CHILD CUSTODY AGREEMENTS

Many child custody agreements aren’t really an agreement at all but a legal document telling one party how much money they are going to pay each month for child support, how much time each person will get to spend with the child, and which holidays the each party will get to spend with the child. Often times, the party that doesn’t get custody or is the one established as the absentee parent entirely disagrees with the child custody agreement.

A child custody agreement will determine the amount of money that will be paid to the primary parent for child support. This money is supposed to be used to support the child. Many men would prefer to buy things in the amount of their child support but they should understand that child support also takes into consideration monthly bills such as electricity and groceries. Child custody is usually determined by the amount of time the absentee parent is allowed to spend with the child throughout the month. The more time the parent spends with the child, the less money the parent has to pay. That is why often times, with joint custody, there is no child support awarded to the primary parent.

Many men believe that women want the full custody for the child support only and then they will allow a man to see the child as much as they want. If the child custody agreement states that the father only gets to see the child every other weekend and one night a week and the visitation turns into an all the time thing and the father is seeing the child much more than is stated in the agreement, then the father should log every visit by the hour, down to the minute. Then, the father can get an attorney and have the child custody agreement changed to what is actually going on. This will lessen the child support and give the father more rights.

The best way for an absentee parent to change a child custody agreement is to increase the amount of time that he or she spends with the child and keep track of it. The longer amount of time that goes by with this history, a judge will not take it away because the child is used to it.

Related Links:
Child Custody Cases
Child Custody Form