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Child custody in Georgia
“Child custody” is a legal term which is often used by family courts to describe the rights and responsibilities of divorced parents and their small children, the residency or placement of the children, and the relationship and/or amount of contact the children have with each parent. If divorced parents are unable to decide on such issues, the courts are usually left with the difficult job of deciding the most suitable custodial arrangement for the children and parenting plan for the parents. The more parents understand what is involved in child custody determinations, the more informed they will be in making decisions regarding their children after a divorce.
The rights and responsibilities of each parent to his or her minor children include decisions concerning the raising and general welfare of the children on issues like the childrens education, medical care, dental care, and religion. Such rights and responsibilities are generally called “legal custody” of the children.
The residency or placement of children means to where the children will live and spend the majority of their time. Many time, a child will stay with one parent more than the other parent, and the parent with whom the child lives with the most will typically be responsible for the day-to-day care of the child. In certain cases, the child will reside equally with both parents, close to equally with both parents, or live a significant amount of time with each parent and the parents will share in the responsibilities and day-to-day care of the child.
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