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...
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The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State...
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Child custody, conservatorship and guardianship describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and the parent's child, such as the right...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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the child cannot be removed from the country where the child physically present, before child custody ends at age 18, because otherwise the child will...
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