People often come to us asking what types of child custody arrangements
Can you find in an Alabama divorce agreement?
In an Alabama divorce agreement regarding custody of modern children
It's important to consider and distinguish between the main types of custody:
Legal custody and Physical custody.
Legal custody refers to the decision making process between the parents for the benefit of their minor children,
and includes decisions related to the education and health care of the children;
as well as, the children's participation in extracurricular religious and athletic activities.
In an Alabama divorce agreement the parties, can agree that they will share in the joint legal custody of their children
where they make all of the decisions together.
Or one party can maintain the sole legal custody of the minor children and act as the primary decision-maker
It's important to note that the designation of sole or joint legal custody does not negate each parent's responsibility
To communicate with the other parent regarding all major decisions for the children
Physical custody on the other hand refers to the time in which children are in each parents respective physical care, custody, and control.
In other words, the parent that the children primarily live with.
In an Alabama divorce agreement the parties can agree that one parent will have the sole physical custody of the children
where the children primarily live with one parent and have visitation with the other parent
or they can agree that they will share in the joint physical custody of their children
Where each parent has equal or near equal amounts of time with their children in their physical care
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