Legal Question in Family Law in California

Child Care

If a divorced couple has 50/50 custody of a child, can one parent take the child out of her full time day care and switch her to another day care, without the other parents permission, only because the cost would be less expensive?


Asked on 10/22/03, 5:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
PATRICK MCCRARY PATRICK MCCRARY

Re: Child Care

I am assuming that you mean that the parties have joint custody with a 50/50 time split. The answer is that in any joint custody arrangement the parties must agree to make any substantative changes in the child's life. Therefore, the parent that moved the child violated the joint custody rights of the other parent by making the move. Good Luck, Pat McCrary

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Answered on 10/23/03, 9:55 am


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