The purpose of a divorce is to take one legal entity, a "married couple", and convert it to two legal entities "separate individuals". In order to complete a divorce case, a number of issues must be resolved. All divorce cases will involve at least one of these issues, but not every issue may be present in every case. The issues that must be resolved are:
Child Custody and Visitation
If the couple has minor children, the most important issue will be to determine where the children live, who will care for them, and who will makes decisions for them. This is known as child custody and visitation.
There are two kinds of custody: Legal Custody and Physical Custody.