what is the difference between joint custody and sole custody?

Question

is it the amount of visitations or whom the kid stays with or anything particular?

Answer 1

Joint is BOTH parents have equal say in the upbringing of the kids. Sole is ONLY 1 has the right to say what children do. Education, medical, religin ect... I HAVE SOLE custody of my 4 kids, but she gets visitation 4 weeks a year. She still can not change my rules I have set for the children.

Answer 2

JOINT Custody is where each parent has visitations with the kids. The kids stay at one house but visits the other parent. SOLE custody is when one parent has full control of the child living there, their schooling etc.......and perhaps the parent can have certain visitations and sometimes if the judge feels one parent may not get to see the child if its harmful to the child.

Answer 3

joint custody is just that: each parent shares = custody of the child. Likely there is no child support collected by either party. Child may spend 2 weeks with father, then go back to mothers for 2 weeks.

Sole custody, is custody is awarded to one parent and the other parent gets weekend visitation or whatever visitation arrangement has been agreed upon.

Answer 4

Well soel custody is when a parent has the children all teh time and the other spouse all he does is pay child support and see's them only sometimes one or two weekends with a time limit. But a joint custody is when you ahve them for about 2 weeks to a month depending what the agreement is, then he will ahve them for 2 weeks to a month. But eithe r way is hard on the children. And that is why you shoudl think really hard before getting a divorce.

Answer 5

As the words imply, joint custody means more than one person has custody, although not necessarily at the same time. Sole custody means a single person has complete custody

Answer 6

Joint custody typically means that the parents get equal time with their children. Sole custody means that one parent gets custody and the children stay with them full time while the other parent usually gets visitation on weekends and certain holidays.

Answer 7

If you would like to know something about Joint Custody, look up Dads House in Yahoo Groups. The the file section you will find a downloadable manual in PDF format. One of the sections in the manual is by the original author of the Joint Custody laws in America. Manual is free and you will find material of use to you. The group no longer exist. A bunch of attorneys tried a hostile takeover of it, but learned I copyrighted the manual. Now I just give it away so no one can try to make money off of it.

Answer 8

Joint custody means that both parents have the children equally and share equally in supporting the children.
Sole custody means that the children live with one parent and visit the other. It also means that the non custodial parent pays child support and usually provides medical insurance. (this is where someone usually gets screwed)

Answer 9

Joint custody is when both parents share equal custody of the child/children..Sole custody is when only one parent has full custody no shared custody..

Answer 10

In true "joint custody" arrangements, parents share equal "legal custody" and "physical custody" rights. This means that parents participate equally in making decisions about the child's upbringing and welfare, and split time evenly in having day-to-day care and responsibility for the child -- including the parent's right to have the child live with them. True joint custody arrangements are rare, because of their potential to cause both personal difficulties (stress, disruption of child's routine) and practical problems (scheduling, costs of maintaining two permanent living spaces for the child).

Much more common than true joint custody arrangements (where both physical and legal custody are shared) is "joint legal custody," in which both parents share the right to make long-term decisions about the raising of a child and key aspects of the child's welfare, with physical custody awarded to one parent.

A parent with "sole custody" of a child has exclusive physical and legal custody rights concerning the child. Sole custody arrangements are rare, and are usually limited to situations in which one parent has been deemed unfit or incapable of having any form of responsibility over a child -- for example, due to drug addiction or evidence of child abuse. In sole custody situations, the child's other parent (also known as the "non-custodial" parent) has neither physical nor legal custody rights, but may be entitled to periods of visitation with the child (though those visits may be supervised, especially in situations involving domestic violence or child abuse).