Custody (Of A Child) The legal authority to make decisions affecting a child's interests (legal custody) and the responsibility of taking care of the child (physical custody).
Custody
It means the possession and control of a thing or person.1)Detention of a person who has committed any illegal act by police in prison after conviction of a crime or while awaiting trial. 2)In case of child custody after divorce the the legal ...
Custody- Sole and Joint: Refers to the legal arrangements for which a child will live with and how decisions about the child will be made. Custody has two parts: legal and physical.
Split Custody definition:
A child custody decision which results in the splitting up of the children; that legal custody of one or more of the children is with the father, and that of one or more of the other children are with the mother.
CUSTODY - The detention of an individual's person by virtue of lawful process or authority. To be in custody, is to be lawfully detained under arrest.
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Definition: refers to the legal authority to make major decisions on behalf of the child; this may include where the child will go to school, the type of education, ...
Temporary Custody: A spouse's right to have parenting time with his or her child. It includes extended stays and overnights.
Custody
The care and control of a thing or a person. For example, in criminal matters, a person is taken into custody upon arrest or while awaiting trial.
Custody
Also known as the Allocation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities.
custody [Latin custodia, from custod- custos guardian] : care or control exercised by a person or authority over something or someone: as a : supervision and control over property that usually includes ...
custody - The right to or responsibility for a child's care and control, carrying with it the duty of providing food, shelter, medical care, education and discipline.
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Custody- Detaining of a person by lawful process or authority to assure his or her appearance to any hearing; the jailing or imprisonment of a person convicted of a crime.
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Custody: A court order deciding where a child will live and how decisions about the child will be made. Parents may ask for any custody arrangement that they believe is in the best interest of their child.
custody:
(1) the care and control of children. See child custody.
(2) when the court imprisons a person after they are found guilty of a crime; ...
custody In domestic cases, the legal right to take control over, and care of, a child. In criminal cases, the defendant is said to be in custody if he is detained on authority or otherwise restrained, so that he is not free to come and go at will.
Custody:
Means the charge and control of a child including the right to make all major decisions such as education, religious upbringing, training, health and welfare.
custody
n. 1) holding property under one's control. 2) law enforcement officials' act of holding an accused or convicted person in criminal proceedings, beginning with the arrest of that person. 3) in domestic relations (divorce, dissolution) a ...
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Control; e.g. when arrested and not free to leave; formerly, care and control of a child.
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Sole Custody: A form of custody in which one parent is awarded both physical and legal custody.
Child Custody Mediation - divorced parents who have unresolved issues about child custody or visitation may use this non-adversarial alternative to litigation.
Child Custody The court's determination of who will be the child's primary care giver and make decisions for the child.
LEGAL CUSTODY
The right and obligation to make decisions about a child's upbringing, including schooling and medical care. Many states typically have both parents share legal custody of a child. Compare physical custody.
joint custody - When parents who do not live together arrange to share in the upbringing of a child.
Split custody
A child custody decision which means that legal custody goes back and forth between parents like a ping-pong ball, as they, in turn, take care of the child.
LEGAL CUSTODY: In a divorce, one of two types of child custody. A parent who has legal custody has the right to be involved in all the decision making typically involved with being a parent, such as religious upbringing, ...
Joint custody
An arrangement by which parents who do not live together share the upbringing of a child.
legal custody - Restraint of or responsibility for a person according to law, such as a guardian's authority over the person or property, or both, of his ward.
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Custody
Definition - Noun
[Latin custodia, from custod- custos guardian]
: care or control exercised by a person or authority over something or someone: as
a : supervision and control over property that usu.
Custody
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Custody
Parents usually have a legal right to custody of their own offspring. The Supreme Court has established that the right to child custody by a parent is constitutionally protected.
Custody
Custody is the term used to identify which parent has the authority to make decisions involving their child.
child custody
n. a court's determination of which parent, relative or other adult should have physical and/or legal control and responsibility for a minor (child) under 18.
Chain of Custody
The identity of persons who handle evidence between the time of commission of the alleged offence and the ultimate disposition of the case.
Physical Custody:
A child custody decision which grants the right to organize and administer the day to day residential care of a child. This is usually combined with legal custody.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY: A showing of who had custody of evidence. This showing must be made before certain evidence can be introduced.
Temporary custody: The awarding of custody of a child to a parent temporarily, pending the outcome of a separation or divorce suit.
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (1968); Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (1997) (a version adopted in all 50 states and the District of Columbia)
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An escape from custody.
EVICTION. The loss or deprivation which the possessor of a thing suffers, either in whole or in part, of his right of property in such a thing, ...
For example, court can make custody decisions regarding a child or an insane person, even without statute law to allow them to do so, based on their residual, common law-based parens patriae jurisdiction.
Ward One who is in the custody of another. A prisoner is ward of his warden. A person under the protection of a court-ordered guardianship is ward of his guardian.
Bail Criminal law: a commitment made (and possibly secured by cash or property) to secure the release of a person being held in custody and suspected of a crime, ...
To him he adheres, resigns the whole warehouse of his religion with all the locks and keys into his custody, and indeed makes the very person of that man his religion.
=you should have the body], writ directed by a judge to some person who is detaining another, commanding him to bring the body of the person in his custody at a specified time to a specified place for a specified purpose.
child born in wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody ...
The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery is head of the Crown Office, which has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has administrative functions in connection with the courts and the judicial process.
Consign: To leave property in the custody of another. An item can be consigned to a transport company, for example, to move it from one place to another.
Arrest: To take into custody by legal authority.
Assault. A willful attempt or threat to harm another person, coupled with the present ability to inflict injury on that person, which causes apprehension in that person.
Arrest - To take into custody by legal authority.
Assault - Threat to inflict injury with an apparent ability to do so. Also, any intentional display of force that would give the victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm.
French baillie, government; bailler, to have custody of; wic, dwelling, station, jurisdiction. A word, introduced by the Normans, and equivalent to "county". The liberty, province, or jurisdiction of a sheriff. 1 Bl. Com. 311; 2 id. 37.
The court will expedite (speed up) cases involving issues of child custody, support, visitation, adoption, paternity, determination that a child is in need of services, termination of parental rights, ...
commitment: an order to commit a person to the custody of a sheriff, commissioner of corrections, or mental health facility
common law: the body of law which originated in England and upon which present day U.S. law is based ...
Guardian
One who the law has entrusted with the custody and control of the person or property of a ward.
Guardian Ad Lietem
One appointed by a court in which litigation is pending to represent a ward (e.g., a minor or incompetent).
Miranda warning - Requirement that police tell a suspect in their custody of his or her constitutional rights before they question him or her. So named as a result of the Miranda v. Arizona ruling by the United States Supreme Court.
Money or property put into the custody of a third party for delivery to a grantee only after the fulfillment of the conditions specified.
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but by no means always, occur prior to trial when a party asks the judge to decide a specific issue--often on an interim basis--such as whether a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction should be issued, or temporary child custody or ...
Guardian
An individual who, by legal appointment or by the effect of a written law, is given custodyof both the property and the person of one who is unable to manage their own affairs, such as a child or mentally-disabled person.
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file: To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case. Return to Top ...
SAISIE-IMMOBILIERE.
A writ by which the creditor puts in the custody of the law the immovables of his debtor, that out of the proceeds of their sale,... more ...
Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his appearance on the day and time appointed.
Term: Guardian
Definition: One who the law has entrusted with the custody and control of the person or property of a ward.
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