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2007-03-28 10:30:46 · 6 answers · asked by sometimes I'm too nice 2 in Family & Relationships Marriage & Divorce

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With Joint Custody, both the child's parents have 100% legal authority over the child. They are both able to get medical help, make school decisions, etc.

With Joint Custody, the children usually have primary residence with one parent and visit the other on an agreed schedule. Some parents with joint custody live in the same sub-division so the kids spend one week on/one week off with each parent so both parents get 50% of the time with the child. Whom the child lives with at any time can change as agreed upon by the parents.

With Sole Custody, one parent has 100% legal authority over all decisions concerning the child. This is the parent whom the child lives with exclusively.

With Sole Custody, the parent who does not have "custody" is legally entitled to visitation. There is an agreed on, or court ordered, schedule.

Visitation occurs with Joint Custody and Sole Custody but with Sole Custody only the person with custody or the court determines how much the other parent can see the child.

2007-03-28 10:47:01 · answer #1 · answered by SAB 2 · 1 0

visitation is you see your child specific times and dates. You do have rights as far as being allowed to get the childs records since you are a birth parent. Joint PHYSICAL custody is where you either get the child half of the time or however the two of you work it out. Either half of the year, half of the week, or when your able. So long as it doesn't interfer with school. Joint LEGAL custody is you are to be not only notified of changes in schools, doctors, surgerys, etc... you have a say in what changes are to occur. You have a legal valid input on what happens to your child. If you only have visitation while you should as the parent be allowed to have this input the other parent is only legally bound to inform you at some point either before or after the change. A lot of people in my office go for at the very least joint legal .

2007-03-28 10:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by mom_of_2 4 · 1 0

Visitation means you only have visiting rights. To visit for a set period of time. Joint custody means you have custody for a set period of time; you have the right to have the person/child/pet live with you for a set period of time.

2007-03-28 10:38:20 · answer #3 · answered by Czech Chick 4 · 1 0

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When referring to child custody, there are actually 2 components: physical custody & legal custody. Physical custody refers to where the child(ren) live the majority of the time. When one parent is granted "sole physical custody", the other natural parent (barring extreme circumstances such as parental right termination & such) is given generous "visitation rights", including sleepovers. It just more or less means that the child lives with 1 parent but "visits" the other. Typically, the courts (in most states) don't word child custody in that manner anymore; they will use terms such as "primary physical custody" to describe that type of scenario. In general, the term "joint custody" refers to both parents sharing custody. Technically, joint physical custody means that both parents share the residential time with the children. This type of arrangement may be 1 week @ mom's and then 1 week @ dad's, or Sat. pm to Wednesday @ mom's and Wed noon to Sat eve with dad. That being said, it is VERY common for the term joint custody to be used merely to describe the situation where the child lives with 1 parent (primary custody holder) and spends significant and/or scheduled time (such as Wed. & every other weekend) with the other. As far as legal custody is concerned, it refers to the legal authority to make major decisions for the child. These decisions would include things such as: where the child goes to school, what religion the child is brought up in, what kind of non-emergency medical care the child receives, etc. Barring extreme circumstances again, usually both parents are granted this type of custody; making it "joint legal custody". This would mean that both parents have a say in the major decisions of how the child is raised. As such, it is VERY common for the parents of a child to have custody granted as "Primary (or sole) physical custody to Mom (or Dad) but Joint legal custody". All in all, for the purposes of answering your question in a generalized response; for the layperson, there is no real difference between the terms, but legally, there are those distinctions that I pointed out. I hope that helps clarify it for you.

2016-04-08 00:34:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

visitation. is exactly that. they have a right to visit supervised. Joint custody is when both parents get to share the children or animals. without supervision.

2007-03-28 10:35:10 · answer #5 · answered by Shelly t 6 · 1 0

visitation gives you no rights over school choices, medicinal treatments, etc...

2007-03-28 10:33:57 · answer #6 · answered by al e. c 4 · 1 0

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