The two
major types of custody are legal custody and physical custody.
There are two
major types of custody — physical custody and legal custody.
Not exact matches
There are two
types of legal
custody: (i) «sole legal
custody» refers to when only one
of the parents has these rights; and (ii) «joint legal
custody» is where both parents have the same rights and responsibilities for the
major decisions for the child.
The two primary
types of legal
custody, which is determined either by agreement between parents or by order
of a judge, are joint legal
custody, which is an arrangement where both parents share the rights to make the
major decisions for their child, and sole legal
custody, which is when one parent can make these decisions without input from the other parent.
The other
type of custody is typically referred to as legal
custody and gives a parent the authority to make
major decisions for the child.
The
type of custody granted also affects which parent has the final say in
major decisions about the child's upbringing, such as education, religion, and medical care.
Seattle child
custody lawyer Molly Kenny explains the four
major types of supervised child visitations available to families in Washington State.