Such interim orders contained provisions stating that the plaintiff and the defendant shall have interim joint
custody and guardianship, that the primary address
of the
children shall be the defendant's address, that for the
purpose of access
arrangements the plaintiff shall promptly inform the defendant
of her monthly work schedule, and the defendant shall make efforts to ensure the
children spend equal time with both the plaintiff and the defendant and, upon receipt
of such work schedule, draw a calendar setting out parenting time for each parent for the coming month, and that the plaintiff shall be allowed to travel to Japan with the
children from November 2, 2002 through November 18, 2002.
For the
purposes of clarifying some
of this confusion, let's take a moment to go over the differences between joint legal and joint physical
custody, as well as some
of the many ways choosing a joint physical
custody arrangement can help both you and your
children.