CUSTODY

Custody, which is now referred to as ‘decision-making responsibility’, is about making major decisions on how to care for and raise the child(ren). These decisions could include, but are not limited to:

• Health care,

• Religion or spirituality, and

• Education.

Decision-making responsibility is not about where the child lives. That is referred to as ‘residence’.

There are four types of decision-making responsibility:

• Sole decision-making responsibility

  • One parent cares for and makes decisions about the children on their own. The other parent may or may not have parenting time with the children.

• Joint decision-making responsibility

  • Both parents make decisions about the children together. It has nothing to do with how much time the children spend with each parent.

• Shared decision-making responsibility

  • This type of custody has nothing to do with decision‑making but focuses on which parent the child lives with and when because this impacts how child support is paid.

• Split decision-making responsibility

  • When one parent has decision-making responsibility for one or more children and the other parent has decision-making responsibility for the other children.
    
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