Child Custody Laws in Virginia | Divorce in Virginia

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The court will generally provide joint or sole custody of the children to one or both parents. Occasionally custody will be rewarded to a different interested party such as a grandparent, but that is the exception.

If joint custody is awarded, that can mean a couple of different scenarios. First, joint custody can mean joint legal custody where both parents retain responsibility for the care and control of the minor. They will share joint decision making for the children.  Joint custody can also mean joint physical custody where the child lives with both parents at different times.

 

Interestingly, joint custody can also be a combination of both joint legal and joint physical custody. If in your case sole custody is granted then visitation rights for the spouse without custody may be granted by the court.

 

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