Divorces With Custody Disputes Take Longer To Finalize
There is nothing more important than protecting children during the divorce process. While divorce is hard on everyone involved, minor children should have the Family Court’s full attention. Recently, the OďŹƒce of the Legislative Auditor General for Utah released a report that discusses the protections in place for children during a divorce. They also discussed improvements that could be Your made toLogo speed up the court processes involved in these cases. Here discuss some of the child custody basics you need to be aware of.
Protecting Children Is The Goal The audit completed by the Legislative Auditor General for Utah gives them an interesting insight into the other side of the system. The audit reviewed 10 of those cases and looked at both the Utah Code and Utah State court rules and found that there were proper protections in place for children in divorce cases.
“Attorneys found that the presence of child disputes in divorce proceedings drastically increases the time to disposition,” the audit report says.
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The average divorce in Utah takes 6 months from filing to final disposition.
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When there is a child custody evaluation, the time increases to an average of 16 months from filing to disposition.
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If a Guardian Ad Litem is appointed by the court to represent the minor due to allegations of abuse or neglect, the cases take an average of 22 months to resolve.
The auditors found that custody evaluations were ordered more often than necessary. They recommended that cases should be placed on certain paths based on certain factors:
Length of the marriage or separation Marital property and debt Age of minor children involved
What Does Child Custody Mean? When discussing child custody in Utah, Lawyers are looking at two kinds:
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Physical custody determines with whom a child will reside.
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Legal custody determines which parent is ordered to make the big decisions regarding the child’s welfare
For both types of custody, parents can be awarded sole or joint custody, though this does not necessarily have to be the same for both types.
Emy A. Cordano Get To Work for You Today If you are going through a separation or divorce and there are minor children involved, you need to ensure you have an attorney by your side who understands all aspects of this process. Contact a Salt Lake City child custody attorney Emy A. Cordano to ensure you are treated fairly and that your most precious assets – your children – are protected. The goal is to ensure you are in the best position to gain custody of your children or that you have a fair visitation schedule in place when the divorce is finalized.
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