Residential Responsibility

For purposes of shared parental responsibility and primary residence, the best interest of the child shall include an evaluation of all factors effecting the welfare and best interest of the child, including, but not limited to:

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Family Lawyer Joan Berry Nassar, Melbourne, Florida
Attorney in Brevard County, offers legal services in paternity,
divorce, child support, child custody, alimony and property division.

1. The parent who is most likely to allow the child frequent and continuing contact with the non-residential parent.
2. The love, affection, and other emotional ties existing between the parents and the child.
3. The The capacity and disposition of the parents to provide the child with food, clothing, medical care or other remedial care recognized and permitted under the laws of this State in lieu of medical care, and other material needs.
4. The length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment and the desirability of maintaining continuity.
5. The permanence, as a family unit, of the existing or proposed custodial home.
6. The moral fitness of the parents.
7. The mental and physical health of the parents.
8. The home, school and community record of the child.
9. The reasonable preference of the child, if the Court deems the child to be
   of sufficient intelligence, understanding and experience to express a preference.
10. The willingness and ability of each parent to facilitate and encourage a
    close and continuing parent-child relationship between the child and the other parent.
11. Evidence that any party has knowingly provided false information to the Court regarding a domestic violence of child abuse.
12. Any other factor considered by the Court to be relevant.
    (Florida Statutes 61.13 (2002))