Sole Custody

Surrogate Court

A custody arrangement under which one parent is the only one to have either legal or physical custody or both. a parent with sole physical custody has the right to live with the child, while the other parent has visitiation rights. a parent with sole legal custody has the right to make all decisions affecting the child, including decisions about education, religion, and medical care.

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