What is it called when parents share custody?

Joint physical custody (also called shared physical custody, shared residential custody, shared parenting time, etc.) means that your child spends substantial time living with both parents, and both have equal responsibility to physically care for the child.

Can both parents be the custodial parent?

Both physical and legal custody can be granted to both parents (“joint” custody), or to one of the parents alone (“sole” custody). Joint physical custody means that both parents will see the child regularly. Common joint legal custody issues include major medical decisions, religious training, and education.

Do divorced parents count as single parents?

A single parent is a person who lives with a child or children and who does not have a spouse or live-in partner. Reasons for becoming a single parent include divorce, break-up, abandonment, domestic violence, rape, death of the other parent, childbirth by a single person or single-person adoption.

What is considered joint custody?

Joint custody refers to both parents sharing the responsibility of housing, caring for and making decisions for a child (joint physical and legal custody). If this is impossible for the parents to agree on, the court will order it so that the child enjoys adequate time with each parent.

What is considered a non custodial parent?

A non-custodial parent is the parent whose children do not live with them for a majority of the time. This situation usually arises after separation or divorce, where one parent has primary physical custody instead of the parents sharing joint custody.

What is the difference between single parent and single mother?

Single, defined by the IRS, is designed for the single PERSON, not single PARENT. “If your child’s father is emotionally, physically or financially available to their child, you are not a single mother, you are a single woman.”

What constitutes a single parent?

: a parent who lives with a child or children and no husband, wife, or partner.