For this, there are courses in California such as Our Children First and Co-Parenting. They are mostly short, but the information is quite focused, so that you can learn to act based on the best interests for your children. Additionally, if you have a behavioral problem or have promoted an act of domestic violence against someone in the past, it will be necessary for you to take the Batterer’s Intervention Program, to prove to the Judge that you are now able to properly manage your behavior. . Finally, it is It is essential that you always allow children to have contact with their other parent; Unless it is really detrimental to your well-being. Both the children and the other parent have the right to see each other and spend time together, and you cannot object to that. Unless the other parent hurts the child physically, verbally, or emotionally. If this does not happen, both parents should put their differences aside and cooperate with each other so that the children have frequent contact with both, and make this whole process much more calm and bearable for them.

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During a divorce or legal separation process in which the parents were married when they had their children, there is no doubt that both parents share the same responsibility for the children, and the court will make decisions about them since both parties consider themselves the legal parents of the children, so paternity is automatically recognized in most of these cases. However, in the event that a couple who were never married but had children separates, the paternity of their children must be established legally Establishing paternity means that the legal parents of the child must be established by a court order or the signing of an official declaration of paternity. If the parents of a child were not married when the mother became pregnant or when the child was born, the child does not have a legal father until paternity is established. Therefore, although the father can prove that he is the biological father of the child, if he was never married to the mother, he does not legally have any rights or responsibilities to the child. For this, it is necessary to legally establish paternity. If separation occurs, it is necessary to go through the process of establishing paternity, otherwise the court will make the decisions about custody, visitation or child support. Either parent can apply for child support or custody and visitation orders as part of a case establishing the paternity of the child.

It involves the determination of the residence, protection, care and education of children in a divorce or separation process. The child custody mediation process gives parents the opportunity to resolve their differences and disagreements about a parenting plan for their children. In this process, parents will have the help of an attorney to resolve any disagreements they may have. If the process is successful, the attorney will help you work out an agreement between both parents and a parenting plan that can become the established custody and visitation order once the judge approves it in court. The main goal of mediation is to help parents develop a parenting plan devised in the best interest and benefit of the children, offering them equal opportunities to spend time with both parents.

However, the court can decide for the parents if they cannot agree on a parenting plan for their children, as it is in the «best interest and benefit of the child.» During the process of dissolving a marriage or legal separation, custody and visitation orders can be requested by either parent if they are unable to develop or work on a parenting plan and visitation schedule. In this process, the court will determine which parent will have legal and physical custody of the children. Legal Custody determines which parent will make decisions about health, education and, in general, everything related to the welfare of children.

Physical Custody decides which parent the children will live with. The court will also establish the most appropriate visiting hours for the non-custodial parent, as it is a legal rule and public policy of this institution to ensure that children spend sufficient time with both parents.