When a couple gets divorced and they have children, dividing custody of those children becomes perhaps the focal point of that divorce case. There are still many other things to do, such as splitting up marital assets, but the child custody arrangement is often what causes conflicts and where couples need the most assistance.But the court isn’t going to divide custody in just one way. There are actually two types of custody, known as physical and legal custody. It’s quite important for parents to understand how these are different and how they have actually been split up in the divorce order. 
Mia Poppe, Esq.Managing Partner
Physical custody
With physical custody and parenting time, courts are dividing who the child spends time with and where they live. This could address things like what home the child lives in, when exchanges are made if both parents have custody, how visitation rights can be used, when parents are allowed to travel out of the state with their child and much more.Legal custody
Legal custody, on the other hand, impacts all of the major life decisions that parents may need to make for their child, such as:- Where they go to school
- Which doctors they see
- What medications or vaccines they get
- What religion they’re raised in
- Where they open up a bank account
Mia Poppe, Esq.Managing Partner
