{"id":116,"date":"2019-03-19T07:56:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T11:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2020-12-20T18:30:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T23:30:32","slug":"custody","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CUSTODY.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CUSTODY.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CUSTODY.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CUSTODY-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CUSTODY-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The court will look at the following factors in deciding custody (which can be found in New Jersey Statutes at NJSA 9:2-4).&nbsp; These factors are NOT in order of priority and the Judge can also look at other factors in his\/her discretion so this is not all inclusive:<br><em>1.&nbsp;the parents&#8217; ability to agree, communicate and cooperate in matters relating to the child;&nbsp;<br>2.&nbsp;the parents&#8217; willingness to accept custody and any history of unwillingness to allow parenting time not based on substantiated abuse;&nbsp;<br>3.&nbsp;the interaction and relationship of the child with its parents and siblings;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;the history of domestic violence, if any;&nbsp;<br>5.&nbsp;the safety of the child and the safety of either parent from physical abuse by the other parent;&nbsp;6. the preference of the child when of sufficient age and capacity to reason so as to form an intelligent decision;&nbsp;<br>7.&nbsp;the needs of the child; the stability of the home environment offered;&nbsp;<br>8.&nbsp;the quality and continuity of the child&#8217;s education;&nbsp;<br>9.&nbsp;the fitness of the parents;&nbsp;<br>10.&nbsp;the geographical proximity of the parents&#8217; homes;&nbsp;<br>11.&nbsp;the extent and quality of the time spent with the child prior to or subsequent to the separation;&nbsp;12.&nbsp;the parents&#8217; employment responsibilities; and&nbsp;<br>13.&nbsp;the age and number of the children.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The court will look at the following factors in deciding custody (which can be found in New Jersey Statutes at NJSA 9:2-4).&nbsp; These factors are NOT in order of priority and the Judge can also look at other factors in his\/her discretion so this is not all inclusive:1.&nbsp;the parents&#8217; ability to agree, communicate and cooperate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedlawyer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}