The care, control, and maintenance of a child awarded by a court to a responsible adult. Custody involves legal custody (decision-making authority) and physical custody (care giving authority).– A.R.S. §25-402(2): Joint Legal Custody: ‘joint legal custody’ means the condition under which both parents share legal custody and neither parent’s rights are superior…”– A.R.S. § 25-402(3): Joint Physical Custody: “’joint physical custody’ means the condition under which the physical residence of the child is shared by the parents in a manner that assures that the child has substantially equal time and contact with both parents.”– A.R.S. § 25-408(b): Rights of a noncustodial parent: “…both parents are entitled to custody or parenting time and both parents reside in the state, at least sixty days advance written notice shall be provided to the other parent before a parent may (1) relocate the child outside the state (2) relocate the child more than one hundred miles within the state.
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