a court's determination of which parent or relative should have physical and/or legal control and responsibility for a minor (child) und...

Most custody decisions are made by family courts. However, where a juvenile court has found that a minor poses a threat to society if curre...

Much debate about  Child Custody  has focused upon the criteria that the courts use in awarding permanent physical custody in cases where t...

Where a child's parents were never married, most states provide that the child's biological mother has sole physical custody unless ...

When custody must be spelled out because of a couple's divorce, the custody arrangement usually becomes part of the divorce decree. The...

Under most circumstances, state laws provide that biological parents make all decisions that are involved in rearing their child—such as r...

Sole custody  arrangements have generally be considered a traditional form of  custody  for many in the past, however there has been a trend...