Custodial Parent. If the child/juvenile is the subject of a family court custody order, the parent with “sole legal custody”. If the parents have been granted “joint legal custody” of the child/juvenile, the parent who has been designated by the family court as the “primary home” of the child/juvenile. If the parents have been granted joint legal custody and neither parent has been designated as the “primary home” of the child/juvenile, or there is no family court custody order, the “custodial parent” will be the parent with whom the child/juvenile lives more often. If the child lives an equal amount of time with each parent, consider factors such as school enrollment or which parent claims the child as a dependent for income tax purposes in order to determine the custodial parent.
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Sources: Inter County Agreement, Inter County Agreement, Inter County Agreement