My Husband and I have filed for a divorce. How do we decide who gets her custody of our 7 year old?
Full Question:
My husband and I have filed for a divorce recently and we have a 7 year old daughter living with us now. I plan to move out of the house we live in. My husband is an alcoholic and I do not want to endanger my daughter’s life by allowing her to stay with him. I’m afraidfor her safety. How do we decide who gets custody and what is the difference between legal and physical custody?
11/09/2016 |
Category: Divorce » Child Custody |
State: ALL |
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Answer:
There are different types of child custody varying from the legal charge of the child to physical protection given to the child. The following are the types of child custody which can give clarity as to what is a legal or physical custody.
- Legal Custody: The legal decisions on matters impacting the child can be taken by the parents who have the legal custody.
- Physical Custody: Parents who have physical custody will be allowed to live with the child.
- Sole Custody: All decisions affecting the child will be taken by the parent who has sole custody, which includes both physical and legal custody of the child and only visitation rights may be given to the other parent..
- Joint Legal Custody: In a circumstances where joint legal custody is given, both parents have the say in decisions that impact the child. If there are differences in opinion between the parents the court’s assistance may be sought for.
- Joint Physical Custody: In such situations where the physical custody is given to both the parents and they stay apart, the child can take turns and live with both the parents. Decisions impacting the child will be taken by the parent who has the physical custody at that point of time.
