At what age can a child's opinions impact court decisions?

[Epiphany]

What is the name of your state? Arizona

I have two children and they have definite opionions on where they want to live and how often they want to visit each of us.....

At what age are their opinions (or are they ever?) considered when creating custody agreements and visitation schedules?

 

[BelizeBreeze]

What is the name of your state? Arizona

I have two children and they have definite opionions on where they want to live and how often they want to visit each of us.....

At what age are their opinions (or are they ever?) considered when creating custody agreements and visitation schedules?

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[Just Blue]

What is the name of your state? Arizona

I have two children and they have definite opionions on where they want to live and how often they want to visit each of us.....

At what age are their opinions (or are they ever?) considered when creating custody agreements and visitation schedules?

You know this question has been asked and answered 3 or 4 times just over the last couple of days...

A judge may consider a childs opinion in a custody situation at the age of 12 or 13...BUT!! The judge will place the child with the parent he considers the best choice.

At 18 the child can decide where s/he wants to live...

 

[heartwood]

You know this question has been asked and answered 3 or 4 times just over the last couple of days...

A judge may consider a childs opinion in a custody situation at the age of 12 or 13...BUT!! The judge will place the child with the parent he considers the best choice.

At 18 the child can decide where s/he wants to live...

This is not always the case - the judge in my case told both attorneys that I am clearly the superior parent (his words not mine) the evaluator said I am the more emotionally stable and more capable of maintaining proper behavior and have a greater ability to co-parent - yet the judge left the kids with their dad on an interm order to "see how it would work" because that is what the kids wanted (they didn't want to switch schools). For the last 8 months I have had to fight for every minute of my time with my kids, deal with him threatening to deny me visitation if I don't give him my "agenda" for my time with the kids, etc... it's been a living hell.

 

[Just Blue]

This is not always the case - the judge in my case told both attorneys that I am clearly the superior parent (his words not mine) the evaluator said I am the more emotionally stable and more capable of maintaining proper behavior and have a greater ability to co-parent - yet the judge left the kids with their dad on an interm order to "see how it would work" because that is what the kids wanted (they didn't want to switch schools). For the last 8 months I have had to fight for every minute of my time with my kids, deal with him threatening to deny me visitation if I don't give him my "agenda" for my time with the kids, etc... it's been a living hell.

Well...The judge in your case may have thought that it was in the childrens best interest to keep them in their school...

 

[BelizeBreeze]

This is not always the case - the judge in my case told both attorneys that I am clearly the superior parent (his words not mine) the evaluator said I am the more emotionally stable and more capable of maintaining proper behavior and have a greater ability to co-parent - yet the judge left the kids with their dad on an interm order to "see how it would work" because that is what the kids wanted (they didn't want to switch schools). For the last 8 months I have had to fight for every minute of my time with my kids, deal with him threatening to deny me visitation if I don't give him my "agenda" for my time with the kids, etc... it's been a living hell.

Read the EXACT phrasing of the question then you'll realize why I answered the way I did.