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Physical custody

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003749

The actual possession and care of a child, determining where the child lives on a day-to-day basis. This arrangement can be sole, where one parent has the child most of the time, or joint, where both parents share time with the child. Courts determine physical custody based on the child's best interests.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003749
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "The actual possession and care of a child, determining where the child lives on a day-to-day basis. This arrangement can be sole, where one parent has the child most of the time, or joint, where both parents share time with the child. Courts determine physical custody based on the child's best interests.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/physical-custody/"
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