What is legal custody of children?
Legal custody determines which parent will make decisions concerning the child’s health, safety, education and welfare. If one parent is authorized to make these decisions alone it is known as sole legal custody, and it is called joint legal custody if both parents retain those rights. If there is joint legal custody, the parents should cooperate in making the decisions, but one parent can make the decisions alone.
Related Questions
- I am a service member who is divorced from another service member and shares legal custody of the child/children with the former spouse. May both members receive BAH with dependents?
- Do the same rules apply to adopted children, stepchildren, foster children and children for whom the subscriber has legal custody?
- What kind of legal rights do children have while in OCFS custody?
