Child Custody & Visitation
At Jill E. Burton & Associates, P.L.L.C. you will meet with professionals who value their own family relationships and are committed to respecting every aspect of yours. Members of our legal team are independent parents who recognize how essential it is to maintain close relationships with your children and navigate through the difficult time.
If you are facing divorce and anticipate any challenge in resolving child custody or parenting time, working with an experienced lawyer is essential. Our firm is devoted to vigorously representing men and women as they protect and pursue positive outcomes.
Our Perspective
We adamantly support the principle that child custody and visitation decisions must be made in the best interest of the child. Unless one parent is decidedly unfit, making sole custody essential, continued significant contact with both parents should be a goal and navigated carefully based on the best interest of your children. This is the governing principle for mediators and court officials who may be involved in your case as well. Decisions must be made about:
Physical Custody: Which parent will the children live with the majority of the time, or is joint custody (shared time between two homes) a viable solution?
Legal Custody: Will both parents have access to information about their children's schooling, medical care, and other important matters, and collaborate in making major decisions, or will one parent have this legal right?
In almost every divorce with children, custody is an issue at some level. Whether you want to fight for physical custody, have specific goals for visitation time, or have another scenario in mind, we will provide sound counsel.