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Term Definition
Legal Custody
- the authority of one parent or both parents to make legal decisions regarding health, education and welfare of the child.
Application in Divorce
Custody invites a variety of arrangements by which a child is nurtured and his or her
physical custody
are two prongs of this question, and divorcing parents must decide how to address them.
See also
Joint Legal Custody
and Physical Custody,
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