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Guide to Future Care and Custody Planning for Children
A new monograph from the National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) presents information and recommendations for child custody planning for parents who are terminally ill. Future care and custody planning—which is sometimes referred to as voluntary permanency planning—enables parents to designate caregivers who can assume responsibility for their children in the event that the parents die or become incapacitated. This type of planning has developed significantly in recent years, particularly in response to the HIV crisis that has left many children orphaned.
The new monograph, Guide to Future Care and Custody Planning for Children, with Recommendations for State Legislation, presents the discussions and recommendations of an expert group convened by the AIA.
The monograph explores a number of approaches to planning, ranging from private documentation to more public judicial processes. Policy recommendations and a discussion of specific permanency planning tools are provided.
Joint custody is a court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties.
Joint custody is a court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties. Many states recognize two forms of joint custody: joint physical custody, and joint legal custody. In joint physical custody, which is also known as joint physical care, actual lodging and care of the child is shared according to a court-ordered custody schedule. In many cases, the term 'visitation' is no longer used in these circumstances. In joint legal custody, both parents share the ability to have access to educational, health, and other records, and have equal decision-making status where the welfare of the child is concerned.
Definition:
In this case, both parents come to an agreement and share legal as well as physical custody over their children and make joint decisions.
Alimony in gross
Definition:
This alimony is made from one spouse to the other in one lump sum.
Change of circumstances
Definition:
This refers to the court's anticipation that circumstances, especially a child's decision with whom to live, might change over the course of time. Therefore, change of circumstances refers to the ability to change custody orders if it can be proven that t
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Joint custody is a court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties.
