Divorcing parents have a lot of questions when it comes to child custody. After all, getting a divorce doesn’t change the fact that you love your kids and want what’s best for them, and the thought of what happens next can be scary. The Court also wants what is in your child’s best interest and will do its best to determine a stable home and each parent’s role and responsibilities moving forward. But before that can happen, the divorce must be finalized — and that sometimes takes longer than expected.
So what does child custody look like in the interim? This is where a temporary child custody order can help.
What is a temporary child custody order?
Unlike a permanent child custody order, where a court has made a final ruling on where a child will live and visitation schedules for each parent, a temporary child custody order is a short-term solution for when divorce proceedings or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship are still ongoing. After all, life doesn’t stop when you’re getting divorced. Temporary orders help provide guidance. A judge can order it, or the parents can agree in advance.
Once these suits end, the Court announces a permanent order.
Temporary child custody orders may or may not be the same as the final orders but offer several benefits, including:
- Determining where your children will live while the case is pending
- Guiding the parents’ actions during the case (parenting time and parameters for each parent)
- Allowing the family to continue operating as normally as possible while the divorce continues
- Potentially preventing one parent from moving out of state with the child
- Each spouse gets a clearer idea of what arrangements they’d like to see come from the divorce
The attorneys at Christman Ramsey & Foster, PC have a unique and refreshing approach to the often turbulent and emotionally stressful disputes arising in the context of divorce, child custody, and other family law cases. Our mission is to provide our clients with long-range perspectives and outstanding legal advice that help them rebuild their families after marital dissolution. Some cases require aggressive advocacy where we must deliver the righteous blow of justice, while others require patience, de-escalation, and diplomatic solutions such as temporary child custody orders.
Especially when children are involved, we help the client develop and execute the best strategies to avoid leaving a wake of destruction, the brunt of which falls largely on the innocent and impressionable children of divorce.
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