Are Joint Custody and 50/50 Custody the Same Thing

[SuperPop]

Congrats on confirming who you are.

Folks - this is the same "person" who has made multiple accounts "down the street" and is no more interested in "best interest" than he is "what's good for me and my wallet".

I had an account 'down the street' but haven't created 'multiple accounts' i don't know where you got that idea, my IP is actually banned their because of the attacks by users like you there. As for 'what good for me and my wallet' that is ridiculous and EXTREMELY offensive!! I have openly berated parents who were trying to increase parenting time JUST to lower child support and find that deplorable! I myself live in a state in which percentage of parenting time isn't a factor in child support payments.

So please, Dogmatique, if you are going to make baseless claims, atleast try to put even the slightest shred of truth in them!

[Dogmatique]

Be as offended as you want.

Doesn't change the reality.

[SuperPop]

Be as offended as you want.

Doesn't change the reality.

The reality is, as i've said, i've openly attacked and berated parents who were fighting for custody just to lower child support. That is the reality, if you want more time with your child, i will search and help you in ANY way i can, if you just want to lower your bills, go find someone else to talk to.

Oh wait, are you one of those women who believes the only reason a parent would want equal time with their child is because of child support? Shows where your priority is OBVIOUSLY. I'm sorry for your children.

[Dogmatique]

I'm not. They're healthy, happy young ladies.



Have some tea. It might calm you down a bit.

And just to put the issue to bed: NO STATE uses a 50/50 timeshare as "the norm". Period. Even if

In other words, LdiJ is absolutely correct.

[SuperPop]

And just to put the issue to bed: NO STATE uses a 50/50 timeshare as "the norm". Period. Even if

In other words, LdiJ is absolutely correct.

No state, as far as i know, has a STANDARD 50/50 custody plan. If that's what you're saying it is true.....But, that's not what i said. Please re-read what i wrote "50/50 is actually VERY common in my state and a few others currently."

Many states, LIKE THE OP OF THIS THREAD, don't have a Standard parenting plan AT ALL. Remember, this thread? It's in response to the OP asking about 50/50 parenting time! Not the standard plans of states OP doesn't live in.

[Dogmatique]

No state, as far as i know, has a STANDARD 50/50 custody plan. If that's what you're saying it is true.....But, that's not what i said. Please re-read what i wrote "50/50 is actually VERY common in my state and a few others currently."

Honey, we know that you're wrong. You tried this elsewhere and an attorney shot you down in about a nanosecond.

And that's fine.

What is NOT fine is pretending that 50/50 is commonly ordered AGAINST the wishes of one parent. Because you can keep hijacking the thread with case-law, right?

Statute, perhaps?

You're doing this OP a grave disservice here.

[SuperPop]

You're doing this OP a grave disservice here.

How would you answer the OP's question? (See atleast I AM trying to stay on topic)

How should OP go about trying to get equal time with the child?

(If you don't have anything constructive to add, why come in here just to post off topic attacks?)

[Mr. Knowitall]

It is possible for parents to agree to a 50/50 parenting time split without a court's having granted them joint custody, no matter what a court has previously ordered. It's possible for a court to grant relatively equal or equal parenting time but, due to a history of problems, decide that one parent should be in the driver's seat and deny joint physical custody.

So here is a good guideline from another state to review.

Unless and until Maryland is annexed by Arizona, who cares what you found from another state?

The second problem was that I knew a judge would be highly unlikely to order something like that without mom's agreement.

Consistent with your impression, Maryland has a series of statutory requirements a court must find are met before awarding shared custody.

I had an account 'down the street' but haven't created 'multiple accounts' i don't know where you got that idea...

Maybe they are inferring that you are doing the same thing there that you are doing here?

I myself live in a state in which percentage of parenting time isn't a factor in child support payments.

What state?

[SuperPop]

It is possible for parents to agree to a 50/50 parenting time split without a court's having granted them joint custody, no matter what a court has previously ordered. It's possible for a court to grant relatively equal or equal parenting time but, due to a history of problems, decide that one parent should be in the driver's seat and deny joint physical custody.

You are talking about agreements outside of court, you can write anything on a sheet of loose leaf paper and follow it, that doesn't make it a custody order Physical Custody in most states is used to determine where a childs residence will be for legal purposes, such as school, taxes and other reasons. With Joint Physical Custody, it is understood to be both homes. When you are talking about 'being in the drivers' you are talking about decision making, that is LEGAL custody. While these two things (Physical and Legal) are often grouped together under one heading, "Joint Custody" they are completely different things. you can have any combination of Legal and Physical custody

Unless and until Maryland is annexed by Arizona, who cares what you found from another state?

Maryland doesn't have a 'standard' parenting plan, I put that forward so the OP would have an idea of many different plans so he can get a basic idea of what options are available to him. I believe some members here are found of pointing people to the Illinois parenting time guideline as something to review, that's just not a thorough as the Arizona guidelines.

Maybe they are inferring that you are doing the same thing there that you are doing here?

Giving correct answers and being attacked by the anti-father movement? Yup, that is exactly what happened 'over yonder' also! And its WAS 'over yonder' i was IP banned for defending myself

Are you a moderator here? What is your legal experience?

[Dogmatique]

Anti father? That's neat. I'm usually accused of being biased towards the fathers.

You are talking about agreements outside of court, you can write anything on a sheet of loose leaf paper and follow it, that doesn't make it a custody order Physical Custody in most states is used to determine where a childs residence will be for legal purposes, such as school, taxes and other reasons. With Joint Physical Custody, it is understood to be both homes. When you are talking about 'being in the drivers' you are talking about decision making, that is LEGAL custody.

Q4P.

Incidentally, you weren't banned for defending yourself. You were banned for consistently posting inaccurate "advice".