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  2. Grandparent visitation - Wikipedia

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    These requests must be justifiable as being in the best interests of the child, and they may only apply under certain circumstances, such as after one parent dies or loses custody. [1] State statutes pertaining to grandparent visitation must comport with the United States Supreme Court decision of Troxel v. Granville. This case, decided in 2000 ...

  3. Legal guardian - Wikipedia

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    A legal guardian is a person who has been appointed by a court or otherwise has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to make decisions relevant to the personal and property interests of another person who is deemed incompetent, [1] called a ward.

  4. Kinship care - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center, there were 2.7 million children or 4% of all children who are being raised by grandparents or other kinship care. [2] According to a 2003 U.S. Census Bureau report, 2.4 million grandparents had primary responsibility for their coresident grandchildren younger than 18. [3]

  5. 21-year-old who became caregiver to siblings surprised with ...

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    Before she died, Smith promised his mother Gala that he would care for his family, and he fulfilled the promise by becoming a legal guardian to four of his youngest siblings – Armond, 16, Avaugn ...

  6. Anne Heche's Ex James Tupper Files to Become Legal Guardian ...

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    Anne Heche's ex-husband James Tupper has filed paperwork in court to become the legal guardian of their 13-year-old son, Atlas Heche Tupper.According to new legal documents, obtained by ET, the 57 ...

  7. Kansas becomes first state to let teens in foster care choose ...

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    Kansas teens aging out of the state’s foster care system are now able to choose a primary legal guardian whom they trust to represent them best, giving them another option when transitioning to ...

  8. Troxel v. Granville - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Child custody laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

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