See CUSTODY.

The right and obligation to make decisions about a child's upbringing.

The right to determine the child's upbringing including education, health care, and religious training.

A parent's right and responsibility to make decisions about a child's health, education and well being.

The right to make major decisions for your child and have access to school and medical records.

The right to make important decisions about the raising of your child, on issues such as health care, religious upbringing, education, etc.

Gives parents the right to decide how to raise their child; parents can share legal custody of their child.

Legal authority to determine the care, supervision, and discipline of a child; when assigned to an individual or couple, includes physical care and supervision. Includes guardianship of the person of a minor such as may be awarded by a probate court.

Legal custody entitles a parent to make decisionbs ragarding the helth care, educations reltision and general welfare of the child.

The authority of one parent or both parents to make legal decisions regarding health, education and welfare of the child.

a type of child custody in which one parent has the right to make decisions about the child's upbringing.

The legal right to makes major decisions about issues such as education, health, medical care, emotional development and religion.

A child custody decision which entails the right to make, or participate in, the significant decisions affecting a child's health and welfare (compare with physical custody and joint custody).

In a divorce, one of two types of child custody. A parent who has legal custody has the right to be involved in all the decision making typically involved with being a parent, such as religious upbringing, education and medical decisions. Legal custody can be either sole or joint.