The term “joint custody” is often misunderstood to mean a 50-50 split in parenting time. However, “custody” doesn’t mean physical custody when used in this way. Instead, it’s referring to your ability to make parenting decisions when it comes to your child. Joint custody means that you and the other parent have equal decision-making power and must work together to make choices about the major things in your child’s life, such as education and religion.

Joint custody is awarded in cases where the parents are able to maintain some sort of relationship with each other. In other words, they are…
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