At Mayn Investigations FL, safeguarding your child’s welfare is our top priority. We understand the importance of entrusting their care to someone trustworthy and reliable. If you have concerns about potential abuse, negligence, or substance abuse by your child’s other parent or their partner, we offer discreet and comprehensive investigative services to provide you with peace of mind.
Factors Determining Outcome of Custody
If you have ever been involved in a child custody case or you are about to begin one you most likely have heard the phrase “best interests of the child.” Almost every state’s child custody laws determine custody and visitation issues based on the best interests of the child standard.
State statutes and case law define this standard differently, but in general there are certain common sense factors and themes that appear in the majority of states. The list of factors fall into four categories:
- the historical picture examining each parent’s role in nurturing the child since birth;
- the prospective picture considering the parents’ situations going into the future;
- status concerns referring to the personality or behavioral traits of each party; and
- the preference of the child.
