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2. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

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   A court that has made a child-custody determination consistent with UCCJEA has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction over the determination until either (1) that court determines that neither the child, the child's parents, nor any person acting as a parent has a significant connection with the State that made the original order and that ...

3. Safe-haven law - Wikipedia

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   After being granted temporary custody, the state agency moved for permanent custody, as needed for adoption. The attorney and the guardian ad litem for the child argued that certain statutes of the safe haven act violated the separation of powers doctrine under Art IV, Sec. 5(B) of the Ohio Constitution. The court agreed, finding that the safe ...

4. Child custody laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Courts and legal professionals within the U.S. may use terms such as "parenting time" instead of custody and visitation. [3] The goal of the newer, alternative terminology is to eliminate the distinction between custodial and noncustodial parents, and to better focus on the best interests of the children by crafting schedules that meet the ...

5. Supreme Court rejects appeal from Indiana parents who lost ...

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   The court, without comment, rejected an appeal from the teen’s parents, who had warned that cases similar to theirs are likely to reoccur “due to developing conflicts between parents and their ...

6. Legal guardian - Wikipedia

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   A guardian with responsibility for both the personal well-being and the financial interests of the ward is a general guardian. A person may also be appointed as a special guardian, having limited powers over the interests of the ward. A special guardian may, for example, be given the legal right to determine the disposition of the ward's ...

7. Joint custody (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Joint custody is a court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties. [1] [2] In the United States, there are two forms of joint custody, joint physical custody (called also "shared parenting" or "shared custody") and joint legal custody. [2]