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====The Horn model for joint custody==== | ====The Horn model for joint custody==== | ||
The Horn model is more about | The Horn model, created by Master Horn, is more about spouses' rights to get information about the child, usually about the child's schooling, health, and extracurricular activities. The Horn model implies that the spouse with whom the child mostly lives will be entitled to make decisions about the child as he or she sees fit, with the other spouse having a right to get information about the child and be consulted about important decisions involving the child. | ||
Here's the standard version of the Joyce model adapted for spouses who have joint custody: | |||
<blockquote>The spouses will have joint custody of the child and the spouse without the child’s primary residence will have the right:</blockquote> | |||
:#to be informed of the child's medical and dental practitioners, | |||
:#to contact the child's medical and dental practitioners and obtain the child's medical and dental records, | |||
:#to be consulted with respect to the selection of the child's alternative caregivers, such as daycare and preschool, | |||
:#to consult with the children's alternative caregivers and teachers, | |||
:#to be informed of events at the child's schools or daycare so that the parent without primary care may attend, | |||
:#to be informed of parent/teacher nights so that the spouse may attend, | |||
:#to be consulted with respect to any significant health issues relating to the child, and | |||
:#to be consulted with respect to any significant change in the child's social environment. | |||
===Shared custody=== | ===Shared custody=== | ||