What is joint sole custody?

Answer 1

Parents who don't live together have joint custody (also called shared custody) when they share the decision-making responsibilities for, and/or physical control and custody of, their children. Joint custody can exist if the parents are divorced, separated, or no longer cohabiting, or even if they never lived together.

Answer 2

There are three types of joint custody.

• Joint Legal Custody

  Similar to sole custody, whereby one parent still retains primary residential custody and control of the children.

• Joint Physical Custody

  Otherwise referred to as Split Custody, each parent has residential custody and control of the children 50% of the time.

• Bird Nest Custody

  The children remain in the family home and each parent resides there for a designated period of time, then switch.

Answer 3

That phrase is in error.

Sole custody means that one person, usually a parent, has full legal and physical custody. Joint custody means that both parents share legal custody although the child may live with one parent who has physical custody.

That phrase is in error.

Sole custody means that one person, usually a parent, has full legal and physical custody. Joint custody means that both parents share legal custody although the child may live with one parent who has physical custody.

That phrase is in error.

Sole custody means that one person, usually a parent, has full legal and physical custody. Joint custody means that both parents share legal custody although the child may live with one parent who has physical custody.

That phrase is in error.

Sole custody means that one person, usually a parent, has full legal and physical custody. Joint custody means that both parents share legal custody although the child may live with one parent who has physical custody.

Answer 4

That phrase is in error.

Sole custody means that one person, usually a parent, has full legal and physical custody. Joint custody means that both parents share legal custody although the child may live with one parent who has physical custody.

Answer 5

There are two kinds of joint custody: legal and physical.

Joint legal custody gives the non-residential parent the right to participate in parental decision making such as major decisions about the children's upbringing, education and to view medical and school records. (In the traditional sole custody arrangement, the non-custodial parent is legally equivalent to a stranger regarding parental decision making.) Joint legal custody does not affect the child's living arrangements. Often it is granted with the traditional residence arrangement, in which the child lives with one parent but the other parent has an equal right to be included in parental decision making. A visitation schedule allows for scheduled visits with the non-residential parent.

With joint physical custody, the child spends substantial time living with each parent, sometimes on an alternating week basis or some other arrangement established by agreement of the parents.

Joint custody only works with parents who have a congenial relationship and are able to work well together. Judges are reluctant to award joint legal custody to parents who do not get along well with each other since every decision may be met with arguments that will only increase stress for the children and the parent with physical custody.