custody agreement
Child-sharing arrangement
A custody agreement is a legal document establishing how parents will share responsibility for their children after separation or divorce.
It specifies physical custody (where the child lives), legal custody (who makes major decisions), visitation schedules, and holiday arrangements.
Courts may approve agreements parents negotiate themselves or impose terms when parents cannot agree.
The custody agreement gave her weekdays and him weekends.
- visitation rightsNoncustodial parent's scheduled contact
- noncustodial parentParent lacking residential custody
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- legal feesPayment for counsel
- parenting planDocument dividing child responsibilities
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- documentsdocument, news, email, report, letter
- agreementshandshake, contract, nod, accords, verbal consent
- divorcedivorce court, divorce decree, divorce papers, divorce filing, divorce lawyer
- family lawchild support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions, divorce law
- custodycustodial parent, noncustodial parent, visitation rights, non-custodial parent, supervised visitation
- custody courtparenting plan, visitation, parenting time, supervised visitation, child support
custody agreementverbal agreement
Spoken mutual commitment
handshake deal · gentlemen's agreement · gentleman's agreement
custody agreementcustody dispute
Legal battle over children
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