“Joint physical custody” means that each of the parents shall have significant periods of physical custody. Joint physical custody shall be shared by the parents in such a way so as to assure a child of frequent and continuing contact with both parents, subject to Sections 3011 and 3020.
Cal. Fam. Code § 3004
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Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Rivero v. Rivero (2009)
Most recently applied in 5 Cal. App. 5th 336 - Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Jonathan Q. (November 2016)
Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 849, Sec. 1
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