Full custody differs from joint custody in
that a full custody arrangement grants legal and physical custody to one parent as opposed to both parents.
In a joint custody arrangement, parents share physical and / or legal custody of a child; whereas, in
a full custody arrangement, one parent has sole responsibility for a child.
In
a full custody arrangement, one parent is the custodial parent, while the other parent is generally granted generous visitation rights as determined by the court.
Not exact matches
In a joint
custody arrangement, parents share
custody of their child, as opposed to sole
custody, where one parent has
full custody.
However, in these situations, the mother is granted
full custody unless a court orders otherwise or the parties agree on a different
custody arrangement in writing.
The first and most common, is that the mother makes the argument that the only reason the father wants a 60 % / 40 % time sharing
arrangement is to move from a
full table support regime to a shared
custody regime where the parents pay a set - off amount.
Instead of each parent sharing the decision - making for their child in every respect as in a traditional joint
custody arrangement, in a parallel parenting regime, parents assume
full decision - making responsibility for different domains.
However, where the parents have a shared custodial
arrangement, the trial court was required to make a
full redetermination of what
custody order was in the best interests of the children.
The advantage over
full physical
custody to one parent is that this
arrangement ensures that both have «real» parenting time on a regular basis.
Sole legal
custody is an
arrangement where one parent has
full responsibility to make all decisions for the child.
His representation resulted in additional parenting time following the temporary
custody trial and since the case proceeded to a
full trial, I was ultimately awarded the
custody arrangement I was seeking.
Although
full custody usually involves the child living with one parent and grants that parent the decision making powers, there are two common misconceptions that people have regarding such guardianship
arrangements.
It is possible that a person can have
full custody in one area but be bound by other
custody arrangements in the other area.
To obtain
full custody of her children, a mother must demonstrate that a different
custody arrangement would negatively affect them.