One parent may have sole custody, meaning one parent has
sole legal and physical custody of the child, although the other parent may have visitation.
«[T] here was extensive evidence of father attempting to alienate Hannah and Hillary from mother that independently supports the court's disposition in this case [ordering that custody be changed from joint custody to
sole legal and physical custody of mother].»
«The district court concluded for purposes of the statutory modification requirement, that MA - E's «emotional development is impaired in the environment of [Adler's]
sole legal and physical custody because [Adler] will not permit the child to have a normal relationship with [Espinosa], and [Adler] will cause [MA - E] distress by systematically undermining [Espinosa's] involvement with the child.»
You should have sought
sole legal and physical custody for him.»
In this case, California law automatically gives sole custody of the children to the surviving parent, even if the deceased parent had
sole legal and physical custody before her death, and even if the surviving parent has not exercised visitation with his children or remained a part of their lives.
In general, one parent may be granted
sole legal and physical custody; either or both forms of custody may be shared between parents.
Sole custody grants one parent
sole legal and physical custody of the child.
California courts can award a combination of joint and
sole legal and physical custody.
The court is likely to award
sole legal and physical custody to the parent who is not in jail since the jailed parent can not participate in the actual parenting of the child.
Even if you have
sole legal and physical custody, the court might not allow you to change her last name if her other parent maintains a frequent and loving relationship with her and if he objects.
A judge can order parents to share legal custody (decision - making power on child's behalf) and / or physical custody (parent with whom child resides) or one parent may have
sole legal and physical custody.
if necessary to protect the child's welfare, give
sole legal and physical custody to a third party (like a grandparent) who promises not to allow access to any violent parent.
Not exact matches
Primarily, the two concepts are different because
sole custody includes
legal and physical custody, while joint
custody does not.
Essentially, when the court is granting
sole custody, they're assigning
legal and physical custody to a single parent.
Generally, separated or divorced parents are either seeking
sole or joint
legal and / or
physical custody.
The most common arrangement is one in which one parent has
sole physical custody, both parents have
legal custody,
and the noncustodial parent is granted visitation time.
When we refer to «
sole custody,» we are typically referring to a court ordered arrangement wherein one parent has both
legal and physical custody of the child.
Below, you will find tips on the key differences among
legal custody,
physical custody,
sole custody, joint
custody,
and more.
For use when both parents voluntarily
and willingly agree to share joint
legal custody and one parent will have
sole physical custody.
If
sole custody is awarded, one parent gains exclusive
physical and legal custody over the couple's child.
A parent with «
sole custody» of a child has exclusive
physical and legal custody rights concerning the child.
After a dissolution of the marriage between Kiley S. Sheehan («Mother»)
and Shawn M. Sheehan («Father»), Mother was awarded
sole legal custody («
legal decision making»), as well as primary
physical custody of her minor child.
On January 28, 2005, the New Mexico Court issued an order that S
and J should have joint
legal custody of N, that J should temporarily have
sole physical custody and that S must return Nina to J's
custody.
California Family Code distinguishes between
sole physical and sole legal custody,
and carves out visitation rights for the noncustodial parent.
According to court records, the two reached a child
custody settlement in which the mother would have
sole legal custody and primary
physical custody of the kids.
Legal and physical custody can each either be
sole or joint.
On appeal Spreeuw argued that the family court erred in not awarding her
sole physical custody and Barker argued that the family court erred in not awarding him primary
legal custody.
Both
legal custody and physical custody can be «
sole» or «joint.»
Custody of the six children Jolie and husband Brad Pitt share is expected to be the largest part of the divorce proceedings, as Jolie has filed for sole physical custody, with visitation rights for Pitt, while asking the two maintain joint legal c
Custody of the six children Jolie
and husband Brad Pitt share is expected to be the largest part of the divorce proceedings, as Jolie has filed for
sole physical custody, with visitation rights for Pitt, while asking the two maintain joint legal c
custody, with visitation rights for Pitt, while asking the two maintain joint
legal custodycustody.
In both states, joint
legal and joint
physical custody are favored over
sole custody.
These include both joint
and sole custody and can be applied to either
physical or
legal types of
custody.
If the parent proposing the move or removal has
sole legal or joint
legal custody of the child
and the child resides with that parent for the greater period of time or the parents have substantially equal periods of
physical placement with the child, as an alternative to the petition, motion or order to show cause under par.
If a parent awarded joint
legal custody and physical care or
sole legal custody is relocating the residence of the minor child to a location which is one hundred fifty miles or more from the residence of the minor child at the time that
custody was awarded, the court may consider the relocation a substantial change in circumstances.
Child
custody options in New Jersey include
sole custody, joint
legal custody,
and shared
legal and physical custody.
For example, if a parent wants to get
sole physical and legal custody due to abuse, he / she needs proof of the abuse.
Michael Robert Hart (Father) was granted
sole legal and primary
physical custody of the minor children he shares with Kari Rose Hart (Mother) with an additional order that Mother's time with the children is supervised.
At the time of the divorce in 2003, Mother was awarded
sole legal custody and primary
physical custody of the children, followed by her remarriage
and relocation with the children to Texas in 2005, Father's relocation for 6 months to be near the children in Texas, Father's return to Arizona after not finding steady employment, Mother's separation from her new husband
and subsequent move to an apartment with the children (that resulted in a change of schools).
The client requests
sole legal and sole physical custody.
The applicant is seeking
sole legal and primary
physical custody.
Generally the court favors joint
legal and physical custody but there are many situations where a court will give
sole physical to one parent
and joint
legal (decisionmaking)
custody to both parents.
My ex-husband has warned me enough times that he will be taking me to court vying for
sole legal and / or
physical custody of...
A parent may choose to seek
sole or joint
legal and physical child
custody.
These two forms of
custody can either be joint between the two parents or
sole where one parent has both
physical and legal custody of the child.
The court may order joint
custody — both parents share
custody — or
sole custody to one parent,
and must decide joint or
sole custody as to both
legal custody (the right to make decisions about a child's welfare)
and physical custody (the right to have a child live with you).
Legal and physical custody also come in
sole and joint varieties.
Both
physical and legal custody can be joint or
sole depending on the individual circumstances of each divorce case between the former spouses.
These include both joint
and sole custody and can be applied to either
physical or
legal types of
custody.
One parent can have only
sole physical custody of the children or both
physical and legal custody.
Legal and physical custody can be
sole or joint.
Even when a parent has
sole physical and sole legal custody, this does not give her the right to override the visitation schedule in the
custody order.