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Cohabitation · Civil union Domestic partnership Registered partnership Putative marriage |
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Annulment · Divorce · Legal separation (Alimony) |
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Adoption · Child abduction · Child abuse Child custody · Child marriage Child Protective Services (United States) Child support · Contact (including visitation) Emancipation of minors Foster care · Grandparent visitation Legal guardian · Legitimacy Parental responsibility · Parenting coordinator Parenting plan · Paternity Residence in English family law · Ward |
Conflict of laws |
Divorce · Marriage · Nullity International child abduction (Convention) |
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Adultery · Bigamy Domestic violence · Incest |
Alternating custody, also known as serial custody, is an arrangement in which children live for long periods of time with one parent, and then spend a similar amount of time with the other parent.[1] The primary difference between alternating custody and joint custody is that in alternating custody, the parent that currently has the child also retains sole authority over the child/children for the duration that the child/children are with said parent.[1] The general reason for using this arrangement rather than a more commonly used arrangement is that the parents tend to live too far away from each other to allow for other arrangements to be feasible.[1]