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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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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U.S. laws regarding child pornography are virtually always enforced and amongst the harshest in the world. The Supreme Court of the United States has found...
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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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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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Child sexual abuse laws in the United States have been enacted as part of the nation's child protection policies. Child sexual abuse has been recognized...
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In the United States, each state and territory sets the age of consent either by statute or the common law applies, and there are several federal statutes...
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Noncustodial parent (category Child custody)
Amendment Child custody laws in the United States Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act See, e.g., "Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and...
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Child custody laws in the United States Child labor laws in the United States Child pornography laws in the United States Child sexual abuse laws in the United...
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Laws regarding incest in the United States vary widely between jurisdictions regarding both the definition of the offense and penalties for its commission...
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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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spousal support, child custody, child support, distribution of property and division of debt. The British colonies that became the United States individually...
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father just as a father must pay a mother. In some jurisdictions where there is joint custody, the child is considered to have two custodial parents...
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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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Safe-haven laws (also known in some states as "Baby Moses laws", in reference to the religious scripture) are statutes in the United States that decriminalize...
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In the United States, child support is the ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an "obligor" (or paying parent or payer)...
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(using this or similar language) in most states' laws regarding assault, criminal battery, domestic violence or child abuse. Whether an instance of corporal...
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In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide...
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The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA, enacted November 8, 1978 and codified at 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901–1963) is a United States federal law that governs...
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custody and of access under the law of one Contracting State are effectively respected in the other Contracting States." Although the United States was...
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convention requires compliance with child custody and guardianship laws as every child has basic rights, including the right to life, to their own name and...
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sole custody of a child, there is usually court ordered contact/visitation with the non-custodial parent. The purpose is to ensure that the child can continue...
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old. While the parents had joint custody, Luna was diagnosed with gender dysphoria at the age of five, upon which Georgulas allowed the child to paint their...
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laws when they are grown.[citation needed] California Child Support Guideline Review Child custody Child neglect Child Support Agency Australia Child...
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responsibility laws (filial support laws, filial piety laws) are laws in the United States that impose a duty, usually upon adult children, for the support of...
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communities. In modern states, circumcision is generally presumed to be legal, but laws pertaining to assault or child custody have been applied in cases involving...
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child custody disputes and interstate child support enforcement. Admission to the bar in the United States Attorneys in the United States Black's Law...
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as the biological father's rights to child custody in the case of separation or divorce and obligations for child support. Under common law, a child born...
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moving them to another section of the prison may be sufficient. Early uses of protective custody started in the 1960s by law enforcement but it was used infrequently...
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Shared parenting (redirect from Joint physical custody)
residence, shared custody, joint physical custody, equal parenting time (EPT) is a child custody arrangement after divorce or separation, in which both parents...
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