#both parents could share all parental responsibilities, but one of them will have the final say in case the parents don't agree about a decision, or

#parental responsibilities could be divided between parents, so that each parent has the final say about decisions relating to one of their responsibilities in case the parents don't agree about the decision, or

Neither the ''Family Law Act'' nor the ''Divorce Act'' say that all parental responsibilities have to be shared equally by both parents or distributed in some other way. While both parents usually wind up sharing all parental responsibilities, remember what section 40(4) of the ''Family Law Act'' says: