As if ending your marriage wasn’t bewildering enough, making your way through the legal process of divorce requires learning a whole new language. A good place to start is your state’s website for a glossary of terms. For child custody, this infographic gives you the basics and getting familiar with these means you won’t be paying an attorney to explain what they mean. Your state may use different terms: Colorado for example uses ‘parenting time’ in place of physical custody and ‘decision-making’ in place of legal custody but the concepts are similar.
