What are the factors that justify child custody or visitation modification in Louisville? What must happen in order to request a change in these orders during or after your divorce?
The existing temporary or permanent child custody and visitation orders reflect the Court’s perspective of “the best interests of the child(ren).” While these orders are not locked in forever, they are firm. The Court is too busy to consider every desired custody related case. The factors that justify child custody or visitation modification in Louisville include, but are not limited to:
Domestic violence – if the threat or existence of domestic violence could affect a child the Court will consider modifications to child custody and/or parenting time.
Alcohol or drug abuse or addiction – if one of the parents relapses or develops an alcohol or drug abuse or addiction it is one of the factors which justify child custody or parenting time modification in Louisville.
Flagrant violations of the existing orders or parental alienation – if one of the spouses regularly violates existing custody and visitation orders or is attempting to cut off or poison the relationship with the other co-parent (parental alienation) the Court will almost always hear the case.
Agreement of the parties to modify existing orders – There are often significant challenges to co-parenting based upon remote learning and the impact on work schedules. This is an example where the co-parents may both agree upon specific changes to existing custody and visitation time orders. The Court does not need to hear the case but will review and approve properly formatted and structured requests.
Move away or relocation – if one of the co-parents needs to or wishes to move away or relocate there will obviously be an impact on existing child custody and parenting time orders. These cases can be legally quite complex and as soon as a co-parent learns of relocation plans they need to contact the proven family law attorneys at Dodd & Dodd.
While there are several factors that affect child custody or visitation in Louisville each case is unique. We invite you to review the strong recommendations of our former clients and the legal industry and contact Dodd & Dodd or call 502-584-1108 to schedule an appointment with one of our attorneys.
