# Child custody

**URL:** <https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-custody/16626>\
**Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\
**Created:** [March 2, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-custody/16626 "2016-03-02T19:41:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![mehowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@mehowe](https://forum.rosen.com/u/mehowe)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-custody/16626/1 "2016-03-02T19:41:32Z")

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Is there a presumption that custody should be split 50/50 or do courts consider circumstances and the child’s preference (child is 14)? Soon-to-be-ex-husband originally requested parenting time every other weekend, but no agreement was signed due to unrelated reasons. Now he wants 50/50. He has been an extraordinarily uninvolved parent and child does not want 50/50, but he claims that NC courts assume custody should be split evenly.

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**Author:** ![Lindsay\_Willis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@Lindsay\_Willis](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Lindsay_Willis)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/child-custody/16626/2 "2016-03-11T15:48:32Z")

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Judges tend to favor a 50/50 custody arrangement, but it certainly isn’t a foregone conclusion that will be the outcome of your case. Judge’s make their ruling based on the facts and circumstances in each case; if there are factors that would indicate that a 50/50 schedule would not be in the best interest of the child, they will not order a 50/50 split. The court may consider the child’s preference since the child is 14. The older the child, the more likely the jude will find that child’s testimony credible.