Knowing Your Child’s Best Interest

When the couples cannot settle on custody, the courts can determine what arrangement is in accordance with the child’s best interests. This assessment typically takes in a series of factors, such as:

• The child’s wishes and needs
• The physical and mental status and health of both the child and parents
• Both parents’ willingness and ability to sufficiently provide support
• The parents’ moral standing,
• The eagerness of each parent to cooperate and maintain the other’s parental relationship,
• The emotional, developmental, and material needs of the child
• The condition and stability of each parents’ environment
• Anything that will show domestic abuse.

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