Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia
shared physical custody
will a custody evaluator just focus on home. My daughters teachers say they can tell by there attitude and home work when they are with me.Plus when there with the wife they are tardy or absent alot. I go to all parent theacher meetings,therapy appts, doctor appts,dentist so on and so on.They are with me more then her but only stay the night 2-3 days a week. Will these things be addressed by a evaluator. Also the kids go to school from my address,the mother lives in another county with them and her mom and the oldest daughter is my step daughter even though she gets child support from her father i still help take care of her.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: shared physical custody
Yes, the custody evaluator should consider all of these items which you've mentioned as well as any others which are related to or which could affect the child's best interests which, of course, is the legal standard by which all of these factors are measured in these kinds of custody matters.