What does it mean to be awarded shared parenting in a court proceeding?

Shared Parenting is the framework setup by the Florida Statutes for co-parenting between both parents after a divorce or a paternity case. Shared parental responsibility is a court ordered relationship in which both parents retain full parental rights and responsibilities and in which both parents confer with each other, so that major decisions affecting the welfare of the children will be determined jointly. The concept of shared parental responsibility is intended to protect the children’s right to an ongoing relationship with both parents. Although this setup is ideal and most preferred there are circumstances in which shared parenting will not work. However, when there is child abuse, family violence, or continuous parental conflict, the court may find that shared parenting would be harmful to the children. In such a case, the court may order sole parental responsibility, where only one parent makes decisions regarding the children. The court may also award one parent ultimate responsibility for decisions regarding a specific aspect of the child’s life such as education or religious upbringing.

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