The noncustodial parent is typically required to pay child support, and visitation is arranged.
For example, states such as Alabama, California, and Texas do not necessarily require joint custody orders to result in substantially equal parenting time, whereas states such as Arizona, Georgia, and Louisiana do require joint custody orders to result in substantially equal parenting time where feasible.
Student education records are official and confidential documents protected within the United States by strong privacy protection laws, most notably the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
FERPA gives both parents, custodial and noncustodial, equal access to student information unless the school has evidence of a court order or state law revoking these rights.
However, parents retain access to student records of children who are their dependents for tax purposes.
The FERPA, on the other hand, simply establishes the parents' right of access to and control of education record related to the child.