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How is child custody determined?
Unless the parties can agree, custodyis determined by the "best interests of the children." In general, in NewJersey, we have now moved toward a concept of a "parent of primaryresidence" (PPR) and a "parent of alternate residence" (PAR), the objectbeing that the parents in general should be joint custodians of theirchildren, each with input into the manner in which the children are beingraised with the children having a primary and alternate residence. However, this recent change in nomenclature does not change the fact thatone party or the other will have the children in their home more than theother. When this is an issue, and the parties cannot agree, a study willbe undertaken of each of the households and, in most cases, a neutral partywill be appointed by the Court to interview the parties and perhaps thechildren, view the households and make recommendations to the Court.
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