Pennsylvania Visitation Lawyers
What is important to parents is important to our family law attorneys. As a parent, you need to make sure your rights to custody or visitation are protected. You need to know your children are well cared for. You need to make sure the best interests of your children are protected and advocated throughout the child custody proceedings. That is what the child custody lawyers of Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C. do every day in cases and courtrooms throughout central Pennsylvania.
Our attorneys are seasoned and skilled litigators who are dedicated to zealously and aggressively advocating for the rights of parents and children. With more than 80 years of combined legal experience and considerable life experience, we are well-qualified and skilled at handling child custody disputes. For a free consultation about how your rights to child custody can be protected, contact Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C., in Carlisle, Harrisburg, or Newport.
Our Pennsylvania Child Custody Practice
We offer comprehensive client service on child custody issues, including:
- Obtaining primary or shared physical custody
- Advocating for or against the rights of grandparents or other third parties
- Settling the logistics of a visitation schedule
- Defending a parent from unfounded allegations of child abuse
- Bringing or fighting a request for child custody modification or parental relocation
- Child custody enforcement
- Registration and enforcement of out-of-state child custody orders
We take our family law practice, and child custody specifically, very seriously — because nothing is as precious to us as the welfare of a child.
Advocating for Your Child's Future
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 child custody and visitation litigator who has practiced extensively in the central Pennsylvania courts and before the judges who are likely to decide your case.
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. They 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.
Questions About Child Custody? Contact Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C.
Whether your child custody arrangements can be worked out easily by agreement, will need court-supervised mediation, or require aggressive litigation in court, our Carlisle, Newport, and Harrisburg child custody lawyers can help you. Contact Scaringi & Scaringi, P.C. for more information.
