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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...