Types of Custody
What type of custody determines where a child lives?
What is physical custody?
What standard do courts use when deciding who should receive custody of a child?
What is the best interests of the child?
What is the official place where custody cases are heard?
What is a family court?
What right allows a parent to receive information about their child's school progress?
What is the right to educational information?
What is the main thing courts consider when deciding child custody?
What is the child's safety and well-being?
What type of custody allows parents to share important decisions about their child's education and healthcare?
What is point legal custody?
Who makes the final decision in a child custody case?
Who is the judge?
What is the person who records everything said during a court hearing called?
Who is the court reporter?
What right allows a parent to have access to their child's medical information when legally permitted?
What is the right to medical information?
What might a judge consider about a child's home when deciding custody?
What is a safe and stable living environment?
What type of custody gives one parent the authority to make major decisions for the child?
What is sole legal custody?
What does a parent have to follow once a custody order is issued by the court?
What is a court-ordered custody agreement?
What is the process of questioning someone under oath before trial called?
What is a deposition?
What right allows parents to participate in important decisions about their child's religious upbringing?
What is the right to religious upbringing decisions?
Why might a judge consider a child's relationship with each parent?
To understand the emotional bond and support each parent's ability to provide
What type of custody means both parents share responsibility for raising the child and making decisions?
What is Joint Custody?
What is no?
What is evidence presented to help prove a parent's ability to care for a child called?
What is supporting evidence?
What right allows a parent to spend scheduled time with their child under a custody agreement?
What is parenting time?
What might a judge consider about a child's school and community when deciding custody?
What is the importance of stability and keeping familiar routines?
What type of custody gives one parent primary responsibility for the child's home and daily care?
What is sole physical custody?
What can a parent request if their current custody arrangement needs to change?
What is a modification of custody?
What is the process of appealing a court's decision to a higher court called?
What is an appeal?
What legal rights allows a parent to ask the court to review a custody arrangement when circumstances change?
What is the right to request a custody modification?
Why might a judge consider whether parents can communicate and cooperate with each other?
Because cooperation can help provide a stable and healthy environment for the child