operate and communicate with each other even though they are not together.
What is Shared Parenting Time?
Shared parenting time Parents who have shared parenting time share the amount of time spent with the child. Under the Child Support Guidelines, shared parenting time is where a child lives at least 40% of the time with each parent.
What is Split Parenting Time?
Split parenting time Split parenting time is when parents have more than one child and each parent has one or more children living with them for most of the time.
Do I need an Assessment?
Get a decision-making responsibility, parenting time or contact assessment An assessment is a report prepared by an assessor, to help you, your spouse (whether married or common law) and the court make decisions about: decision-making responsibility parenting time contact with a child Decision-making responsibility, parenting time and contact assessors can be psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, or mental health professionals. Decision-making responsibility, parenting time and contact assessments are usually ordered by a judge to help them decide what is in the best interests of your child. You and your spouse could agree to arrange a private assessment, at a cost. During an assessment During an assessment, the assessor: will interview the parent, any person applying for contact and children, individually will observe each parent or person applying for contact with the children may contact other family members, new partners, teachers or medical professionals Once the assessment is complete Once the assessment is complete, the assessor will prepare a report that includes recommendations, for example: how decisions about the children should be made where they should live the time that they should spend with each parent or person applying for contact
We try to answer commonly asked questions like these on the FAQ page of our website.
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