The court may award joint custody, and may consider agreements of the parties, if they are in the best interests of the child. The court shall award custody as in the best interests of the child. If a child is 14 years old or older, the child shall have the right to select the parent with whom he desires to live, and such selection shall be controlling unless the parent is not fit. The court may consider family violence in making a decision. Visitation shall be ordered unless there is a history of family violence.
Child support is statutory.
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