a child in that person's care. Child custody consists of legal custody, which is the right to make decisions about the child, and physical custody, which...

Child custody, conservatorship and guardianship describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and the parent's child, such as the right...

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State...

Sole custody is a child custody arrangement whereby only one parent has custody of a child. In the most common use of the term, sole custody refers to...

Child abduction or child theft is the unauthorized removal of a minor (a child under the age of legal adulthood) from the custody of the child's natural...

address international child abduction arising when a child is removed by one parent, when both parents have custody rights, or custody has yet to be determined...

Joint custody is a form of child custody pursuant to which custody rights are awarded to both parents. Joint custody may refer to joint physical custody, joint...

Joint custody is a court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties. In the United States, there are two forms of joint custody, joint...

father must pay a mother. In some jurisdictions where there is joint custody, the child is considered to have two custodial parents and no non-custodial parents...

Look up custody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Custody may refer to: Child custody, a description of the legal relationship between a parent (or...