Joint physical custody allows each parent approximately equal time with the child.
Joint physical custody allows each parent to have significant periods of physical custody.
Joint physical custody allows the child to live with both parents according to a schedule.
Not exact matches
Washington state
custody laws also
allow the courts to consider awarding
joint physical custody.
If parents have
joint physical custody of three children all at different stages of development, an iron clad schedule, of who has the children when, does not
allow for the needs of the individual children.
Full
custody allows one parent to have both legal and
physical custody of a child, while
joint custody allows both parties to share
physical and / or legal
custody of a child.
Joint physical custody requires that each parent is
allowed «significant periods of
physical custody.»
The court may award
joint physical or legal
custody,
allowing the parents to share the responsibilities for taking care of or making decisions for the child.
Joint physical custody involves a court - ordered schedule of caretaking that
allows a child to spend a predetermined amount of time in each home, meaning a minor child will have two primary residences.
The court may award one of three types of
custody arrangements:
joint legal
custody to both parents, where one parent is responsible for residential
custody;
joint physical custody, where both parents provide homes for the child; or sole
custody to one parent with visitation, also called «parenting time,»
allowed to the non-custodial parent.
Shared
custody (which is also known as «
joint custody» in other states) grants one or both parents shared legal or
physical custody in a way that
allows the child frequent and continued contact with both parents.
A
joint custody or shared
custody arrangement
allows parents to share
physical custody of the child.
Joint custody is a unique type of
custody that
allows both co-parents to share either legal
custody of the child,
physical custody of the child, or both.
Full
custody allows one parent to have both legal and
physical custody of a child, while
joint custody allows both parties to share
physical and / or legal
custody of a child.
In some cases, parents may share
joint physical and legal
custody,
allowing both parents to make medical and legal decisions on behalf of a child while sharing
physical custody between them.
The silence in many statutes on the issues of the child's
physical location and which parent has responsibility for the child reflects a desire to
allow for greater flexibility in fashioning
joint custody orders consistent with the best interests of the child.