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  2. U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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    [16], pages 81 & 90 The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child argues that the Convention protects parental responsibility from government interference. [13] Child advocacy groups draw attention to the fact that treaty ratification would stop parents from sending their children to military schools at young ...

  3. Child custody laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The sole managing conservator takes sole responsibility for a child, making all the important decisions regarding health (both mental and physical), education, and moral or religious upbringing alone. [10] [12] Conservatorship orders divide various parental rights and duties, including (1) the right to make major decisions regarding the children;

  4. Government of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Illinois, under Illinois' Constitution, has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The State's executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the Governor as chief executive and head of state, and has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions.

  5. List of shared parenting legislation - Wikipedia

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    After hearing from proponents such as the Center for Parental Responsibility, and opponents including the Family Law Section of the Minnesota Bar and battered women's advocates, Governor Mark Dayton decided not to sing the bill, thus causing a pocket veto. [23] House Bill 2699 was introduced in Minnesota in 2017. This bill aimed to increase the ...

  6. Parental responsibility (access and custody) - Wikipedia

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    Parental responsibility [1] refers to the responsibility which underpin the relationship between the children and the children's parents and those adults who are granted parental responsibility by either signing a 'parental responsibility agreement' with the mother or getting a 'parental responsibility order' from a court.

  7. In loco parentis - Wikipedia

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    The term in loco parentis, Latin for "in the place of a parent", [1] refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent. Originally derived from English common law , the doctrine is applied in two separate areas of the law.

  8. Child support in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] Typically the obligee is a custodial parent, caregiver or guardian, or a government agency, and does not have to spend the money on the child. In the U.S., there is no gender requirement for child support; for example, a father may pay a mother or a mother may pay a father.

  9. Stanley v. Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the fathers of children born out of wedlock had a fundamental right to their children. Until the ruling, when the mother of a child born out of wedlock was unable to care for the child, through death or other circumstances, the child was ...