Child custody can be a contentious issue in even the most amicable Virginia divorce proceedings, particularly if one parent is seeking primary physical custody, sometimes referred to as sole physical custody.
What is Primary Physical Custody?
Primary physical custody occurs when the child lives primarily with one parent in one location. Unlike joint physical custody-where the child may live for part of the year with one parent and live with another parent for the remaining part of the year-primary physical custody ensures that the child has only one home. However, the other parent may receive visitation rights to see the child during specified periods.
What are the benefits of Primary Physical Custody?
While it understandably can be an issue of great tension between divorcing parents, primary physical custody does have several benefits for the child. Primary physical custody allows the child to maintain a consistent routine, which helps ease the trauma that occurs when parents divorce. The child has one primary home and can attend the same school and visit the same friends throughout the weeks, months and year. This consistency is good for the child.
Primary physical custody is also a good choice for parents when one parent is clearly more capable of taking care of the child on a daily basis. For example, if one parent needs to travel extensively for work, their child may benefit more by living with the more locally-based parent. This is just one hypothetical example however, and your reasons and decisions on child custody should be based on the specifics of your family structure.
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