Custody and access
If one parent has custody, the other parent usually has access, which means that you visit him or her. There are lots of different ways to arrange how you spend time with the parent who has access. Visits might be for a few hours every week or two weeks or month, or for weekends or a few days every two weeks or month. If the parent with access lives far away, access can also include keeping in touch in other ways, like phone calls, e-mails, and letters.
Access arrangements may be very specific—actually spelling out the specific hours and days for visits—or very general and flexible.
