Does Custody Usually Go to One Parent?
No. Courts frequently award at least some aspects of custody to both parents, called "joint custody. Joint custody usually takes at least one of these forms: • joint physical custody (children spend a relatively equal amount of time with each parent) • joint legal custody (medical, educational, religious and other decisions about the children [...]
Getting Child Custody-Joint Child Custody
Joint child custody A divorce is hard enough without a child involved. Child custody will be brought into the courts after the divorce has been settled. The issue of where the child will live and who will be the sole guardian always makes the custody battle a very distressing time. Parents have been known to [...]
