Whats the terminology for custody?
There are two types of custody: sole custody and joint custody. Sole custody means that only one parent has the final say in decision making for the children such as education, health and religion. Joint custody is broken down into joint legal and joint physical custody. Joint legal custody means that both parents have equal say in the decision-making regarding major decisions of the children, again, education, health and religion. Joint physical implies the parents have a close to equal parenting time, but it is important to note that by law joint custody does NOT automatically mean a 50-50 time split between the parents, although it can be a 50-50 schedule. The amount of time each parent spends with the child is not necessarily affected by the joint or sole designation, however it is usually assumed by people that sole custody implies the non-custodial parent has less time with the children then if it was joint custody, but this is not necessarily the situation in ever case. In joint
