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In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father.
In 2006, a legal status of "special guardianship" was introduced (using powers delegated by the Adoption and Children Act 2002) to allow for a child to be cared for by a person with rights similar to a traditional legal guardian, but without absolute legal separation from the child's birth parents. [30]
Child custody is a legal term regarding guardianship which is used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent or guardian and 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 is the right and duty to house, provide ...
provide the child with appropriate direction and guidance; maintain personal relations and direct contact with the child; act as the child's legal representative. These responsibilities last until the child is aged 16, with the exception of the responsibility to provide the child with appropriate guidance, which lasts until the child is aged 18.
A new law in Texas requires convicted drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a child’s parent or guardian, according to House Bill 393.
[3] [4] In joint legal custody, both parents share the ability to make decisions about the child, regarding e.g. education, medical care and religion, and both can access their children's educational and health records. It is possible for a court to make separate determinations of legal and physical custody.
Two parents and two of their children were found dead Monday in what appeared to be a murder-suicide in Allen, Texas, weeks after their daughter drowned, police said.
Donnell was charged with five counts of sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child, according to the Herald-Banner. The cause of death was suicide by hanging, using a T-shirt. The jail was issued a noncompliance notice from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards related to identification.