How are child custody issues decided?
The factors used by a Judge to award custody include, age, health and sex of the child, who was the child’s primary caregiver prior to separation, parenting skills of parents, capacity to provide primary child care and employment responsibilities, physical and mental health of the parents, age of the parents, alcohol and drug use, emotional ties of parent and child, moral fitness, home, school and community record of child, preference of a child twelve years or older, stability of home and employment of each parent and any other relevant factors.
