Like, can they figure it out amongst themselves or do they have to go to court?
Is it different for each one? (e.g. you have to go to court for child support but not custody)
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Lawyers will hammer all of that out. Financial, custody, etc. All of those details are included in the final divorce documents and court proceedings.
No, if you both can agree like grown adults and do what you both agree on, the courts don’t need or care to be involved. If, however, things go sideways and you feel you need an enforceable agreement at any point, you can always go to court to seek one.
Hopefully someone that needs this will see it. If you are a father and unmarried, you need to establish paternity for your rights as the father to be recognized legally. You don’t need a lawyer to claim your child. Being on the birth certificate is not enough. You can and probably should establish paternity while you are on good terms. The court may ask for a parenting agreement and it will be much better if you can establish that before you might not get along so well. It will also help smooth things over for medical and education needs regardless if you’re together or not. You have rights as a parent and will be supported by the court in exercising and maintaining those rights throughout the whole time your child is a juvenile.
Go to your local juvenile court (same one that does juvenile criminal proceedings) and file a petition to establish paternity. They will want a letter explaining how expenses and care will be handled which will be easy if you get along.
If things don’t go so well between Mom and Dad then kiddo has a plan that was made in good faith and not while there is fighting going on.
Yes, divorcing couples are legally allowed to work out child support and custody agreements between themselves without going to court. However, most couples fail to do this. Almost by definition, divorcing couples don’t have much trust in each other or good communication, so working out complex, life-altering agreements usually fails. Most of the time they need a judge decide the details of their custody and child upper agreements and they might go back to the judge later to enforce the agreements.
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