Joint parental responsibility or joint custody
Joint custody or joint parental responsibility is the preferred type of custody which family judges like to grant in most divorce cases because of the fact that a child requires both mother and father in its life and will be best served if the child is able to spend quality time with both parents. This type of custody is where both parents are granted an equal amount of overnight visitation rights.
Primary parent
When one parent is given more time or overnight visitation rights with the child or the children when compared to the other one, then the parent that receives the higher amount of overnight visitation is referred to as the primary parent. Usually, when one parent has less than 90 overnight visitations with the child or the children, then the other parent is going to be the primary parent.
The different types of custody arrangements available by Colorado state family law
- Alternating – This is a type of arrangement where both parents get to spend time with their child or children in turn and they also take turns when it comes to legal custody or making decisions as the parent. Therefore, alternating sole custody and alternating legal custody together is what is known as alternating custody.
- Shared – This is where both parents share legal custody of the child and have to make these decisions together, but they alternate the physical custody.
- Joint – Both parents have physical and legal custody in parallel and at the same time.
- Sole – Only one of the parents is awarded both physical and legal custody of the child or children.
- Split – When there are multiple children, then each parent may have sole custody over certain children. For example, the mother may have sole custody of the daughter and the father may have sole custody of the son.
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