joint custody

noun

: custody (the legal right to take care of a child) shared by two people

The divorced parents have joint custody.

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Jabbar and his ex-wife were granted joint custody of their child in 2022. —

Tom Winter, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025 A week after her filing, Arroyave responded to her petition and requested the court give the former couple joint custody and block Mellencamp's ability to receive spousal support but award him the same support. —

Esther Kang, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024 Sony famously has the film rights to Spider-Man, but thanks to a mutually beneficial deal between Sony and Disney, there’s a joint custody agreement over Tom Holland’s wall-crawler with the MCU. —

James Grebey, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024 The exes agreed to joint custody of their children. —

Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for joint custody

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