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  2. 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.

  3. Legal guardian - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, a legal status of "special guardianship" was introduced (using powers delegated by the Adoption and Children Act 2002) to allow for a child to be cared for by a person with rights similar to a traditional legal guardian, but without absolute legal separation from the child's birth parents. [30]

  4. Family in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A new father holds his child for the first time in Loretto Hospital, New Ulm, Minnesota. Parents can be either the biological mother or biological father, or the legal guardian for adopted children. Traditionally, mothers were responsible for raising the kids while the father was out providing financially for the family.

  5. Who Is Considered Immediate Family? - AOL

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    For this purpose, immediate family members are defined broadly to include a spouse, parents, in-laws, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, step-relatives, foster-children, and domestic ...

  6. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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    New York's Married Women's Property Act of 1860 is amended so that women lost equal guardianship of their children, and only had veto power over decisions on apprenticeship and the appointment of testamentary guardians. Parts of the act that made husbands and wives equal in realty in cases of intestacy were overturned. [18] 1864

  7. 21-Year-Old College Athlete Becomes Legal Guardian of 4 of ...

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    21-Year-Old College Athlete Becomes Legal Guardian of 4 of His Siblings After Mom's Breast Cancer Death ... “Gala is a single mother of 6 children ranging from 2 years of age to 21 years of age ...

  8. Filial responsibility laws - Wikipedia

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    Typically, these laws obligate adult children (or depending on the state, other family members) to pay for their indigent parents’/relatives' food, clothing, shelter and medical needs. Should the children fail to provide adequately, they allow nursing homes and government agencies to bring legal action to recover the cost of caring for the ...

  9. Legal fight over gender-affirming care reaches the Supreme ...

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    The parents of transgender children want the Supreme Court to block a Tennessee law that bans medical treatment for gender dysphoria in minors. Legal fight over gender-affirming care reaches the ...