Owner-builders. An owner-builder is someone who takes on most of the responsibility for domestic building work carried out on their land. As an owner-builder you would need to obtain building permits, supervise or undertake the building work, and ensure the work meets building regulations and standards.
Posted September 25, 2009 10:33pm. I assume you mean that you each filed a Summons and Petition for either dissolution of marriage or legal separation, and a request for custody of children. It doesn't really matter who filed first, the controlling issue is who was served first.
In many states the court will order that both legal parents retain custody (sometimes called joint, or shared, legal custody). This means each parent has equal authority over the key decisions in the childâs life (such as education and medical care), as well as a legal obligation to care for and support the child.ecause the law does not fully recognize their relationship with the child, nonlegal parents rarely have any financial obligations to their partnerâs children. And where a nonlegal parent offers to help support the children in exchange for visitation or custody rights, most courts say no.