Family Law

Joint or Shared Physical Custody

By Robert M. Kisselburgh, Esq.

Working together for your children--joint or shared physical custody

Shared physical custody of children following a divorce has become more prevalent over the last decade. While joint legal custody (which provides joint decision-making authority for the child) is quite often ordered by the courts, joint physical custody is still relatively unusual.

Joint or shared physical custody means that each parent has significant periods of physical custody of the child. The schedule could allow for monthly, weekly or other regular transitions between parents. The court takes a very close look at the circumstances to determine if such an arrangement would be in the best interest of the child.

Full post as published by Mississippi Family Law Blog on September 05, 2008 (boomark / email).