Carmichael v. Siegel

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a court may not delegate decisions concerning the frequency and availability of visitation to other parties
• explaining that a trial court faced solely with a motion to modify legal custody need consider only the factors in the joint legal custody statute and not the statutory factors in the modification of physical custody
• affirming modification to sole legal custody where parents “cannot work and communicate together to raise the children”
• “One of the key factors to consider when determining whether joint legal custody is appropriate is whether the persons awarded joint custody are willing and able to communicate and cooperate in advancing the child’s welfare.”
• “One of the key factors to consider when determining whether joint legal custody is appropriate is whether the persons awarded joint custody are willing and able to communicate and cooperate in advancing the child’s welfare.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).