Education and Maturity

The parent seeking custody must be mature and educated. No judge would knowingly or reasonably award child custody to a parent that lacks maturity and a significant education in order to ensure that the child is raised to exhibit good character and common knowledge for appropriate societal living.

Familial Support

Emotional and moral support from immediate family members and relatives. This is an important factor in considering the best of conditions in which to raise a child, here, in Vietnam. Vietnamese culture focuses on the availability of a parent having available assistance from immediate family members and/or relatives where time, experience, family environment & lifestyle, etc., will play an important role in shaping the child’s character and overall development.

Quality time

Parents awarded the child custody right must prove that s/he has sufficient quality time for which to care for their child, through play, emotional attachment (bonding), daily care and nurturing, and education.

Lifestyle Perspective

Although not a physical factor but a factor that the court will likely examine and consider. The court will know, through mediation, who IS the most suitable parent to raise the child, absent close-mindedness, selfishness and/or other negative attitude, behavior, and/or characteristics.

Age

There is a principle rule that the younger in age that the child is, the likelihood it is that the mother will secure legal child custody.

Parental Income

Although a parent claiming legal child custody suggests that s/he will make every attempt, by their love to raise the child in the most comfortable of conditions, but s/he is economically disadvantaged, earning sufficient income is likely a factor for rejecting her/his petition for legal child custody.

Accommodations

Suitable, safe, secure, and stable living accommodation will definitely be considered a positive consideration for granting legal child custody. Nevertheless, this only pertains to suitable living space and not necessarily ownership of said dwelling.

Number of Children

Any parent seeking legal child custody of multiple children presents certain challenges to consider - household and financial dynamics - that must be considered.

Communication

Verbal and written language between the parent and the child must be affectionate, appropriate, encouraging, and nurturing and absent of any moral turpitude against the non-custodial parent.

Child Support/Alimony

The amount of financial support afforded to the custodial parent to care for children and or the parent themselves.

Physical Affection

Physical affection between parent and child – hugging, embracing, holding, cradling, holding hands, etc.