It is rare for courts to award sole legal custody. Legal custody is essentially decision making for the children’s major life decisions – typically health, education and religion. It seems like, no ...

Joint Custody Awards in New York – The Current Rule The author writes "There is no consensus in New York as to a precise definition of joint custody, and its meaning may lie in the eyes of the ...

As I have blogged here before, despite it not being the law and not really supported by the social science, many judges and even many custody experts have taken the position that 50-50 custody should ...

Custody of minor children is usually written up as “joint” in the divorce decree. There is usually a distinction between “legal custody,” in which parents have equal rights regarding decision-making, ...