Custody

You and the other parent can agree to temporarily change custody or visitation while either parent is deployed. You can agree to give the other parent or someone else temporary custodial responsibility for the children during the deployment.¹

However, there are rules about this agreement must be made. The agreement must:

• be in writing, in a physical or electronic record; and
• be signed by:
  
  • both parents, and
  • any other person who is given temporary custodial responsibility.²

The agreement must also include certain information. See What should a temporary custody agreement during a deployment include?³

¹ 51 Pa.C.S. § 4611(a)
² 51 Pa.C.S. § 4602; 4611(b)(1), (b)(4)
³ 51 Pa.C.S. §§ 4611(c)