 In joint legal custody, both parents of a child share major decision making regarding for example education, medical care and religious upbringing.In joint physical custody, also called "shared parenting" or "shared residency", the child spends equal or close to equal amount of time with both parents.After a divorce or separation, parents may have joint physical custody as well as joint legal custody of their children, or commonly, they may have joint legal custody while one parent has sole physical custody, or rarely, they may have joint physical custody while one parent have sole legal custody.