custody
Care under authority
Custody is the state of being held or kept somewhere, especially under guard.
A suspect is taken into custody by police.
In legal contexts involving children, custody refers to the right and responsibility to care for a child: She has full custody of the kids, They share joint custody.
A custodian is someone who has custody of something—whether a prisoner, a child, or a building.
Official or formal visit
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
hearing · ruling · agreement · arrangement · battle · dispute · proceeding · lawyer
Seize by law
- policeCivil law enforcement
- detainedHeld against one's will
- remandReturn for further proceedings
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
confinement · questioning · interrogation · suspect · apprehension · booking · lockup · cell
Person before puberty
- childrenYoung human beings
- jointShared by multiple parties
- soleFoot's bottom surface
- sharedHeld in common
split · primary · physical · parenting · mother · father · parent · maternal
visitation
Official or formal visit
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
judge · hearing · ruling · agreement · arrangement · battle · dispute · proceeding · lawyer · attorney
arrest
Seize by law
holding · confinement · questioning · interrogation · suspect · apprehension · booking · lockup · cell · restraint
child
Person before puberty
shared · split · primary · physical · parenting · mother · father · parent · maternal · paternal
ward
Protected person; division
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
minor · legal · appointed · temporary · permanent · foster · adoptive · kinship · caretaker · responsibility
possession
State of owning
protection · storage · hold · safeguard · entrust · secure · vault · deposit · evidence · assets
- keeping thingssafekeeping, recordkeeping, bookkeeping, housekeeping, timekeeping
- social supervisionparenting, babysitting, chaperoning, guardianship, foster care
- arrestarrest, handcuffs, Miranda warning, booking, detained
- legal conditionsbail, parole, probation, liability, negligence
- Legal Protectionchild welfare, guardianship, protection, human rights, due process
- impoundmentseizure, towing, tow truck, parking boot, forfeiture
custodyabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
neglect · desertion · exposure · abuse · endangerment
custodyrelease
To let go
relinquishment · surrender · forfeiture · loss · dispossession
- in custodyHeld by authorities
- custody battleLegal contest for parenting rights
- child custodyLegal parental responsibility allocation
- police custodyHeld by officers
- custodial careAssistance with daily living
- joint custodyDivided parental legal responsibility
custodian, custodians, custodial, custodies, noncustodial, protective custody