Child Custody & Visitation
Sacramento Child Custody, Visitation Lawyers
Child custody and visitation arrangements must put the child's interests first. Fairness to parents or other parties take a back seat to the best interests of the child.
At the Louder Law Group, our family law attorneys know that child custody and visitation can be some of the most bitterly disputed aspects of a divorce. However, our years of experience have also shown us that parents who battle relentlessly over custody can ultimately harm themselves as well as their child.
"If judges see parents choosing conflict over resolution, they interpret it as a loss for the child. Often both parents will be sanctioned monetarily or by being required to take parenting classes."
— Attorney Linda Louder
We strongly encourage our clients to negotiate a fair and reasonable parenting plan before their dispute goes to litigation. Once you give up on resolving the issue yourselves, you sacrifice control of your child's custody and visitation arrangements to the judge, who doesn't know or love your child.
Fashioning a Solution that Fits Your Family
Our attorneys use our considerable powers of persuasion and negotiation to craft a workable child custody and visitation agreement early in the process, when the parties are often most willing to compromise.
In most cases parents share legal custody of their children, which includes decisions about education, medical care and religious upbringing. Typically one parent is awarded primary physical custody of the children; visitation or parenting time is given to the non-custodial parent. Increasingly, however, parents share joint physical custody, in which the children split their time equally between their parents' households.
Our family law attorneys will help you consider all the options and create a plan that works for you and your children. To learn how we can help, please contact us today. The initial consultation is free.
From offices in Sacramento, we represent clients throughout northern California.
