Leading Divorce Attorney Francis King Explains Custody Agreement Differences That Matter – Nashville, TN

Nashville, TN, United States – April 22, 2022 —

When a couple divorces and children are involved, they will have to consider the best custody arrangements that work for everyone, revealed prominent Nashville, TN, divorce attorney, Francis King.

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Having extensive experience in working out custody issues, Francis King, founder of the Law Offices of Francis King, suggested that a “one-size-fits-all approach” doesn’t work for child custody arrangements. 

According to King, determining who will be a child’s primary residential parent, and how much parenting time each parent will have, requires a consideration of many factors. These include, among other things, the compartife roles each parent has previously played in caring for the child, each parent’s potential for performing parenting duties in the future, each parent’s home environment and work schedules, etc.

 A custody arrangement must also include provisions governing how decisions affecting the child will be made. Subjects of such decision-making include medical care, education, religious upbringing and extracurricular activities. King says that, depending on the circumstances, some or all of these decisions may be made by both parents, jointly, or one parent may have unilateral decision-making.

King explained the necessity of having a carefully structured custody arrangement for a child whose parents are divorced, separated, no longer cohabiting or who never lived together. 

King said that an equal parenting time arrangement can often work well, but cautioned, “Such an arrangement works well if parents live close to each other and can communicate relatively well. They allow all to maintain the most stable routine possible for the child – but cooperation and good co-parenting is essential for equal time to be successful.”

King elaborated: “Parents that are required to agree on major decisions with the other parent but then refuse to communicate with them and take all decision-making, will inevitably end up back in court for enforcement of the custodial agreement.”

“Like it or not, the child has two parents, and both are entitled to participate in raising their child, in at least some capacity. Parents should always be working in the best interests of the child and not look to cause further stress to their child’s already-altered domestic arrangements.”

A child’s schedule with each parent should include consideration for their schooling, the distance from each parent’s home to their school, the child’s age, and their extracurricular activities. Courts will step in if an agreement cannot be worked out.

King added that a shared parenting schedule could also include alternative months with parents, alternating weekends and holidays with each parent, and even allowing the child to remain within the family home while the parents take turns to move in and out over an agreed period.

According to King, shared parenting that considers these circumstances offers the best advantage of ensuring children will retain contact and involvement with both parents. Of course, there can be problems: children being moved around, non-cooperation of parents, and the cost of maintaining two homes. In such cases, the custody arrangement may need to be modified.

Parents are advised to keep detailed financial records concerning spending on their child to ensure there is never any conflict or claims that one parent is spending more than the other.

A judge could give sole custody to one parent if they deem the other parent unfit or a danger to the child due to alcohol or drug dependency, charges of child abuse or neglect. However, King said that, in Tennessee, by statute, courts must allow each parent as much involvement in the child’s life as is feasible and in his or her best interests.

King stressed that any parent confronted with these issues should seek advice from an experienced family law attorney. “Coming up with the right parenting plan for your child is one of the most important things you will ever do,” he says. “You owe it to your child and to yourself to get competent, professional guidance.’

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Name: Francis King
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Organization: Law Offices of Francis King
Address: 4235 Hillsboro Pike #300 Nashville, TN 37215
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