As an experienced New Jersey Family Lawyer, I’m often asked questions regarding sole custody. If a party is considering getting a divorce in New Jersey and there’s children involved, one option is having sole custody. There’s two different types of sole custody: sole legal custody and sole physical custody. Sole legal custody revolves around the major decision-making. If a person has sole legal custody, that means that they are the only parent that gets to make those major decisions such as major medical decisions and major educational decisions. I advise my clients as a New Jersey Family Lawyer that this is fairly rare because the other parent would have to be deemed unfit in order to have sole legal custody.
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Sole physical custody involves where the child is living. If a party has sole physical custody, that means they have more than five overnights a week with the child. That would make that parent sole physical custodian.
If you have questions about sole custody and how you can attain it, contact experienced New Jersey Family Lawyer Brian Freeman.
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