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Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States, citing a constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children, struck down a Washington law that allowed any third party to petition state courts for child visitation rights over parental objections.
Miller v. Jenkins (previously called Miller-Jenkins v.Miller-Jenkins), 912 A.2d 951 (2006), 637 S.E.2d 330 (2006), 661 S.E.2d 822 (2008), 78 S.E.2d 268 (2009) 12 A.3d 768 (2010), 131 S.Ct. 568 (2010) is a series of related cases in the Virginia Supreme Court and the Vermont Supreme Court pertaining to child custody of Isabella Miller-Jenkins between former couple Lisa Miller and Janet Jenkins ...
The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1997. [1] The UCCJEA has since been adopted by 49 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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.
A "child-custody determination" is a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child. A custody determination can be made through a permanent or temporary order, or as part of an initial custody determination or later modification of a prior custody order.
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Office of Child Support [99] Virginia Code §§ 20–108.1, 20–108.2 Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support [100] Washington Revised Code of Washington §§ 26.19.001 et seq. [101] Division of Child Support [102] West Virginia Child Support Guidelines, [103] based on the Income Shares model [13] Bureau for Child Support ...
Section 8236 of CPS Handbook authorizing supervised visitation (archived link, February 20, 2012) 1995 American Bar Association Child Custody Order (archived link, October 4, 2012) A Manual for Florida's Judges, Clearing House on Supervised Visitation (archived link, May 9, 2008)