Sound Advice on Pennsylvania Child Custody Issues
Our attorneys are seasoned and skilled litigators who are dedicated to zealously and aggressively advocating for the rights of parents in custody. Our family law attorneys have over 80 years of combined legal experience, which along with their considerable life experience, makes them well qualified and skilled at child custody.
What is important to parents is important to our family law attorneys. Parents need to make sure their rights to custody or visitation are protected. Parents need to know their children are being well cared for with the other parent. Parents need to make sure the best interests of their children are protected and advocated throughout the child custody proceedings. That is what the family law attorneys of Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C., are dedicated to and do every day in cases and courtrooms throughout Central Pennsylvania.
For a free consultation about how your rights to custody can be protected, contact Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C., in Harrisburg or Newport. We offer comprehensive client service on child custody issues, ranging from obtaining primary or shared physical custody, to advocating for or against the rights of grandparents or other third parties, to settling the logistics of a visitation schedule to defending a parent from unfounded allegations of child abuse. We take child custody very seriously — because nothing is as precious to us as the welfare of a child.
Questions About Child Custody? Contact Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C.
The legal standard courts use to decide child custody is called the "best interest of the child." The problem with this standard is that it is subject to wide interpretation. Thus, judges have a lot of discretion in deciding custody cases. That is why you need an experienced litigator who has practiced extensively in family courts throughout Central Pennsylvania. You need an attorney who knows and has practiced before the judges and in the courts that are likely to decide your case. At Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C., our family law attorneys have over 80 years of combined experience practicing before judges and in courts throughout Central Pennsylvania. These are the attorneys you need to have representing you.
Our attorneys have litigated cases and have argued the "best interest of the child" before every family law judge and family law courtroom in Central Pennsylvania. Our attorneys are well versed in the legal considerations that can be used to interpret the "best interest of the child." These considerations can include:
- Where does the child live today?
- Will a sibling group be separated?
- Which parent has the stronger extended family ties to grandparents, aunts or uncles?
- Is there a difference between the quality of supervision, medical care, educational support or social guidance that each parent offers?
- What is the child's preference?
- Which parent is more likely to cooperate with the other on matters concerning visitation and shared parental decisions?
Our experience with the full range of considerations that inform child custody negotiations and court hearings can help you avoid disappointment while protecting your interests as a parent to the greatest degree possible.
When family violence, substance abuse or mental illness is a factor in child custody decisions, we can advise and represent either parent on fitness issues and the development of parental skills. We can also defend parents facing exaggerated or baseless charges of neglect or abuse.
We offer comprehensive client service on child custody issues. We also advise parents about their rights to modification or enforcement of child custody rights. And, we have acquired a high level of skill and experience handling custody cases affected by out-of-state court orders, including registration and enforcement of these orders in Pennsylvania, and plans for parental relocation.
Whether your child custody arrangements can be worked out easily by agreement, will need court-supervised mediation, or require aggressive litigation in court, our lawyers can help you. Contact Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C., in Harrisburg or Newport for more information.
