Legal Question in Family Law in Kentucky

Re: Joint legal custody

This sounds like a poorly worded agreement. The term "primary residential parent" is not found in statute and has grown up through case law. It can mean whatever the Agreement defines it to mean, but generally, it means that there is joint legal custody but not equal timeshare. The primary residential parent would receive child support and to change things so that the majority of timeshare is with the other parent would require changing custody, which is harder, than merely changing visitation. The other practical impact is that the designated parent can move out of the state and take the child with them and it not be automatically a "change in circumstances" that would allow for modifying custody (unless some other part of the Agreement/Order changes that).

So, the answer is, no - you always have to discuss important decisions with the other parent.