Coastal Legal Team represents clients throughout Brevard County and Melbourne, Florida in child custody matters.
Child custody and legal guardianship are legal terms which are used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and his or her child, such as the right of the child to make decisions, and the parent’s duty to care for the child. Forms of custody:
Alternating custody is an arrangement whereby the child/children live for an extended period of time with one parent and an alternate amount of time with the other parent. While the child/children are with the parent, that parent retains sole authority and responsibility over the child/children. This type of arrangement is also referred to as Divided custody.
Shared custody is an arrangement whereby the child/children live for an extended period of time with one parent, and then for a similar amount of time with the other parent. Opposite to alternating custody, both parents retain authority over the child/children. Bird’s nest custody is an arrangement whereby the parents go back and forth from a residence in which the child/children reside, placing the burden of upheaval and movement on the parents rather than the child/children.
Joint custody is an arrangement whereby both parents have legal custody and/or physical custody.
Sole custody is an arrangement whereby only one parent has physical and legal custody of the child/children.
Split custody is an arrangement whereby one parent has full-time custody over some children, and the other parent has full custody over the other children.
Third-party custody is an arrangement whereby the children do not remain with either biological parent, and are placed under the custody of a third person.
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