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| best interest of the child |
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| a standard of decision based on what would best serve the child's welfare. |
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| mothers should be awarded custody of their young children, since they are more likely to be better off raised by their mothers than by their fathers. |
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| a. the right to decide where the child will reside; b. the actual residence of the child. |
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| the right to make the mafor child rearing decisions on health, education, religion, discipline, and general welfare. |
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| the right of both parents to have the child reside with both for alternating (but not necessarily equal) periods of time. |
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| the right of both parents to make the major child rearing decisions on health, education, religion, discipline, and general welfare. |
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| siblings are in the physical custody of different parents. |
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| a special guardian appointed by the court to represent the interest of another. |
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| parental alienation syndrom |
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| a disorder suffered by some children at the center of a custody dispute. The idealize one parent while expressing hatred fo the other, even though the relationship with both parents was relatively positive before the dispute. |
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| Primary caregiver presumption |
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| the primary person who has taken care of the child should have custody. |
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| visitation of a child in the presence of an adult other than the custodial parent. |
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| an adult who is not legally responsible for the care of a child, but who has formed a substantial emotional bond with the child. |
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| seeking a court that will be favorable to you. Traveling from court to court until you find one that will provide a favorable ruling. |
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| the state where the child has lived with a parent for at least six consecutive months immediately before the custody case begins in court, or since birth if the child is less than six month old. |
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| the state or jurisdiction where it is not as convenient to litigate a matter as another state or jurisdiction. |
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| exclusive, continuing jurisdiction |
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| the authority of a court, obtained by compliance with the UCCJEA, to make all initial and modifying custody decisions in a case to the exclusion of courts in any other state. |
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| Wrongdoing or other inappropriate behavior that would make it unfair or inequitable to allow a person to assert a right or defense he or she would normally have. |
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| an illegitimate child (the son of no one) |
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| the impregnation of a woman by a method other than sexual intercourse. |
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| the steps that enable an illegitimate child to become a legitimate child. |
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| a formal process to determine whether a particular man is the biological father of a particular child. |
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| 1. a judicial determination of paternity; 2. the relation of child to father |
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| the testimony of either spouse is inadmissible on the question of whether the husband had access to the wife at the tune of conception if such evidence would tend to bastardize the child. |
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| the right to bring a case and seek relief from a court |
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| genetic testing on deoxyribonucleic acid removed from cells. |
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| someone under the age of majority, which is usually eighteen. |
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| becoming legally independent of one's parent or legal guardian. |
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| that which can be invalidated. |
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| to be prevented form asserting a right or defense because it would be unfair or inequitable to do so. |
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| the basic items needed by family members to maintain a standard of living. |
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| standing in the place of (and able to exercise some of the rights of) parents. |
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| the failure to provide support, medical care, education, moral example, or discipline. |
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| physically harming a person other than by accident. |
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| a young person under a designated age whose conduct would constitute a crime if committed by an adult. |
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| a temporary home for a child when his or her ow family cannot provide care and when adoption either is not possible at the present time or is under consideration. |
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