While some parents go into a divorce stating that they want sole custody of children, Georgia courts encourage joint child custody unless there are strong reasons not to, such as evidence of past abuse by a parent. Many different types of joint child custody arrangements are possible, from traditional parenting plans where one parent has primary custody and the other parent has visitation every other weekend, one night during the week, every other holiday and an extended period of time during school breaks, to 50-50 joint custody. Parents may also have split custody, where one child lives with one parent and the other child lives with the other.