What are the different custody types the Court could award to Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick?

You may have heard the Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick have split

(although we've all heard that before). Kourtney claims she does not want shared custody because of Scott's history of partying and drinking.* But some may wonder, what types of custody can be awarded. Below are types of custody generally awarded in most jurisdictions. 

Physical Custody

Sole Physical Custody with Visitation Rights

• One parent keeps the children most of the time and the other parent visits the children
• The customary schedule is one parent has sole physical custody and the other visits every other weekend

Joint Physical Custody

•  Each parent sees the children as equally as possible
• Common schedules are one week on and one week off, every weekend and summers for one parent, or three days with the children four days without.

Split/Shared Physical Custody

• This schedule gives one parent custody of one child and the other parent custody of the other
• Typically the father keeps the male children and the mother keeps the female children

Legal Custody

• This is not physical custody but an entirely different type of custody
• Legal custody is given to the parent(s) who are better suited to make decisions for the children
• Sometimes this is split where the primary caregiver makes decisions about school, religion, and extracurricular activities and the other makes daily decisions when the children are in their care such as discipline and eating schedules. 

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*"KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN I WANT JOINT CUSTODY ... For The Kids' Sake," by TMZ Staff, http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/27/kourtney-kardashian-scott-disick-joint-custody-money?adid=TMZ_Search_Results. Accessed August 2, 2015.
 
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