Types of Child Custody Arrangements If we lived in an ideal world, we wouldn’t have family law court or custody battles. But the world we live in is not ideal and people sometimes need legal intervention when it comes to child custody. In some instances, one parent is granted full custody while another loses all rights and there are, of course, all types of other arrangements in between. Below is a little about the different child custody arrangements. Physical When a parent is awarded physical custody, it means that the child will live with them. There is also joint physical custody in which the child splits their time living with both parents. For example, the child may live with one parent during the week and the other parent on weekends, during summer vacation and other school breaks.
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When parents don’t live near each other, joint custody is not awarded usually. To do so is considered too burdensome for the child involved. Stability for the child is the main focus of the courts when deciding on custody. When parents have joint physical custody, there usually isn’t a child support order in place. That is because the a parents are equally taking care of the child, just in different locations. But there may be an arrangement for out-of-ordinary costs associated with child care such as a hospitalization.
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Sole physical custody is a term that people use interchangeably with joint physical custody but they are two separate types of arrangements. With sole custody, one parent has physical custody and the other parent has the right to visit with the child. Sole custody, not to be confused with sole physical custody, is where one parents has complete control over everything and the other parent virtually has no rights. This an outcome usually reserved for situations where one parent has been shown to be unfit for whatever reason. Legal Legal custody isn’t about physical custody in anyway. Legal custody refers to a parent’s ability to make legal and other serious decisions concerning the child in question. When a parent has legal custody, they decide which school the child attends, what religion they follow, how a child is discipline and so on. It is possible for parents to have joint legal custody as well. A parent could have joint physical custody and sole physical custody or the reverse. But that usually doesn’t happen because parents who can’t share custody usually can’t come to the table about anything else. Parents who do not honor their custody agreements do not risk jail but they do risk losing the rights they were granted.