Terms used by courts and lawyers since the mid-1990's when referring to parents» time with minor children or sharing of
custodial rights and responsibilities.
As far as the courts are concerned, an agreement between parents concerning
their custodial rights and responsibilities is ideal.
Not exact matches
Joint custody means the legal
responsibility of a minor child is shared equally between the parents,
and neither parent has legal
custodial rights superior to those of the other parent.
Shared custody is relevant to child support only since it does not affect the
custodial parent's
rights and responsibilities with respect to decision - making.
Ohio law provides three ways to allocate parental
rights and responsibilities: «shared parenting,» «sole residential
and custodial parent»
and, the rarest of the three, «split parenting.»
If an absent or abusive parent abandons all parental
responsibilities, that parent could lose all
custodial rights, including legal
and physical custody permanently.
Legal custody means that the
custodial parent has the
right and responsibility to care for the child, including making decisions regarding the child's educational
and medical needs.
However, unlike
custodial rights, guardianship
rights do not necessarily cover all aspects of parenting — a limited guardianship assigns
rights and responsibilities only as necessary depending on the needs of the minor.
In Ohio, a
custodial parent's
rights include all
rights and responsibilities relevant to raising a child.
Considerations include the child's respective relationship with each parent, the ability of each parent to provide adequate
custodial care, the competency of each parent, geographic distance between the two parents,
and the willingness of each parent to respect the other parent's
rights and responsibilities, including
rights of privacy.
A legally ordered arrangement, for parents who do not live together, by which neither parent is considered the sole
custodial parent but equally share the
rights and responsibilities for raising the child (ren).
This parent usually has many or most of the same
rights and responsibilities as the
custodial parent with one exception.