{"id":35,"date":"2026-08-29T11:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/2026\/08\/29\/how-custody-is-decided-when-parents-disagree\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T11:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:54:16","slug":"how-custody-is-decided-when-parents-disagree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/2026\/08\/29\/how-custody-is-decided-when-parents-disagree\/","title":{"rendered":"How custody is decided when parents disagree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When parents cannot agree, a judge decides custody based on the best interests of the child. That standard sounds vague, but courts look at specific factors.<\/p>\n<h2>What judges consider<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Each parent&#8217;s involvement in daily care<\/li>\n<li>The child&#8217;s adjustment to home, school and community<\/li>\n<li>Each parent&#8217;s willingness to support the other relationship<\/li>\n<li>Any history of violence or substance abuse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What helps<\/h2>\n<p>Keep a simple calendar of parenting time, communicate in writing and stay respectful, and never discuss the case with your children. Judges notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The factors judges weigh, and the steps that help your case the most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-law","tag-custody","tag-parenting-plans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-law-firm-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}