“shared custody”
This page presents an official legal definition of “shared custody” from a government source. Additional definitions will be added as jurisdictions publish them.
Canada
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Defined in section 9 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines as a situation where each spouse "exercises a right of access to, or has physical custody of, a child [of the marriage] for not less than 40 per cent of the time over the course of a year.";
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