There are two basic types of custody sole custody and joint custody. Sole custody means that one parent has legal custody of the child. Joint custody means that the parents share legal custody of the child. Some state laws such as Arizona divide joint custody into joint legal custody and joint physical custody.
Other states use different names for custody, such as legal custody, partial custody and shared custody. For example, Pennsylvania law defines legal custody, as the legal right to make major decisions affecting the best interest of a minor child, including, but not limited to, medical, religious and educational decisions.
- What is child custody?
- What happens if your former spouse to whom you are paying alimony remarries?
- What are the factors a court considers in deciding whether and how much to award in alimony?
- What are the different types of alimony?
- What is alimony
- How does a court determine how to apportion marital property?
- Can separate property be converted to marital property during the course of a marriage?
- How can a spouse ensure that property remains separate?
- How does a court determine whether property is marital/community property or separate property?
- Are divorces no fault or fault based?
- Can you file for divorce in a state that is not the state in which you were married?
- Can persons separate without filing for a divorce?
- What is recrimination?
- What is condonation?
- What types of crimes committed by a spouse give the other spouse grounds for divorce?
- If your spouse leaves and doesn’t come back, is that grounds for divorce?
- What are irreconcilable differences ?
- What are typical grounds for divorce?
- How can a marriage be annulled?
- Can you be liable for the debts your spouse acquired prior to marriage?
