Yeah, you need to discuss that with the ex. Don’t need to discuss, for example, what the homework was for that night if you were the one who has the kids. But you do have to tell her if you’re thinking changing school is a good idea. The other parent needs to be aware of things like parent-teacher conferences. If the kid wants to sign up for an extracurricular. Things like that. If they want to go into the honors program. Those are things you have to discuss. Major religious decisions. Is the child going to be baptized? If so, where? They’re going to go for religious training. If so, where? Things like that you have to discuss. When they get older, if the child says they want to get a piercing or a tattoo, you have to discuss that with the joint custodian. Those are the kind of things, the big decisions, that are supposed to be made jointly.

That’s how a court will normally interpret joint custody. Unless of course, you have specific terms that say otherwise. And in that case, then those terms will also govern the way the court might interpret your joint custody agreement. But those are the main things that you really need to be aware of. And that if you are a joint custodian, you must keep the other parent in the loop. And actually, discuss it with them.

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