Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama June 11, 1999, 2980231 (Martin v. Payne)

WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

The parties were divorced in October 1995. The judgment provided that custody of the parties’ minor child would be “joint.” Although the judgment did not specifically provide that “primary physical custody” of the child would be placed with the mother, the evidence adduced at trial, and the parties’ assertions in their briefs, showed that primary placement was