What is sole custody and joint custody?
Sole Custody:An order of Sole Custody generally gives one parent the full legal responsibility for the child, with regard to making all decisions in the childs life. The other parent will generally have visitation rights. Joint Custody: The effect of a joint custody order is that both parents have equal say in the major decisions of a childs life, such as education, major medical treatment and religion. Joint Custody does not effect the amount of support obligation that the non-custodial parent is required to pay or otherwise affect visitation. Generally, each parent has specified access rights (visitation).In some cases, the parents can also share joint legal and physical custody. However, joint custody does not necessarily mean that each parent will spend equal time with the child or children. How is Child Visitation decided? The court will order reasonable visitation according to the age of the child, but the amount of visitation can vary by agreement between the parents. A judge ca
