Can legal medical marijuana use affect child custody?

There are plenty of legal things that can affect child custody. Alcohol is legal, but an alcoholic parent can be found unfit to have physical custody, or even unsupervised visitation in some cases. When using legal substances, you must ensure that you don’t use them in an irresponsible way. read more

As custody of minor children under California law is measured in the best interests of the child, the same rationale could be used against a parent who, though using medical marijuana lawfully, could endanger their children, and therefore have a greater chance at being denied custody by a court. read more

Generally, if marijuana use affects the best interests of the child, a court could limit, or even take away, that parent’s custody. Courts are typically hesitant to take custody away from parents, but it’s very common to award one parent as the custodial (more time) and the other as non-custodial (less time). read more