Waukesha County Child Custody Lawyer
Determining how to share your children without disrupting parent-child bonds can be emotional, frustrating and heart-wrenching. As a parent, you want nothing but the best for your children. It is difficult to see your children struggle through your divorce or separation. At the Penegor Law Office, we can help you work through a child custody or visitation dispute. We will work to protect your rights and limit the emotional trauma on your children. Contact our Brookfield law firm to discuss your needs.
At our firm, attorney Robert Penegor provides comprehensive child custody services to clients in the Milwaukee areas and throughout southeastern Wisconsin.
Child Custody and Placement
Joint and sole legal custody, and primary and shared physical placement are the terms used to describe the different types of custody arrangements under Wisconsin laws. As an experienced family law attorney, Robert Penegor can explain the different types of custody and help you explore the best type of custody arrangement for you and your children.
- Legal custody: Parents may be awarded joint or sole legal custody. Legal custody refers to the ability to make major decisions involving the child, such as decisions regarding health and medical treatment, education, and religious training.
- Physical custody/placement: Parents may be awarded shared or primary physical custody (commonly referred to as sole or joint physical custody). Physical placement/custody refers to the child's residence.
Visitation Schedules and Parenting Time Plans
If the parties agree to or the court rules that one parent will have primary physical custody (as opposed to both parents having joint physical custody), a visitation schedule is drafted to provide the non-custodial parent with regular opportunities to spend time with their child or children. A visitation schedule (also called 'periods of placement' or 'parenting time') is drafted focusing on the needs of the minor children, the parents and occasionally, grandparents. Attorney Penegor will help you determine the best way to proceed in developing an appropriate visitation schedule.
Child Support Obligations
Child support determinations require calculations of the income and potential income of each spouse; and other factors including the needs, age and educational requirements of each child. After support is awarded, it may need to be enforced. Attorney Penegor can help with all matters related to child support, including petitioning for a modification of a child support order if circumstances change.
Contact our Brookfield Family Law Firm
If you need assistance with child custody or other family law matter, contact Penegor Law Office and speak with our skilled child custody attorney.
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Penegor Law Office
16655 West Bluemound Road
Brookfield, WI 53005
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Telephone: (262) 786-3522
Fax: (262) 786-9285
Providing skilled criminal defense, divorce and family law services, and personal injury representation to individuals and families in southeast Wisconsin, including Brookfield, Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine, and West Bend; and throughout Waukesha County, Racine County, Ozaukee County, Jefferson County, and Kenosha County.