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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 ...
Primary physical custody is a term that is often used in child custody orders to denote the parent with whom a child spends or lives the majority of the time with. It is a term that is often used in cases where one parent has more time with his/her child than the other.
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.
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.
Typically the obligor is a non-custodial parent. [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.
The reality star is asking to be designated "the primary residential custodian" of their three children, with "reasonable periods of parenting time" for her estranged husband
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, nearly six months after Cartwright, 35, announced that she and Taylor, 45, were "taking time apart," the Kentucky native filed for divorce and primary custody of their 3-year ...
Getty Images (2) Jeezy is seeking primary custody of his and Jeannie Mai’s 2-year-old daughter amid their ongoing divorce. According to court documents obtained by Page Six, Jeezy, 46, filed for ...