CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES - The term 'children with specific learning disabilities' means those children who have a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, ...
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AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children): Financial support in the form of cash given to a family with children in need of financial help.
CHILDREN'S TRUST: A trust set up as part of a will or outside of a will to provide funds for a child.
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Children may be negligent, but they are not held to the same standard of conduct as adults. A child's conduct is measured against the conduct expected of a child of similar age, intelligence, and experience.
CHILD, CHILDREN, domestic relations. A child is the son or daughter in relation to the father or mother.
Children born of a mother and a father who were not married at the time of birth; who are not in wedlock.
These children are known to the law as bastards.
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Children and adolescents have among the highest rates of conventional crime victimization in our society. Despite enormous publicity about crimes committed by youth, however, this high vulnerability is seldom mentioned.
The children normally below 18 years of age found guilty of commiting a crime and violated the law.
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Many children are adopted through public or private agencies, but a growing number are adopted through private placement, in which the prospective adoptive parents advertise for or are otherwise put into contact with a birth mother, ...
NATURAL CHILDREN.
In the phraseology of the English or American law, natural children are children born out of wedlock, or bastards, and are distinguished from legitimate... more ...
CIP: Children in Placement- a voluntary program in Juvenile Court, which monitors neglect, cases.
custody of children - The care, control and maintenance of a child which may be awarded by a court to one of the parents as in a divorce or separation proceeding.
CPS -- See CHILDREN’S PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
Creditor - A person to whom money, goods or services are owed by the debtor.
The employment of children, young persons and women is regulated as regards ordinary and exceptional hours of work, ordinary and exceptional meal-times, length of spells and holidays.
CASAcronym for Children's Aid Society.CaseA matter brought before the court for a decision. It includes criminal charges, applications, motions, enforcements and appeals.
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For those who object that the common law should forever control, let it be said that as citizens of free republics it is our dutyto teach the maxims to our neighbors and our children so our leaders and we the people ourselves will have better ...
Pedophile A person afflicted with "pedophilia", a sexual perversion in which children are preferred as sexual partner.
Descendant Those person who are born of, or from children of, another are called that person's descendants. Grandchildren are descendants of their grandfather as children are descendants of their natural parents.
Per stirpes: (Latin: by stocks) Inheriting per stirpes means the division of a deceased's estate among his descendants, with the children of a deceased son or daughter dividing their parent's share equally among themselves.
Child Protective Proceedings - Proceedings in the family division of the circuit court regarding children under age 18 who are abused or neglected.
" If you are a refugee or an asylee and wish to sponsor, or petition for a relative, please refer to the document entitled "How Do I Get my Children or Spouse Derivative Asylum (or Refugee) Status?
Several of the vaccines recommended routinely for children in the United States contain thimerosal. However, reports have surfaced linking thimerosal to mercury poisoning in infants often causing autism.
The entitlement of all children to be supported by their parents until the children reach the age of majority or become emancipated -- usually by marriage, by entry into the armed forces or by living independently.
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Depending on which relatives survive, the estate may go all, or in part to the surviving spouse, and down the line from a parent to children (or if none survive, to grandchildren), or up to surviving parents, or collaterally to brothers and sisters.
At the time of death, Roberta was not married and had no children. Under the intestacy rules in Roberta's state, "[t]he property of a person who dies ab intestato without a spouse and children shall be transferred to the state, ...
Example: "The residue of my estate shall form the corpus (body) of a trust, with the executor as trustee, for my children's health and education, which shall terminate when the last child attains the age of 25, ...
A legal doctrine which makes a person negligent for leaving a piece of equipment or other condition on property which would be both attractive and dangerous to curious children.
When the first spouse dies, his or her half of the property goes to the beneficiaries named in the trust -- commonly, the grown children of the couple -- with the crucial condition that the surviving spouse has the right to use the property for life ...
(In some cases known as Children's Guardian) An independent person appointed by the Court to represent the interests of a child or young person or mentally incapable defendant or claimant, ...
In Pennsylvania, the action may be brought by the decedent's spouse, children, or parents.
People who are born of, or from children of, another are called that person's descendants. Grandchildren are descendants of their grandfather as children are descendants of their natural parents.
Children under 10 are considered too young to be found guilty of a crime. Young people between 10 and 14 years of age may be found guilty of a crime, if the courts believe that they knew that what they were doing was wrong.
HOME STATE: the state where a child or children of the marriage lived with a parent for at least six months before a child custody, support or visitation action was filed in court.
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Guardian - A person appointed by will or by law to assume responsibility for incompetent adults or minor children. If one parent dies, the children's guardian will usually be the other parent. If both die, it usually will be a close relative.
*tutor - guardian for independent children under the age of puberty (impubes) and for independent women of any age.
**usucapio - acquisition of ownership by long usage.
Joint Physical Custody Arrangement in which children spend considerable periods of time, perhaps several weeks or months of each year, alternately with each parent.
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Thus, the child is, with regard to the parent, in the first degree; the grandchild with regard to the grandparent, in the second; and vice versa as to the parent and grandparent with regard to their respective children and grandchildren.
Domestic Relations: Refers to dissolution of marriage (divorce); custody of children and their support; maintenance (alimony) and property division.
Uncontested Divorce: When the defendant is not going to try to stop the divorce and there are no issues for the court to decide about the children, money, or property.
Un-Emancipated: Legally dependent on one's parent or legal guardian.
Juvenile Corrections Act: (commonly referred to as the JCA)-the statutory law dealing with children charged with violations of the law other than traffic offenses.
An American tort law action which claims damages from any person who, through negligence or direct act or omission, caused the death of certain relatives (eg. spouse, children or parent).
foster care - A form of substitute care, usually in a home licensed by a public agency, for children whose welfare requires removal from their homes.
A life Peer differs from a hereditary Peer in that the receiver cannot pass the title on to his or her children. Although life Peers are appointed by the Queen, it is the Prime Minister who nominates them.
Pretermitted child - A child born after a will is executed, who is not provided for by the will. Most states have laws that provide for a share of estate property to go to such children.
fluoridation : The addition of a chemical to increase the concentration of fluoride ions in drinking water to a predetermined optimum limit to reduce the incidence (number) of dental caries (tooth decay) in children.
Thimerosal: A preservative that was used in many vaccines. Thimerosal contains ethylmercury, which some suspect may cause mercury poisoning and autism in children.
status of being beyond the control of their legal guardian or are habitually disobedient, truant from school, or having committed other acts that would not be a crime if committed by an adult, i.e., smoking. Also referred to as minors or children in ...
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