People always want to learn about things that may affect them, and when you are going to be in a child custody dispute you need to know about the types of child custody that there are. You want to learn about this also if you have friends who are in such situations so that you can help them. It is always important also to speak with a real lawyer and not just get all of your information online.

Why Learn About Different Types of Childcare Custody?

The thing to remember is that you want to learn about the types of custody so that you can make informed choices. If you are going to hire a child custody attorney, then you are going to have a better chance of success depending on the situation that you are in. The key is to know what is going on so that you can appear as less clueless than you may in fact be, and this will help you to think clearly as long as you can try to figure out the best thing to do.

Always try to find legal help when you are not sure what is going to happen. Furthermore, if you can get along with your partner and agree on a conclusion together, then it will be the best.

What Is Sole Custody?

This type of custody is where one of the parents become responsible for the child in terms of their major choices, such as:

• Education
• Healthcare
• Religious choices
• Welfare
• Living situations

This type of custody is most likely to happen where there have been cases and instances of domestic violence since the other parent is clearly not fit to be taking care of the child at all.

What is Joint Physical Custody?

This is basically a type of custody where the child is split between both parents in terms of where they live. They are with each parent for a specific amount of time,and this is a good thing when people can agree on what to do. They may make the decision mostly based on the benefit of the child. For instance, if the child goes to school near the mother, perhaps s/he spends the week there and then goes to the fathers on weekends.

What Is Joint Legal Custody?

Joint legal custody is where neither parent has preference by the judge, and the child is again split. The judge decides who the child spends more time with in this type of custody, since it is “legal” and not “physical”. Instead of splitting time evenly, the judge can decide to split it unevenly based on safety concerns and other such things.

This type will be more likely to happen if the parents can’t agree on what to do.

In our next article in this segment, we will discuss different types of visitation in regard to child custody. Always speak to a lawyer about these things so that you can make informed decisions on what you can do.