It may, he also hopes, one day lead to a serious consideration of joint custody.

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Whether she is awarded sole or joint custody, there will surely be significant child support.

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Result: If you have joint custody, you must agree who will claim the child each year.

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When parents separate, Japan's legal system does not recognise the joint custody of children common in other jurisdictions.

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Full-fledged wedlock should be allowed, the committee pronounced in November, with gay couples who wanted to adopt having joint custody over children.

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In concealing the boy, Wilfong violated the terms of a court order that granted joint custody of the child to Michael Chekevdia, the documents said.

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Many involve cases of Japanese nationals - married to non-Japanese nationals - who were divorced abroad taking their children back to Japan, despite joint custody rulings.

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And she brings forth her firstborn son, and wraps him in cute slings, and shares him in joint custody with Jason, because there is no room for them in the conventional.

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But the joint report by prison and police inspectors concluded custody facilities in the West Midlands area were "positive in many respects".

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