the difference between physical and

legal custody is that legal custody is

who has decision making authority for

the children

so what school a child will be enrolled

in or what medical care a child should

receive or should a child go to day camp

or even sleep away camp those are major

decisions in the life of a child

who makes those decisions

is legal custody and in new jersey

it is more of a presumption it is

practically a foundational rule

that parents will share joint legal

custody our courts don’t want one parent

to have greater decision-making

authority than another parent

physical custody is what most people

talk about when they say the word

custody which is how much time the

children spend in either home