Legal custody is the term that we use for important decisions you make for your children, such as anything related to their health, education, and welfare.
Parents usually share joint legal custody, meaning that they are going to jointly make these decisions for their children.
Sole legal custody can be requested when a court deems a parent unfit to be a guardian.
Physical custody describes where the children live on a day-to-day basis.
Primary physical custody means the children reside primarily with one parent and have parenting time with the other parent.
Shared physical custody is when both parents are more actively involved in the day to day and overnights with the children, usually when a parent has 104 overnights with a child.
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