Family Law Attorney in Darien, CT
Comprehensive Family Law Solutions Tailored for Darien Residents
When it comes to family law matters in the Darien, CT area, it's important to have a reliable team on your side. At Ferro, Battey & Eucalitto, LLC, our family law firm offers a variety of legal services. When it comes to a divorce or separation, children may be involved. When this occurs, child custody and child support are topics that often need to be discussed. In some cases, the parents in the relationship can determine child custody and support agreements without using the courts. However, often the parents cannot agree on desirable terms and a reliable legal team needs to intervene.
Our child support lawyers will fight for you to get the desired results. When determining child support, the court will consider the financial abilities of the parents as well as the needs of the child. Other factors include the age and health of the parties; each parent’s earning capacity; the division of property, assets, and debts; and more. Let our team help fight for you.
Filing for Divorce?
If you are filing for divorce in the Darien, CT area, trust the divorce lawyers at Ferro, Battey & Eucalitto, LLC. Our team has years of experience with family law matters. We understand the ins and outs of divorce, separation, and appeals, as well as other issues that may be in your case such as alimony, child custody, property division, and more.
If you are thinking about divorcing your spouse, contact our family law firm today. No matter the reason for the divorce, our divorce lawyers can help you throughout the process, ensuring it goes as smoothly and civilly as possible and helping you obtain the desired outcome. Contact us today and let us help you navigate through this difficult time.
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Have Questions?
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How are child support obligations determined?In Connecticut, when determining child support, the court is required to consider the Connecticut Child Support and Arrearage Guidelines. The Guidelines set forth a presumptive child support award for each case based upon the parties’ combined net weekly incomes and the number of children the parties have. In addition, the court may consider a number of other factors, including, but not limited to, the estate and needs of the child, vocational skills and employability of each parent, and each parent’s earning capacity. The court may also deviate from the presumptive child support for different reasons, which can include shared physical custody, coordination of total family support, or extraordinary disparity in parental income. To learn more about the calculation of child support in Connecticut, including high-income cases, click here.
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Does Connecticut have no-fault divorce?Connecticut has no-fault divorce, meaning that neither party needs to establish that the other is at fault to get divorced. Instead, to get divorced, one party must show that the marriage has irretrievably broken down with no hope of reconciliation. However, no-fault divorce does not mean that the fault of one or both parties is irrelevant. The court may still consider fault when making awards of alimony or dividing property.
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Who is entitled to custody of the children in a divorce case?The court may assign custody of a child to either parent, jointly to both parents, or in very rare situations, to a third party, depending on the facts of the case and the best interests of the child.
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What is joint custody?
There are two types of joint custody: joint legal custody and joint physical custody. Legal custody concerns the parents’ ability to make major decisions for their children. Major decisions include health, education, and religious decisions. If parents have joint legal custody, the parents are required to agree on all major decisions for their children.
Physical custody addresses when the children are with each parent. If the parents have joint physical custody, each parent spends time with the children. In some cases, parents may have shared physical custody, which means the children spend approximately half the time with each parent.
