A concise and visual breakdown of child custody's governing components:

Deconstructing 

the opposition's case

SIMPLIFYING child custody

Court order

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Court ordered (recognized) right to spend time with a child.

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compensatory time: visitation time that can be granted to compensate for obstructed court ordered visitation...

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Reifies concrete rules that are "reasonable" and in the child's best interest, in light of all relevant 

circumstances...

 

 

 Barnet G. LeVine, Esq.

Best Interest of the child 

 The term self describes its meaning.  And the Michigan legislature offers a host of factors to litigate in the custody establishing, modification and other contexts and instances.      

 

  t  This oversimplification is provided to help litigants get a decent start at understanding child custody, what it involves, it's purpose, and its direction.  Specifically, three commonly used terms will be expanded upon (slightly) to help guide your understanding of a practice that's far more straight forward than how it seems to be practiced.  These three terms are (i) Court order(s); (ii) "reasonable" standard," and iii) the best interest of the child with a few peripheral comments about related components offered throughout...    

Physical Custody: A construct that reflects (categorically) which parent

spends a considerable amount of time with minor child (i.e., whom the child lives with...).

child safety: agencies guarding against abuse and neglect: police, CPS and FOC investigators 

 "Reasonable"

Violations

SIMPLIFYING child custody

CLARIFYING

   child custody

   This oversimplification is provided to help litigants get a decent start at understanding child custody, what it involves, it's purpose, and its direction.  Specifically, three commonly used terms will be expanded upon (slightly) to help guide your understanding of a practice that's far more straight forward than how it seems to be practiced.  These three terms are (i) Court order(s); (ii) "reasonable" standard," and iii) the best interest of the child with a few peripheral comments about related components offered throughout...    

 "Reasonable"

Court orders

Best intrerest