The parent not granted legal custody ordinarily retains authority to make day-to-day decisions regarding the child’s welfare while the child is in that parent’s physical care, whether pursuant to an award of visitation or an allocation of physical custody. This authority would include the right to consent to emergency medical care where there is insufficient time to contact the parent having legal custody, and matters of discipline. “
The parent not granted legal custody ordinarily retains authority to make day-to-day decisions regarding the child’s welfare while the child is in that parent’s physical care, whether pursuant to an award of visitation or an allocation of physical custody. This authority would include the right to consent to emergency medical care where there is insufficient time to contact the parent having legal custody, and matters of discipline. “