Child custody has two elements in California: legal and physical. Legal custody refers to the decision-making right and responsibility regarding substantive issues like education, religion, and non-emergency medial care. Physical custody refers to the actual care and control of the children when the children are with that parent. Legal and physical custody can be sole or joint. The best interest of the child or children is the primary factor in determining the parties’ custody arrangement.
Visitation (also known as “parenting time” and “timeshare”) is the schedule agreed upon by the parties, recommended by a mediator and ordered by the court, by which the parties coordinate their respective parenting time with their children.
The California divorce and family law attorneys of Roseville Family Law Group represent either party in a divorce or other proceeding where child custody and visitation rights are an issue.
If child custody and visitation will be an issue in your pending divorce, contact the Roseville child custody attorneys at Roseville Family Law Group at (916) 749-3387 or through this web-site.