Placement

Physical Placement  Periods of time a child spends in the care of a parent (also called visitation).

Primary Physical Placement  Where the child lives most of the time.

Shared-Placement  The child lives with each parent at least 25% of the time. Both parents assume all costs in proportion to the number of days he or she cares for the child. The time with each parent may or may not be equal.

Split Placement  A family with two or more children, in which, one parent has primary physical placement of one or more children, and the other parent has primary placement of the other children.