Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut

Re: sole parental custody

There's no such thing as "sole parental custody". There are 2 concepts: legal custody and residence. You can have sole legal custody or joint legal custody. If you have sole legal custody, you and you alone, make the decisions for the child. The other parent may or may not have visitation rights or rights to be informed of education, health matters, etc., but you get to make the decisions. As to residence, it is usually primary residence with one parent or the other; but it could be shared residence. That's where each parent has the child for more or less an equal time with the other parent.