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Legal Child Custody
Unless circumstances recommend otherwise, courts prefer to award joint legal custody, which means that both parents share the right to make decisions about the children’s upbringing together and have equal access to their school and medical records.
Although the goal is to ensure that both parents have an equal say in how the children are raised, one parent usually receives the authority to make a final decision if they cannot agree on an important matter. This right normally goes to the parent with primary physical custody.
While shared legal custody is the ideal arrangement, the court will award sole legal custody to one parent if a former couple is too hostile to communicate effectively or there is evidence of child abuse or domestic violence.
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