Family law is a legal practice area that focuses on issues related to family relationships, such as marriage, divorce, adoption, or child custody. It also encompasses matters like spousal support (also called alimony), and paternity rights and obligations. This critical field of law governs the legality of family relationships and provides mechanisms for enforcing familial rights.
In representing clients in family and domestic cases involving minor children, we are often asked the following question: how will a court determine which parent will have custody of our children?
The ultimate answer to this question is often very complicated, and requires the consideration of two separate but related concepts of custody: legal custody and physical custody.
