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What are legal and physical custody?

April 26, 2017Custody Legal physical

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What are legal and physical custody?

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Legal custody describes which parent makes the major decisions for the child(ren) such as health decisions, religious upbringing, education decisions, and general welfare. It does not include the day-to-day decision that each parent makes when the children are in their care. Parties can request either sole legal rights or shared legal rights if they believe they will be able to work out and constructively discuss the child’s welfare. Parties can also divide legal rights. For example, one parent can have sole custody regarding religion upbringing and another parent can have sole legal custody regarding educational matters.Physical custody describes where the child(ren) actually lives a majority of the time. Parties can request sole custody and shared custody. Shared custody can mean a 50/50 split or some other percentage of time (e.g.