Child Custody Lawyer Serving Pembroke Pines

In fashioning a parenting plan the courts are required to consider the following factors in determining an appropriate parenting plan:

• Which parent is more likely to enable the children to have frequent contact and a good relationship with the other parent
• The existing relationship between the children and each parent in terms of their shared love, emotional ties and affection
• Which parent is better equipped to provide for the children's basic needs including food, shelter, clothing, medical care and other types of material needs
• How long the children have lived in their current home and the desirability of maintaining this stability
• How long the children and the custodial parent would be expected to remain in the same location where they are proposed to live
• The moral fitness and mental and physical health of the parents
• The home, school, and community record of the child
• In cases where the court deems that the child is capable of forming and expressing an opinion, the child's preference may be taken into account
• Evidence that any party has knowingly provided false information to the court regarding a domestic violence proceeding pursuant to s. 741.30
• Evidence of domestic violence or child abuse
• Any other fact considered by the court to be relevant.