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Since 2014 the term child custody is now referred to as a Child Arrangements Order which sets out who a child lives with and with whom a child spends time with. Child Arrangements were previously also known as Residence, Contact, and Child Access. In the many cases, the parents’ preference is for shared care (joint custody or joint residence). Often parents want a child to spend an equal amount of time with each parent. But shared care does not often lead to a child spend