Custody Sentence Examples

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  • His father was never able to get custody of him as a child.

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  • He even tried to get custody of Alex.

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  • He didn't succeed in gaining custody.

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  • After all, her husband was the one who had custody of the boy.

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  • Donald talked about some sort of joint custody when he brought him up to meet me.

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  • David and Cynthia Dean had experienced little success in trying to secure a more formal arrangement for long term custody of Martha, managing only undocumented assignment as temporary foster parents.

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  • Has Tessa tried to get custody of him?

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  • The vehicle was in police custody in Norfolk but the authorities there said it would be released to the World Wide local office shortly.

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  • If she doesn't have custody, then why go through all this?

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  • The supreme court is almost without exception a court of appeal with jurisdiction in cases involving at least $2000, in cases of divorce, in suits regarding adoption, legitimacy and custody of children and as regards the legality and constitutionality of taxes, fines, &c. The supreme court appoints courts of appeal to judge cases involving less than $2000.

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  • In 1706 it won the right to appoint its own treasurer to care for money appropriated for extraordinary purposes, and eight years later the governor assented to an act which gave to this officer the custody of practically all public money.

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  • Louis spent the rest of his life separated from his wife, and in 1815 gained the custody of his elder son.

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  • When about 1439 Queen Jane was married to Sir James Stewart, the knight of Lorne, Livingstone obtained the custody of the young king, whose minority was marked by fierce hostility between the Douglases and the Crichtons, with Livingstone first on one side and then on the other.

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  • Besides these public establishments for the custody of lunatics, there are in the vicinity of Dublin various private asylums. The principal institution for blind men (and also those afflicted by gout) is Simpson's hospital (1780), founded by a merchant of Dublin; while blind women are maintained at the Molyneux asylum (1815).

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  • The standards of the British Empire, so far as they relate to the imperial and metric systems, are in the custody of the Board of Trade.

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  • Henry Stafford, 2nd duke of Buckingham, resided a good deal at the castle, and Morton, bishop of Ely, whose custody as a prisoner was entrusted to him, plotted with him there for the dethronement of Richard III., for which Stafford was executed in 1483.

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  • If he has custody, she couldn't get the money.

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  • The kidnapper was the child's mother, a drug addict, who no longer had custody and tried to spirit her daughter away.

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  • They'd never made official application for custody, but when they broached the subject with the authorities it was met with less than enthusiasm.

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  • Still, her objections to adoption went beyond the custody issue.

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  • The same year he was named one of the justices of the peace for his borough; and on the grant of a new charter showed great zeal in defending the rights of the commoners, and succeeded in procuring an alteration in the charter in their favour, exhibiting much warmth of temper during the dispute and being committed to custody by the privy council for angry words spoken against the mayor, for which he afterwards apologized.

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  • As a director of the company, moreover, he was suspected of fraudulent complicity, taken into custody and heavily fined; but £ro,000 was allowed him out of the wreck of his estate, and with this his skill and enterprise soon constructed a second fortune.

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  • She had been separated from her husband for many years, and was at feud with him on questions of property and the custody of their children.

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  • He was a member of the council of state in 1654, and in June 1655 he received the strange appointment of commissioner for the custody of the great seal, for which he was certainly in no way fitted.

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  • In 1642 he was ordered into custody as a delinquent; thereafter he took refuge in Oxford, and ultimately returned to London to the house of William Fuller (1580?-1659), dean of Ely, whose daughter Jane was his second wife.

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  • They are probably of the Norman period, and were kept in the Pyx Chapel at Westminster, now in the custody of the Commissioners of Works.

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  • Ridolfi, the conspirator, was committed to his custody in October 1569, and seems to have deluded.

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  • In spite of the continual struggle for custody, he had felt more welcome at the Medena home than he had with his step-father's family.

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  • Number three was a father taking a son from the boy's mother who held custody rights.

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  • Deep down, I convinced myself we might have a chance for custody of Martha.

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  • We burned our bridges trying to get custody of Martha last winter.

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  • It's temporary custody at first until some court stuff takes place and we're married but the lawyer says Shipton definitely signed.

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  • On the 12th of April he was given the custody of the temporalities, on the 15th of April he was elected, and on the 10th of May provided to the see by a papal bull.

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  • To him he adheres, resigns the whole warehouse of his religion with all the locks and keys into his custody, and indeed makes the very person of that man his religion.

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  • In 1914, after the outbreak of war, Rosa Luxemburg was sentenced to a year's imprisonment for inciting to insubordination and remained throughout the war in preventive custody.

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  • In the manufacturing branches are required skill, and efficient and economical work, both executive and administrative; in the storekeeping part, good arrangement, great care, thorough knowledge of all warlike stores, both in their active and passive state, and scrupulous exactness in the custody, issue and receipt of stores.

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  • In the meantime the functions of the university had been extended to include an oversight of the professional, scientific and technical schools, the administration of laws relating to admission to the professions, the charge of the State Library at Albany, the supervision of local libraries, the custody of the State Museum and the direction of all scientific work prosecuted by the state.

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  • In all countries the national standards of weights and measures are in the custody of the state, or of some authority administering the government of the country.

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  • The duties of churchwardens comprise the provision of necessaries for divine service, so far as the church funds or voluntary subscriptions permit, the collecting the offertory of the congregation, the keeping of order during the divine service, and the giving of offenders into custody; the assignment of seats to parishioners; the guardianship of the movable goods of the church; the preservation and repair of the church and churchyard, the fabric and the fixtures; and the presentment of offences against ecclesiastical law.

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  • Albany had to blockade Margaret in Stirling Castle before she would surrender her sons, After being obliged to capitulate, Margaret returned to Edinburgh, and being no longer responsible for the custody of the king she fled to England in September, where a month later she bore to Angus a daughter, Margaret, who afterwards became countess of Lennox, mother of Lord Darnley and grandmother of James I.

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  • But soon he was recalled, taken into custody, and finally condemned to death.

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  • The cardinal was, by order of the regent, committed to the custody of Lord Seaton; but his imprisonment was merely nominal, and he was soon again at liberty and at the head of the party opposed to the English alliance.

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  • Shortly after Murad's accession the emperor Manuel, having applied in vain for the renewal of the annual subsidy paid him by the late sultan for retaining in safe custody Mustafa, an alleged son of Bayezid, released the pretender.

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  • Horne, thereupon, by a bold libel on the Speaker, drew public attention to the case, and though he himself was placed for a time in the custody of the serjeant-at-arms, the clauses which were injurious to the interest of Mr Tooke were eliminated from the bill.

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  • The name is derived from the original duty attached to the office, - that of the custody or guardianship of the fabric and furniture of the church, - which dates from the 1 4 th century, when the responsibility of providing for the repairs of the nave, and of furnishing the utensils for divine service, was settled on the parishioners.

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  • And, it looks like we're going to have custody!

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  • We're going to have permanent custody!

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  • He was set free in 1667, but in the following year lie was again a prisoner, and he was in custody when he died on the 27th of October 1670.

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  • At this castle Mary queen of Scots was detained in 1569 under the custody of the earls of Huntingdon and Shrewsbury.

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  • He was followed, arrested, his niece seized separately, and sent to join him in custody; and the two, with the secretary Collini, were kept close prisoners at an inn called the Goat.

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  • The pardon transmitted by the secretary of state is applied by the supreme court, who grant the necessary orders to the magistrates in whose custody the convict is.

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  • They certainly had it in their custody in the year 1428, and their right was formally recognized by King James III.

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  • It is addressed to the person in whose custody another is detained, and commands him to bring his prisoner before the court immediately after the receipt of the writ, together with the day and cause of his being taken and detained, to undergo and receive (ad subjiciendum et recipiendum) whatsoever the court awarding the writ "may consider of concerning him in that behalf."

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  • Lord Clarendon was impeached, inter alia, for causing many persons to be imprisoned against law and to be conveyed in custody to places outside England.

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  • In the same year the writ was used to release the wife of Earl Ferrers from his custody and maltreatment, and was unsuccessfully applied for by John Wilkes to get back his wife, who was separated from him by mutual agreement.

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  • It is available to put an end to all forms of illegal detention in public or private custody.

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  • In the case of the Canadian prisoners (1839) it was used to obtain the release of persons sentenced in Canada for participating in the rebellion of 1837, who were being conveyed throughout England in custody on their way to imprisonment in another part of the empire, and it is matter of frequent experience for the courts to review the legality of commitments under the Extradition Acts and the Fugitive Offenders Act 1881, of fugitives from the justice of a foreign state or parts of the king's dominions outside the British Islands.

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  • Rep. 6 Bengal, 39 2, 45 6, 49 8), and it has also been applied to settle controversies between Hindus and missionaries as to the custody of a young convert (R.

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  • Every British mercantile ship, not carrying passengers, on entering a port gives into the custody of the consul to be endorsed by him the seamen's agreement, the certificate of registry, and the official log-book; a failure to do this is reported to the registrar-general of seamen.

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  • She may be a first class bitch—but if there isn't a legal custody fight or the child isn't reported in danger or grossly neglected, it's none of our business.

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  • Although married she always remained a member of her father's house - she is rarely named wife of A, usually daughter of B, or mother of C. Divorce was optional with the man, but he had to restore the dowry and, if the wife had borne him children, she had the custody of them.

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  • These formed the aristocracy of the town, who by their wealth and birth held its affairs within their custody.

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  • At the outset of the reign Bayezid's brother, Prince Jem, made a serious attempt to claim the throne; he was defeated, and eventually took refuge with the knights of Rhodes, whom Bayezid bribed to keep him in safe custody.

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  • When Death came to fetch him, Sisyphus put him into fetters, so that no one died till Ares came and freed Death, and delivered Sisyphus into his custody.

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  • A tablet, let into the wall, contains an epitaph by Lord Cockburn, recording Shanks's services to the venerable pile, which has since been entrusted to the custody of the commissioners of woods and forests.

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  • The record of the trial was consigned to a new repository (commonly but wrongly called the Baga de Secretis), which thenceforth became the regular place of custody for important state trials.

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  • But whatever cause she might have found since marriage to complain of his rigorous custody and domineering brutality was insufficient to break the ties by which he held her.

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  • In addition to litigious business the courts also deal with non-litigious matters, such as the registration of titles to land, guardianship and the drawing up and custody of testamentary dispositions, all which are almost entirely within the province of the Amtsgerichie.

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  • In 1678 the university registers which had been in his custody for eighteen years were removed, as it was feared that he would be implicated in the Popish plot.

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  • The House of Commons declared this latter pamphlet a breach of privilege; its author was arrested on the 14th of December 1819, and in spite of an appeal to the court of king's bench he remained in custody until the end of the following February.

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  • Narrowly escaping the perils of the Revolution, it was exhibited in Paris, by Napoleon's desire, in 1803-1804, and has since been in civil custody at Bayeux, where it is now exhibited under glass.

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  • When he went to Europe he left his third wife in Lord Roberts's custody at Pretoria, but she gradually failed, and died there (July 1901).

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  • It was laid down in these that over and above safe custody it was essential to preserve health, improve morals, and enforce hard labour on all prisoners sentenced to it.

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  • He rose to be one of the three (spectabiles) "chartularii," a position implying some literary attainment, and involving the custody of the archives of the household.

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  • Apparently he advocated the cause of Lady Jane Grey, for on the 25th of July 1553, only six days after Mary's proclamation as queen, he was committed to the custody of the sheriff of Essex.

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  • On a promise that his rival should be held in custody he disbanded his men, and thus outwitted found himself virtually a prisoner.

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  • He was, for the moment, received kindly, but was soon afterwards ordered to keep his chamber, and was then given into the custody of the lord keeper at York House, where he remained till March 1600.

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  • To constitute the legal offence of rescue, the person rescued must be in the custody of a constable or private individual, but in the latter case the rescuer must know that the prisoner is in lawful custody.

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  • The punishment for the offence is fine and imprisonment, with or without hard labour, if the party rescued has not been convicted of the offence for which he was in custody.

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  • After the invasion of the Gauls in 390 B.C., the vestal virgins and the sacred objects in their custody were conveyed to Caere for safety, and from this fact some ancient authorities derive the word caerimonia, ceremony.

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  • From the earliest records of the English law no free man could be detained in custody except on a criminal charge or conviction or for a civil debt.

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  • The latest recorded instance of its use is Trebilcock's case (1736), in which a ward sought to free himself from the custody of his guardian.

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  • They may make orders for the custody and preservation of public books, writings, papers and documents belonging to a parish.

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  • The county is a sort of intermediate organization between the state and the towns to assist chiefly in the administration of justice, especially in the custody of offenders, and in the making and care of roads.

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  • In 1537 Lord Thomas Fitzgerald and his five uncles were executed for rebellion in Munster, and the English government made every effort to lay hands also on Gerald, the youthful heir to the earldom of Kildare, a boy of twelve years of age who was in the secret custody of his aunt Lady Eleanor McCarthy.

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  • Ingraham (1802-1891), in command of a United States sloop-of-war, arrived at Smyrna, and threatened to attack the Austrian vessel unless Koszta were released; and as a compromise Koszta was placed in the custody of the French consul.

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  • The first commissioner of works is the head of the board, and has the custody of the royal palaces and parks and of all public buildings not specially assigned to other departments; he is a member of the government and frequently has a seat in the cabinet.

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  • For some years an obscure quarrel had been conducted at Constantinople about the custody of the holy places at Jerusalem.

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  • It got the custody of the king and his family who were imprisoned in the Temple.

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  • It is immaterial whether the second marriage has taken place within England and Ireland or elsewhere, and the offence may be dealt with in any county or place where the defendant shall be apprehended or be in custody.

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  • His son George, who succeeded, was the earl to whom the custody of Mary Stuart was committed, his task being rendered all the more difficult for him by the intrigues of his second wife, Bess of Hardwick, the builder of Chatsworth, who had married three husbands before her union with him.

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  • Galileo remained in the custody of the Inquisition from the 21st to the 24th of June, on which day he was relegated to the Villa Medici on the Trinita de' Mc,nti.

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  • The only civil function of the parish clerk remaining in 1894 was the custody of maps and documents, required to be deposited with him under standing orders of parliament before certain public works were begun.

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  • True, he didn't succeed in gaining custody, but...

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  • She may be a first class bitch—but if there isn't a legal custody fight or the child isn't reported in danger or grossly neglected, it's none of our business.

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  • Shipton the bastard agreed to sign some papers and give Donald and me full custody!

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  • He was sentenced to a sentence of imprisonment or youth custody for a term not exceeding six months.

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  • Brian is serving an absurd 30+ year sentence related to a custody battle and a violent altercation with the Child Service's Department.

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  • A man is not armed because he has custody of a weapon.

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  • Both seals shall remain in the custody of the grand chancellor.

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  • In 2001, a leading conservationist was jailed but the illegal fishermen he was restraining were released from custody.

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  • A person who knowingly contravenes this is liable to a fine of up to £ 2500 or up to 3 months in custody.

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  • It should also be noted that having a criminal record or unspent convictions is not an automatic barrier to becoming a custody visitor.

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  • In cases of marital separation, they lose custody of their children.

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  • There is no reason to keep her in protective custody, Mulder.

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  • Independent custody visitors have no right to see the detainee's medical records, even where these are attached to the custody visitors have no right to see the detainee's medical records, even where these are attached to the custody record.

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  • At present a custody officer is required to record everything a detained person has with him on entering custody officer is required to record everything a detained person has with him on entering custody.

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  • She is the sister of Ricky Bishop, who died in police custody last Thursday.

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  • There were 18 prisoners in the inpatient unit, mainly cared for by prison custody officers.

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  • He admitted causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to three and a half years youth custody and banned for five years.

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  • Those remanded in custody awaiting trial or required to live in a bail hostel are entitled to housing benefit for up to 52 weeks.

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  • In 1995, extensions were more likely to be granted in custody indictments.

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  • Restraint that involves the deliberate infliction of violence is used systematically in penal custody.

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  • He frequently took on cases involving custody disputes and honor killings.

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  • They traveled the streets of Riyadh before being surrounded by curious onlookers and stopped by traffic cops, who took them into custody.

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  • However, key points relevant to medical treatment should be recorded in the custody record itself.

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  • He played a key role in introducing the first drug arrest referral scheme which was initially piloted at Oxford custody.

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  • They can be bailed with or without conditions or remanded in custody to a prison or remand center.

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  • He is currently remanded in custody charged with various offenses.

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  • Sanday resident remanded in custody A Sanday resident was remanded in custody A Sanday resident was remanded in custody on Monday, charged with several driving offenses.

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  • Order to cause her to have full seisin without delay of such of the forests in the counties that are in his custody.

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  • There had been three apparently self-inflicted deaths in the previous six months, all within the first four days of custody.

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  • The custody sergeant has a duty to inform you of them.

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  • A six month period as custody sergeant at Milton Keynes quickly followed after which he worked as a patrol sergeant at Milton Keynes.

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  • However there are more cocaine deaths in police custody suites due to swallowing crack or cocaine.

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  • The guidance judgment in January of Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice, on mobile phone thefts, increased custody.

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  • The main issue before the court was the impact of section 25 in cases where the custody time limit had expired.

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  • Independent custody visitors have no right to see the detainee's medical records, even where these are attached to the custody record.

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  • There are (I) the maison darrlt, temporary places of durance in every arrondissement for persons charged with offences, and those sentenced to more than a years imprisonment who are awaiting transfer to a maison centrale; (2) the maison de justice, often part and parcel of the former, but only existing in the assize court towns for the safe custody of those tried or condemned at the assizes; (3) departmental prisons, or inaisons de correction, for summary convictions, or those sentenced to less than a year, or, if provided with sufficient cells, those amenable to separate confinement; (4) maisons centrales and pnitenciers agricoles, for all sentenced to imprisonment for more than a year, or to hard labor, or to those condemned to travaux forces for offences committed in prison.

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  • A civil war ensued in Turkey between his sons Bayezid and Jem, and the latter, being worsted, fled to the knights of Rhodes, by whom he was kept in custody in France (see Bayezid Ii.).

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  • He also attempted to regain for the Romans the custody of the high priest's vestments; but the Jews appealed to the emperor against the revival of this advertisement of their servitude.

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  • Within a week of his arrival he denounced in the House of Commons a government proclamation, which Grattan had approved, in language so violent that he was ordered into custody and required to apologize at the bar of the House.

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  • In 191 4, after the outbreak of war, she was sentenced to a year's imprisonment for inciting to insubordination and remained throughout the war in preventive custody (Schutzhaft).

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  • Since that date the habeas corpus ad subjiciendum has been used in cases of illegal detention in private custody.

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  • In 1758 questions arose as to its application to persons in naval or military custody, including pressed men, which led to the introduction of a bill in parliament and to the consultation by the House of Lords of the judges (see Wilmot's Opinions, p. 77).

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  • In conformity with the principle of English law that a person ought not to be made to incriminate himself, it is usual, when a person in custody wishes to make a statement or confession, to caution him that what he says will be used in evidence against him.

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  • It has now come to my knowledge that you lent him your carriage for his removal from town, and that you have even accepted papers from him for safe custody.

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  • Punishing and rehabilitating When offenders are sent to prison or into custody, public safety is a very important consideration.

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  • Onward referrals should be set up for those on release from custody to provide offenders with continuing support once back in the community.

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  • Bail 39 A court can remand a defendant in custody, or can grant bail, with or without conditions.

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  • Finally the Judge must decide whether to remand the person in bail or in custody.

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  • He was remanded into custody pending very loud reports.

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  • Sanday resident remanded in custody A Sanday resident was remanded in custody on Monday, charged with several driving offenses.

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  • Custody safekeeping and transaction tariff Please refer to the current published custody safekeeping and transaction tariffs applicable to Spanish securities.

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  • He will be spitting blood now he 's in US custody.

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  • The Spanish Government is uncovering evidence of linkages between suspects in custody and the perpetrators of the 16 May 2003 Casablanca bombings.

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  • At least five black people have lost their lives in suspicious circumstances in the custody of the police in the last year.

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  • Any who had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the temple of the LORD in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite.

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  • The recordings from the custody suites cannot be viewed by using a standard videotape recorder.

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  • As a single adoptive parent, you don't have to worry about custody issues if the marriage or partnership were to dissolve.

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  • The reason that these investment grade gold bars are a great choice is because they involve a chain of integrity as well as one of custody so you know that the gold is real and not simply a dressed up bar of lead.

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  • Before his 21st birthday, he had escaped police custody twice.

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  • Using a divorce lawyer can be especially helpful when hammering out child custody agreements.

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  • Helping your child understand issues regarding custody, visitation, and division of primary assets will alleviate some insecurity.

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  • In most divorce agreements, one parent will have primary custody and the other will have regular visitation rights.

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  • The presence of a joint custody agreement may also be considered in determining the support payment.

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  • Lawyers and/or the court and a judge determine how to divide all marital property and custody if children are involved.

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  • In such a case, a professional mediator can be hired to help the couple come to decisions on how the property should be divided and how to work out custody issues if there are children.

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  • If mediation does not work, the unofficially married couple can still use the courts to determine child custody or to help ensure the return of property or division of assets between the couple.

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  • With the assistance of their legal representation, they determine allocution of debts, division of assets, custody of minor children, and other important issues.

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  • Most calculators are not for use if a joint or split custody agreement has been reached.

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  • If you and your ex-spouse agree to a joint custody agreement, different computations will be used to find out who would be required to pay child support.

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  • Contact a lawyer specializing in child custody in order to learn more about the circumstances regarding monetary compensation in these cases.

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  • This is a good time to bring up your concerns relating to custody, alimony, visitation, child support, and other key issues of your divorce.

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  • New York divorce laws let spouses end their marriage and decide on important issues such as dividing property, providing alimony, child custody, support, and visitation.

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  • This document must state any grounds for the divorce and specify any other issues such as property division, spousal support, or child custody.

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  • New York divorce law does not automatically give custody of children to any one parent.

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  • It is often assumed that only the mother will receive custody of the children.

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  • Generally, the court will allow the non-custodial parent ample visitation with the child and even award joint custody.

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  • Many states require that the parents share joint custody because it is usually in the best interest of a minor child.

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  • When the parents share joint custody they must work together and share in the right and responsibility to decide health, education, religious, and daily welfare issues.

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  • With joint custody, the children often spend half their time with their mother and half with their father.

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  • When both parents share the custody of their minor children, the court will calculate child support payments differently then if only one parent has custody.

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  • The theory is that each parent is responsible for the child's expenses when the child is in their physical custody, and since physical custody is shared, those expenses are also shared.

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  • These groups not only give help by serving as a support group, but also help father find divorce attorneys who fight for joint custody and favorable child support arrangements.

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  • For instance, a divorced women with custody of her children is more likely to live below the poverty line.

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  • If you have children or if alimony is an issue, either your attorney or your spouse's attorney will probably file an Order to Show Cause requesting that the court make decisions regarding custody and child support.

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  • Settlement negotiations regarding things like property division and child custody take place.

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  • If you and your spouse are unable to agree on custody issues, you will have to go to Conciliation Court for counseling.

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  • The subject matter includes divorce preparation, divorce attorneys, divorce law, custody, support, division of property, and more.

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  • Custody, access, and support are important issues in divorce actions where the couple has children.

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  • Depending on the circumstances, any one of these may have a serious effect on issues such as spousal support, property and asset distribution, child custody, visitation and child support.

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  • As with all other areas of a divorce, if the two parties cannot agree on equitable child support and custody, then the court will make orders concerning these issues and will do so in the best interests of the child.

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  • The Division of Child Support Enforcement is available to provide services to families where one parent has custody of a child or children and the other parent is not living at the same location.

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  • Decide on temporary child support, custody, and/or alimony.

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  • Some custody orders will specify that you are barred from relocating more than a certain number of miles away, and you will likely be required to refrain from moving the children out of state.

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  • You shouldn't use divorce kits if you and your spouse are unable to come to an agreement on child custody, support and division of assets.

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  • If there are issues around custody or visitation, then you are better off paying for the services of an attorney.

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  • The Court is much more likely to award alimony to a spouse that has custody of the children from the marriage.

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  • The question of "How can fathers get custody of children in a divorce?" can be a complicated one.

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  • Fathers can and do win custody of their children.

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  • Mothers were routinely given custody of the children, since they were presumed to be the children's primary caregiver.

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  • Starting in the 1970s, judges who had to make choices about child custody considered what was in the best interests of the child.

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  • Each parent is considered by the Court to determine which one should have primary custody.

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  • Joint custody, where the parents share parenting responsibilities, is another option that more judges are willing to consider.

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  • If a couple isn't able to negotiate a child custody arrangement themselves, the matter is put on a hearing list for a judge to make a decision.

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  • Most judges will award custody to the parent that they believe the child has the closest bond with, unless that parent has a flaw that makes them unfit.

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  • The wishes of the parents are considered in determining custody and if the child is old enough, he or she may have a say in custody arrangements.

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  • When thinking about how fathers can get custody of children in a divorce, it's important to note the difference between physical and legal custody.

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  • Physical custody refers to where the children will be living.

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  • Legal custody means that each parent has a say in the major decisions that affect their child's life, including issues like religious instruction or lack thereof, education, and medical care.

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  • Even in a situation where the parents share joint physical custody of their children, that doesn't necessarily translate into the child spending half of his or her time at each parent's home.

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  • To find out more about how fathers can get custody of children in a divorce, consult with a licensed attorney who has experience in these matters.

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  • Fathers can be awarded physical custody of their children by a judge.

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  • An attorney can offer a father who wants to pursue the custody matter advice about their personal situation.

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  • A parent who is deemed to have deserted his or her family may run into legal complications if the couple are not able to agree on custody of the minor children and a hearing is held.

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  • If the judge determines that the actions of the parent who left the marital home were harmful to the children, that conclusion may have an impact on which parent is given physical custody of the children.

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  • Some parents may choose not to make a motion for custody of their children if they made the decision to leave the family home.

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  • Another choice for parents who want to leave but don't want to take actions that may jeopardize their chance of being awarded custody later is to take their children with them when they leave.

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  • If the parents who are separating can agree, joint custody can be a workable option for people who don't want to be married anymore.

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  • Even so, dating throughout a divorce may have a direct or indirect effect on divorce settlement issues such as child custody and visitation, as well as spousal support.

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  • When necessary, user guides for property settlements and custody arrangements are also included.

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  • If there are complicated issues surrounding division of property, child custody or child support, then you would be better off retaining an attorney.

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  • Law of joint custody have been passed in the majority of U.S. states.

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  • There are two ways that parents can negotiate or have a joint custody arrangement imposed on them by the court.

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  • One of them is joint legal custody and the other form is joint physical custody.

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  • Joint legal custody doesn't refer to which parent the child lives with.

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  • In a joint legal custody situation, the parents would also make decisions about medical treatments for the child together.

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  • This type of custody arrangement is one that will work best when the parents can keep their focus clearly on the child's needs.

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  • Joint legal custody is not going to work out very well if one parent uses the fact that he or she can influence decisions affecting the child as a way to punish the other one.

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  • Joint physical custody is the other type of arrangement that laws of joint custody deal with.

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  • A negotiated joint physical custody arrangement is the more attractive choice, since it gives parents a say in how the specifics will work.

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  • In many parts of the United States, laws of joint custody presume that this is the arrangement the parents and child will be operating with.

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  • Unless there are issues with one or both parents that mean joint custody is not in the best interests of the child, a judge will impose one of these custody arrangements on the parents.

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  • Circumstances where a judge would hesitate to order joint custody include those where there is a history of abuse or a parent has issues with substance abuse.

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  • Judges also consider the parents' ability to care for their child appropriately when making decisions about whether to award joint custody.

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  • In cases of joint legal custody where the child spends most of his or her time with one parent, child support will likely be calculated based on the chart or formula used in that state.

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  • Where the parents have negotiated a joint physical custody arrangement or the court is imposing one, child support becomes more complicated.

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  • Where the arrangement is not a 50/50 one, the joint custody laws of the state in question determine how child support will be calculated.

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  • Peaceful divorce mediation may alleviate battles over everything from child custody to property division.

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  • This step typically involves child-related matters such as custody, visitation, support and scheduling.

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  • Discussion topics include custody type (sole, joint, legal and physical), travel restrictions, holiday and vacation agreements, changes of residences and healthcare.

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  • The question of how to get joint custody of a child is one that commonly comes up during divorce actions.

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  • Before looking at how to get to this type of arrangement, parents need to understand the two types of joint custody that exist.

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  • In this type of custody arrangement, the parents spend equal time with the child.

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  • Parents can have joint legal custody of a child and negotiate an arrangement that works for them that includes time spent with each parent.

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  • There is no solution that will work in all cases, and a plan for joint custody should have some degree of flexibility built into it.

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  • To get a joint custody arrangement put in place, the parents have a few different options.

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  • There are a number of ways that a negotiated joint custody arrangement can work.

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  • If the divorcing couple is not able to negotiate an arrangement about joint custody, then the court can impose one.

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  • To request a change in the joint custody arrangement, one person would have to bring the matter before a judge again.The question of how to get joint custody of a child can be answered in two ways.

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  • If they are unable to agree on the particulars themselves, then the matter is taken before a judge, who will have to order that a joint custody arrangement be set up and how it will work.

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  • Negotiating a child custody arrangement outside of court means that each parent has a better chance of having his or her wishes followed.

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  • In a court-imposed custody arrangement, the standard the court uses is what is in the best interests of the child.

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  • Custody battles can quickly turn into hostile situations which can negatively affect the children involved.

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  • In the majority of divorces, an agreement can be reached that grants primary custody to one parent or joint custody to both parents.

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  • While the details of the custody arrangement may have to be negotiated back and forth between the parents, most couples attempt to work these details out so a comprehensive custody arrangement can be presented to the divorce court.

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  • When a couple cannot come to an agreement regarding the custody of the children, this can sometimes culminate into a custody battle that forces the courts to decide the custody arrangement.

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  • Some custody battles can linger beyond a court's decision, with one or both parents returning to court and fighting for custody after the divorce has already been finalized.

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  • When the process of deciding what type of custody parents will be granted after a divorce culminates into a full-blown battle, the potential for emotional turmoil is quite high.

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  • It is a good idea to seek out therapy if you are a parent involved in a custody battle.

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  • Most experts also advise that children involved in custody battles be allowed the opportunity to go to a therapist and talk about their feelings regarding the custody fight as well as the divorce in general.

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  • Custody battles involve a variety of legal proceedings.

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  • It is in a parent's best interest to obtain a competent and experienced attorney in order to navigate the entire process of trying to obtain custody.

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  • It is important for parents to remember that the rules and regulations of legal custody battles are in place in an attempt to protect the children involved.

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  • It is also important to present any proof or documentation that support reasons why the other parent should not be granted custody.

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  • Unless the children are in danger, or if there is some other pressing reason why custody needs to be decided by a judge, it is usually far better for the couple to attempt to work out the custody details together.

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  • Once the custody fight arrives in court, the parents then find themselves at the mercy of the courts and lose the flexibility they would have had if they had worked an agreement out together.

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  • Divorcing parents who want a say in who raises their kids can use carefully-prepared child custody papers as a powerful tool during proceedings.

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  • Even when parents disagree about custody issues, acquiring knowledge about the proper paperwork can help cut through red tape and expedite the process.

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  • Preparation remains one of the most important aspects of divorce, especially when it comes to custody of the children.

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  • As both parents identify potential problems and increase their education, they can work together towards achieving a solution and addressing child custody papers with greater efficiency.

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  • The sections below present custody issues which greatly benefit from filing the proper forms.

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  • Many parents entering divorce are surprised to discover there is more than one type of custody.

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  • Filling out the associated paperwork properly helps you and your judge decide which type of custody best suits the needs of your children.

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  • Unfortunately, when one parent disagrees with custody arrangements or other aspects of divorce, it can delay the final decree as well as the custody award.

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  • Depending upon a host of influences such as location, personal situations or new information, it can take many forms and documents to complete a custody award.

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  • The best approach is an educational one and there's no better way to begin than by taking a look at some of the custody forms that most often come into play during the proceedings.

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  • Also known as a petition for custody form or a custody complaint form, this paperwork appears when one person seeks to win custody of a child.

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  • The information required to complete the form includes names of parents and children, birthdates, current parental relationship and the type of custody the petitioner seeks.

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  • Occasionally, a child's circumstances may change prompting the non-custodial parent to request a custody agreement change.

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  • These types of forms, also called custody modification papers, are used in a variety of situations in which a parent or guardian feels the need to pursue primary custody of a minor child.

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  • If something happens to create a breach in the agreement between parents a custody enforcement or custody contempt form becomes a tool for protection.

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  • This kind of form is useful when one parent or the other fails to comply with a custody agreement.

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  • For instance, anytime a parent doesn't allow the other parent to exercise his custody rights, filing a custody enforcement form alerts the court and provides the wronged parent with legal options for enforcing the agreement.

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  • In the spirit of community parenting, most divorce courts will allow custody agreements to undergo modifications tailored to meet the expanding needs of the child as long as the changes are necessary and truly beneficial.

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  • If you need help with filing child custody papers or forms, ask your legal counsel for further clarification.

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  • If the divorcing couple has any minor children, the divorce petition will list their names and address custody and child support issues.

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  • When the couple is unable to come to an agreement about division of their marital property, custody, child support or visitation, these matters will be heard by a judge.

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  • When it comes to the care of children from split families, custody remains the number one decision facing couples in the midst of a divorce.

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  • Study and education is a good approach to resolving the question, what is joint custody?

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  • Getting together with your spouse and carefully discussing custody issues before putting anything down in writing will most likely spare your children additional pain that could stem from frequently reshuffling their custody.

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  • Like other elements of divorce, child custody can cause a lot of confused apprehension for parents as well as children.

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  • If you and your spouse aren't sure what sort of custody arrangements you need, spend some time studying your options before you make a final decision.

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  • In a joint custody arrangement, parents continue to decide upon and share the parenting elements mentioned above in equal parts despite maintaining separate personal lives and separate residences.

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  • One parent cannot make changes to the custody schedule without the consent of both parents.

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  • Joint custody also means the children reside in both parents' households by way of a mutually agreeable and fair schedule.

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  • Physical and legal joint custody between two parents has become more popular over the years due to a greater desire to parent children.

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  • Modern fathers yearn to nurture their children just as much as mothers and courts reward this desire with customized custody plans that allow both parents to participate fully in their children's daily lives.

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  • While joint custody is largely an excellent solution, it may occasionally present some problems for the family, particularly when it means the children must move from home to home too frequently.

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  • To get around this risk, weigh the pros and cons to see if this type of custody is right for your kids.

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  • If the case involves disputes about property distribution or child custody, it could take significantly longer.

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  • Administrative forms exist mainly for the court's records; substance forms dissolve the marriage, distribute property, assign child custody and award alimony, if applicable.

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  • Other forms include a child custody and support agreement, alimony agreement and property distribution settlement agreement.

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  • In some circumstances, claiming grounds may affect the court's property distribution or child custody award.

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  • However, a spouse with a higher income, but who does not have custody of the child, may be required to pay child support if the other spouse shows a valid need.

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  • This means the wood companies follow an environmentally responsible chain of custody for the wood.

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  • Because there is no prenup, the battle over McCartney's $1.5 billion fortune, as well as custody of two-year-old daughter, Beatrice, is bound to be bitter.

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  • Mathers is seeking joint custody, payment of attorney fees and financial support.

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  • The real question becomes who gets custody of the Buddist altar recently added to Bloom's London home where the couple were so recently reported to practice Nichiren Buddhism?

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  • Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman, his colleague Tim Chapman (no relation) and his son Leland were takien into custody by Federal Marshals this morning in Hawaii.

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  • She's asking for a lump payment of $245,000 to pay for the legal fees for her other case against Jackson - the child custody battle that has been raging since 2003.

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  • Like Angelina Jolie before her, Madonna has now taken custody of a boy from Malawi.

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  • Madonna and Ritchie have now gained preliminary custody of one-year-old David.

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  • As is the case with Madonna, her larger-than-life pull made it relatively easy to gain quick custody of the David.

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  • With two children in the mix, there are certain to be questions over who will have custody of the kids.

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  • Spears is seeking custody of both, granting visitation to Federline.

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  • As the legal battle begins, reports are swirling that Kevin Federline wants custody of their two children, Sean Preston and Jayden James.

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  • There have even been rumors that Federline and Spears made a sex tape, and he is using it as leverage to gain custody.

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  • While he and Spears have yet to reach a custody agreement for their two sons, they did make arrangements for January 2007.

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  • Anna Nicole Smith's rollercoaster ride of legal issues will continue even in her death, as the battle continues over the custody of her five-month-old daughter.

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  • Houston is seeking custody of their daughter.

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  • Legal action is still pending regarding the custody of Smith's five-month-old daughter.

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  • The existence of the video was never confirmed and many suspected that Kevin fabricated the video to blackmail Britney and gain custody of their two children.

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  • She hopes to get full custody of their two children, a 12-year-old daughter and a 6-year-old son.

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  • Actor Alec Baldwin said he blames the stress of his custody battle with his ex-wife, actress Kim Basinger, for his recent scandalous outburst toward his 11-year-old daughter.

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  • The court battle over custody of Ireland has been contentious ever since.

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  • Of course, Kevin Federline has been making headlines lately for his custody fight with Britney Spears.

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  • Currently, the ex-couple shares custody of children Sean Preston and Jayden James, ages 23 months and 11 months, but Federline is seeking primary physical custody.

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  • The former couple's battle over custody of their two sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston, continues to make headlines even though the couple's divorce has been final for several months.

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  • At the moment, Spears and Federline share joint custody of the boys, but Britney's ex is pushing for full custody.

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  • The stress of the custody battle may be getting to Spears, as evidence by her recent disappointing performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.

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  • Only time will tell the outcome of the ongoing Spears-Federline custody battle.

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  • At twelve o'clock (PST) on October 3, 2007, Britney Spears officially lost physical custody of her two young boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James to ex-husband Kevin Federline.

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  • Losing physical custody of her kids is just one more sign that Britney Spears' life is continuing its nosedive from the high heights of fame to the low depths of infamy.

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  • Getting a divorce and sorting out child custody issues is messy but the Spears/Federline divorce is turning out to be messier than most.

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  • The Los Angeles Superior Court had previously sealed the court documents pertaining to the ongoing custody war between the parents of Sean Preston and Jayden James, due the very high-profile nature of the case.

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  • September 2007-The judge in her ongoing custody battle orders that Britney must undergo random drug tests and attend parenting classes.

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  • October 2007 - Spears loses custody of her two boys as a judge awards K-Fed temporary physical custody.

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  • Melanie Brown, Scary Spice of the Spice Girls and recent Dancing with the Stars contestant, recently won a custody battles with her ex-husband regarding their nine-year-old daughter.

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  • Gulzar's attempt to restrict Melanie Brown from taking Phoenix on tour was blocked by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider and Brown continues to have sole legal and physical custody of the child.

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  • After the incident, Britney had all visitation rights with her two young children suspended and Kevin Federline was granted full custody of the boys until the next court date set for January 14.

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  • Her scandalous downhill slide began when she married him, continued when she divorced him and exploded when she fought him for custody of their kids.

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  • Custody of Michael Jackson's three children was briefly an issue, along with all of the financial issues that had plagued the singer in life.

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  • Police took him into custody in 2001 and 2004 for allegedly becoming physically violent with his wife during intense arguments.

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  • Two years and no doubt, hundreds of thousands of dollars later, the Spears/Federline custody battle is over.

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  • She lost custody of her boys, control of her estate and has had other mishaps along the way.

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  • When that time comes, Spears' lawyers plan to ask for shared custody for their client.

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  • Federline doesn't have a regular job and he has primary custody of his two boys, so where are they when he's off in Vegas or golfing or having an overpriced dinner at some L.A. restaurant sipping on Patron?

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  • Though the child is now six years old, she's decided to come forward and sue the one-time-pop-star-turned-accused-pedophile for joint physical and legal custody as well as $1 billion.

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  • This time, court for Britney Spears has nothing to do with custody or breakdowns - as a matter of fact, Britney Spears seems to be doing just fine.

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  • T.I. had been on house arrest since he was taken into custody in 2007.

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  • The allegations stem from Rubina's mother, who recently went to local authorities claiming that Qureshi, who has custody of the girl, was trying to sell Rubina.

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  • Online, 15% of the money for each child will go into a trust account, which will become available as they turn 18, or are legally emancipated from Suleman's custody.

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  • Biological mother of two of Michael Jackson's children, Debbie Rowe, is suing over allegations that she is planning on fighting the Jackson family for custody of her two children.

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  • Rebecca White, an acquaintance of Rowe's, visited several talk shows claiming that she and Rowe corresponded by email regarding the custody of Rowe and Jackson's children.

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  • Currently, Jackson's nearly 80-year-old mother maintains custody of the children.

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  • White claims that Rowe allegedly sent her an e-mail claiming that she did not want the children and was not going to fight for custody.

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  • The new Britney Spears custody order remains just as it was, with she and ex-husband Kevin Federline sharing 50 percent custody of their boys.

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  • Then, earlier this year, she was awarded 50/50 custody of her boys.

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  • Out here in the real world, when parents share 50/50 custody of their children, meaning their children live with mom half the time and dad half the time, neither spouse pays child support.

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  • The always dramatic and embattled Courtney Love loses custody of her daughter Frances Bean…again.

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  • When Frances was just two weeks old, the couple lost custody of her due to some comments Courtney made in an interview that she said were "…taken out of context".

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  • The two eventually won custody again and welcomed their daughter back into their home.

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  • Cobain died in 1994; it seems that Love never really cleaned up her act and in 2003, she lost custody of her daughter again.

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  • The battle lines have been drawn in the Palin versus Johnston child custody case.

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  • Late last year, 19-year old Bristol Palin filed a petition in court for full physical and legal custody of her and Levi Johnston's son Tripp.

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  • Custody battles are ugly whether you're rich and famous or the family down the street.

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  • Hopefully, as with all custody battles, it will turn out to be the best solution for the benefit of the child.

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  • The couple has legal custody of James' daughter from his first marriage.

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  • Before Casey's death, her mother, Sale Johnson had won custody of the little girl.

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  • After Casey's death, Tequila said she was going to fight for custody of Ava, though nothing has come of the announcement.

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  • He has gone so far as to call her an absentee mom and has filed for custody of the brood.

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  • Currently, Kate has primary custody of the kids and Jon has visitation rights and is required to pony up $20,000 a month in child support.

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  • Ortiz was taken into custody and no further information is known at this time as to bail or if he will be formally charged.

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  • He experienced some upheaval in his family life as a child and teen, spending several years living with his aunt and uncle before returning to his mother's custody.

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  • While the divorce was quickly finalized, their custody battle played out in the press and the court room.

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  • Sometimes travel involves your dog being placed in a temporary caregiver's custody en route, and you must take measures to make sure your pet is properly cared for.

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  • Some communities may require that residents not have young children, meaning that grandparents who have custody of their grandchildren may not be eligible.

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  • The standard the court uses when making determinations about custody and visitation is to look at what would be in the child's best interests.

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  • Children can be full-time or part-time members of a stepfamily, depending on the custody arrangement between the biological parents.

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  • Because in most divorces, primary custody is awarded to the biological mother, most stepfamilies involve stepfathers who become the full-time stepparent.

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  • In rare cases, a biological father is awarded primary custody, and a stepmother can become a full-time stepparent.

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  • Education of the parents on the needs of the child is necessary, or the child may be removed from parental custody.

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  • Children of divorced parents will have a wide range of relationships with their parents and parents' partners depending on custody arrangements and the commitment of the non-custodial parent to maintaining a relationship with the child.

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  • Child custody laws are federal and state laws that govern a parent's legal authority to make decisions affecting a child (legal custody) and to maintain physical control over the child (physical custody).

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  • Child custody laws also pertain to the visitation rights of the non-custodial parent.

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  • Child custody laws exist to provide a legal structure for relationships between children and their divorced parents.

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  • Ideally, divorced parents should work together to have an amicable relationship and shared custody, but bitterness between divorced spouses and tendencies to involve children in marital and divorce disputes require child custody laws.

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  • Child custody laws help to define the family situation in terms of the best interests of the child or children involved in the divorce.

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  • In some cases, custody may be granted to an individual or individuals not related (e.g., foster parents).

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  • In general, custody laws and custody decisions favor continued and frequent contact between the child and both parents, as well as an ongoing role for both parents in the raising of their children.

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  • However, custody decisions are strongly influenced by the circumstances of each individual case, the welfare of the involved child or children, and the perceived effect of each parent on the child.

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  • In almost all custody cases, courts consider a value called the "best interests of the child" as the highest priority when rendering a custody decision.

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  • Child custody laws address several different types of parenting situations and custody circumstances.

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  • Custody decisions involve physical and legal custody.

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  • In states that do not distinguish between physical and legal custody, the term "custody" implies both types of responsibilities.

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  • Two states (New Mexico and New Hampshire) require joint custody to be awarded, except when the children's best interests or a parent's health or safety are compromised.

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  • Primary or sole custody is usually awarded when parents live a significant distance from one another, when one parent can provide clear benefits for the child over the other parent, or when one parent is deemed unfit to care for the child.

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  • In some cases, neither parent is judged fit to retain custody, usually due to substance abuse problems, mental health issues, or prolonged absence or incarceration.

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  • In such cases, an individual or individuals other than the parents are granted custody or given a temporary guardianship or foster care arrangement by a court.

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  • Unfortunately, children are often involved in divorce and custody battles and, as a result, may suffer from psychological and emotional damage that will require counseling and therapy.

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  • Although child custody laws were established to protect the best interests of the child, final custody decisions are not always best for the child.

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  • In some cases, the parent with the best legal representation, not necessarily the parent who will provide the best care, wins custody.

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  • Parents may misrepresent their ability to properly care for children or provide false information about the other parent in order to win custody.

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  • An independent custody evaluator, usually appointed by the court, can help by conducting psychological evaluations of both parents and children to determine the custody arrangement that will be in the best interests of the children.

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  • All states and the District of Columbia follow the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, which sets standards for when a court can determine custody and when a court must defer to an existing determination from another state.

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  • Parents who wrongfully remove or retain a child in order to create a home state or significant connections will usually be denied custody.

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  • In cases where more than one state meets the above standards, the law requires that only one state award custody.

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  • The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act has helped establish consistency in the treatment of custody decisions and helped solve problems created by kidnapping or disagreements over custody between parents living in different states.

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  • Divorce and custody battles can create stress and worries for parents.

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  • In making custody decisions, courts look for responsible parents who are actively involved in the children's lives.

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  • During the twentieth century, custody laws often mandated that custody be automatically given to mothers, especially for younger children.

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  • Fathers who desire physical custody should not assume that gender stereotypes will result in a mother automatically being given custody.

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  • As of 2004, when both mother and father often work full-time, parents enter a custody case as equals with regard to physical custody.

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  • Parents who present themselves as flexible and willing to assume physical custody are more likely to be granted custody.

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  • Parents in same-sex relationships may have concerns regarding custody issues due to their sexual orientation.

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  • Stepparents may face a similar situation, since stepparents, unless they legally adopt a stepchild, have no legal rights with regard to custody or visitation.

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  • Custodial parent-A parent who has legal custody of their child or children.

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  • Noncustodial parent-The parent who does not have legal custody of the child and does not live in the same home with the child.

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  • In all foster care cases, the child's biological or adoptive parents, or other legal guardians, temporarily give up legal custody of the child.

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  • Deadbeat dad-A father who has abandoned his child or children and does not pay child custody as required by a court.

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  • Children who are victims of Munchausen syndrome by proxy are usually removed from the offending caregiver immediately and placed in protective custody.

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  • Deadbeat parent-A mother or father who has abandoned his or her child or children and does not pay child custody as required by a court.

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  • Non-custodial parent-A parent who does not have legal custody of a child.

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  • This number also includes children abducted by family members, usually in custody disputes, and a very small number of stranger abductions.

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  • However, legally recognized adoptions need a court or other government agency to award permanent custody of a child to adoptive parents.

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  • Foster parents do not have legal custody of the children who are in their care.

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  • In fact, most of the problems that arise are court custody battles.

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  • However, setting aside custody issues, most homeschools are left alone to educate their children in peace.

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  • If you share custody, plan dates when your kids are with the other parent.

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  • All the major dating sites let you state that you're a single parent, and you can usually put down how many kids you have and whether you have primary custody.

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  • You don't even need custody of your children to qualify.

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  • We are in the middle of a nasty divorce and child custody battle.

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  • They are uniting against your anger and the battle over child custody.

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  • To ensure high quality standards, a "chain of custody" log is created and signed by every person who handles the customer's source of carbon.

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  • Sometimes the classes are mandatory-- some courts require parenting instruction as part of the divorce decree and custody agreement.

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  • Divorce and drawn-out custody battles play a role in many kids' lives.

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  • Some parents choose or fight for sole custody to protect the safety and best interests of their children, while others have been left alone due to untimely death or illness of their partners.

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  • In some situations, however, parenting classes may be a requirement of a court or a family agency when problems have occurred within a household or during a custody battle or divorce case.

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  • In addition, if you are attending a parenting class to satisfy the requirements of divorce or child custody court, you can earn a certificate by taking this course.

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  • In some cases, parents are ordered by a family court to complete a series of parenting classes before they are granted custody, or allowed to retain custody, of their children.

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  • Ironically, this Netflix comedy flick is about a couple that is breaking up and there is an "escalating battle of the exes" wherein they fight over custody of their upscale Chicago condo.

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  • By now, Phyllis' actions were so over the top that Danny hired Christine to represent him in the divorce and child custody.

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  • When Brooke left Adam, he married Dixie to hang onto custody of his son Adam Chandler, Junior and set out to drive Dixie insane.

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  • Victor relented enough to drop the charges and have Adam released into his custody under very specific conditions.

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  • When Dixie gave birth to a little boy, Adam did everything he could including having Dixie committed to spirit his son away to his sole custody.

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  • Adam sleeping with Dixie (Cady McClain) to get her pregnant and the long-term custody battles over J.R.

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  • When Stacy died, Oliver sought custody of his daughter and by April, Sierra Rose was living with her father and his boyfriend Kyle.

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  • Addison begins dating Pete, causing friction with Violet, who decides to take him to court to pursue joint custody.

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  • As a result, Spears lost custody of her children and became the center of tabloid news for the next several years.

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  • If the parents have joint legal custody, either parent can approve medical treatment, but a medical release form signed by both parents can help avoid delays if there is confusion about which parent can give legal consent.

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  • If the child's parents were never married and joint legal custody has not been established by the court, a signed consent form would be required before the non-custodial parent could give permission for treatment.

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  • Later that same year Spears and Federline divorced, ending up with shared custody of their sons.

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  • After spending time in another treatment facility she lost physical custody of her sons to Federline.

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  • While in custody, he was further charged with possession of ecstasy and possession of a firearm.

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  • She lost custody of her children and her father was given a conservatorship to try to get Spears back on track.

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  • Besides having to continue struggling with addiction, some individuals have lost income, custody of their children, and contact with loved ones.

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  • Because of drug and alcohol abuse problems, Donald's mother had lost custody of him at a young age, and he spent most of his life growing up in the system.

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  • Meanwhile, Jon and Kate will only live in the house during their periods of custody.

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  • By season two of Teen Mom Maci and Ryan were coming to terms with sharing custody of Bentley.

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  • She told Ryan about her plans to move the morning she was leaving, prompting Ryan to file court papers requesting a legal custody agreement.

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  • By the end of season two, Maci and Ryan had successfully agreed to a custody arrangement with the help of a mediator, and avoided a court battle.

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  • Unfortunately, the age of the Internet is also the age of divorce and custody battles, so while the information may be handy to have online, it can also become a point of contention between parents.

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  • It would be a long and uncertain wait before he was released to their custody.

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  • Matthias, as the next-door neighbour of the Turks, claimed the custody of so valuable a hostage, and would have used him as a means of extorting concessions from Bayezid.

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  • Until 1284 he held, in his wife's right, the custody of Champagne.

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  • Here they were detained by the Parliamentary commissioners, and by them sent up to London for safe custody.

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  • The museum of antiquities and the picture gallery, of which it has the custody, are both of high interest - the former for the local antiquities of Piedmont and Sardinia (notably from Industria) and for the Egyptian treasures collected by Donati and Drovetti, and the latter for its Van Dycks and pictures by north Italian masters.

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  • The latter had been released from all custody in August, but in the meantime he had been busily engaged in treasonable correspondence with James of Scotland, and was counting on the Irish army under his ally, Charles Blount, Baron Mountjoy (afterwards earl of Devonshire), the new deputy.

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  • In the case of imprisonment on accusation of crime the writ issued from the court of king's bench (or from the chancery), and on its return the court judged of the legality of the imprisonment, and discharged the prisoner or admitted him to bail or remanded him to his former custody according to the result of the examination.

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  • On the 1st of December the king, "for a large sum of money paid down," gave Wykeham, not only the custody of the temporalities of the see, but all the profits from the day of Edingdon's death.

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  • Despite the purely spiritual ideas which underlay the Agapemonite view of marriage, a son was born to one of these couples, and when the father endeavoured to carry it away an action was brought which resulted in the affirmation of the mother's right to its custody.

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  • To recapture a person who has escaped from lawful custody.

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  • The Government has already clarified that people currently serving the sentence of intermittent custody can vote when not actually in jail.

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  • The use of client group accounts for safe custody of savings by members has been discussed above.

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  • But that is exactly what judges do when they make a sole custody ' award ' in any disputed custody case.

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  • We do, however have 3 children, ages 11, 8, 6, which we have agreed to joint custody to.

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  • The apostle Paul, after being apprehended in Jerusalem, was sent to be judged before Felix at Caesarea, and kept in custody for two years (Acts xxiv.).

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