Yes, see links below
Physical custody means that a person (typically the parent) has the right to have the child living with them. This could be sole physical custody, or even joint physical custody in which the parents share custody of their child.
Not with joint physical custody.
joint physical or joint legal?
It will be very dificult for the father to have joint legal and physical custody on the gounds that he is not avalible. The courts want the two parents to live in the same area to co-parent. He could if he moved back.
Either parent can have physical custody in a joint custody arrangement. If there is a court order granting the mother physical custody the father should notify the court of the mother's incarceration and have that order modified unless he wants the mother to resume physical custody when she is released.
Yes, a father can file for joint custody of his child, which allows both parents to share legal and physical custody of the child.
It can if there's a concern for safety or health. Why not grant the child joint physical custody of you? see related link
You don't with joint legal.
Yes, anytime the boy is in your physical care is considered custody.
Joint legal or joint physical? see link below
To do anything possible to get joint physical custody.
Joint legal or physical. see links