Joint physical custody is definitely an option to consider; it's my preferred option for cooperative parents. But it's only one of many options that can work for divorced parents and for children.

In her initial paperwork she asked for primary physical custody, as well as legal custody of the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, Kulture Kiari Cephus. But on Wednesday, Sept. 16, she amended her ...

Joint physical custody also has disadvantages. It can be difficult for children to move back and forth, particularly if the parents have not worked out consistent schedules.

Joint custody with shared physical possession of children is in vogue in the United States and usually preferred to other custody arrangements. Children move back and forth between two households ...

Finally, joint physical custody equalizes parents not only in separated and divorced families, but all families. Laws supporting 50/50 custody change family culture.

For most of American history, when parents separated, their kids almost always ended up living with just one of them. But recent studies have confirmed a new era: Joint physical custody, in which ...

Where there is "joint physical custody," the child lives alternatively with both parents. The daily child-rearing decisions are usually made by the parent with whom the child is then living, while ...