Physical custody, which means where children reside, may be an equal and shared
physical custody arrangement where a child's time is evenly split between two homes, or an arrangement where the child resides with the primary custodial parent and the visitation schedule allows for parenting time with the non-custodial parent.
This article will examine recent decisions concerning the relocation of the custodial parent in sole or primary
physical custody arrangements as well as the proposed relocation of a parent in cases involving a joint custodial arrangement, including both joint legal custody and joint physical custody.
Outline your legal and
physical custody arrangement for each child, the visitation rights for the noncustodial spouse and the amount of child support to be paid.
Sole legal / sole
physical custody arrangements usually are not granted unless there are extreme circumstances or consent, e.g. father wants nothing to do with the children and disappears.
Absent a joint custody agreement by the parents that includes an
unequal physical custody arrangement, a judge is now required to order joint custody with an equal amount of parenting time, regardless of where the parent lives, unless one parent is ruled to be unfit.
Children in a joint
physical custody arrangement suffered from fewer psychosomatic problems than those living mostly or only with one parent but reported more symptoms than those in non-broken families.
Even if you think you and your ex get along well enough to manage a shared
physical custody arrangement where your child spends roughly an equal time with each of you, this may not be in her best interest.
Joint physical custody is a
shared physical custody arrangement of the children, where the intention is that the children spend significant periods of time with each parent, such as alternating weeks between mother and father.
These groups seek to regain control over spouses who are divorcing them, usually through forced marriage counseling or enacting extreme economic penalties for filing for divorce, including loss of custody, loss of marital assets, and forced
joint physical custody arrangements where the child is shuffled between incongruent households so that the father can avoid paying child support.
But if the courts have imposed a joint
physical custody arrangement, you'll need to work together to determine how your time will be divvied up.
Also called «shared custody,» «shared parenting,» or «dual residence custody»
this physical custody arrangement involves having the children live with one parent for part of the week (or part of the year), and live with the other parent during the remaining time.
(Y) oung adults who lived in sole - custody arrangements expressed more feelings of loss and more often viewed their lives through the lens of divorce, compared to those young adults who grew up in more shared
physical custody arrangements.
Some examples of joint
physical custody arrangements are:
In the case of sole custody, the other parent may still be allowed some visitation, though it will be much more limited than in a shared legal custody /
physical custody arrangement.
Prior to making a decision about joint custody, the court will consider whether both parents agree to a joint
physical custody arrangement.
Legal custody is typically shared between parents regardless of
the physical custody arrangement.
Shared custody is a term that applies to
a physical custody arrangement where the parents both receive substantial amounts of custodial time with the child or children.
Whether child support is awarded typically depends on
the physical custody arrangements.
Oklahoma law allows legal and
physical custody arrangements.
There are different kinds of
physical custody arrangements, including sole, in which one parent has physical custody, and shared, in which each parent has physical custody for part of the time.
However, Connecticut's guidelines adjust for split custody arrangements, shared
physical custody arrangements and parental obligations for children outside the marriage, and courts have discretion to go outside the guidelines to change the child support amount when appropriate.
That is, even if the parties agree to share joint legal custody, determination of the appropriate worksheet is governed by
the physical custody arrangement.
A true joint
physical custody arrangement (or shared parenting as it is now known) would mean that the children would spend 50 % of the time living with one parent and 50 % of the time with the other.
If your original custody order gives your child's other parent sole physical custody, you must ask for, and receive, a court order before you can enjoy a shared
physical custody arrangement.
It could be a job loss, or even a change in
the physical custody arrangement.