The Declaration of Independence of the United States is an example of an assertion of equality of men, but not of women, under natural rights, with its language all men are created equal; John Locke is sometimes considered the founder of this form.
Types of child custody. Learn how the most common kinds of custody arrangements work, including sole/joint legal custody, sole/joint physical custody, and birdâs nest custody. Read more. Learn the differences between full custody (or sole custody) and joint custody (or shared custody), and see how the court decides which of these to grant.
In most states, two kinds of custody apply to all separating families: legal and physical. Legal custody refers only to major decision-making, and physical custody refers to the parent with whom a child lives. A parent with sole physical custody is sometimes referred to as the residential or custodial parent; this is the parent with residential custody. When a child lives a relatively equal amount of time in each parentâs home, this is referred to as shared custody, also often called joint custody.