temporary custody
Limited-time legal care
Temporary custody is a legal arrangement in which a child is placed in the care of someone other than their usual guardian for a limited period.
Courts typically grant temporary custody during emergencies, divorce proceedings, or while permanent custody decisions are being determined.
The grandmother was awarded temporary custody while the parents completed rehabilitation.
Unlike permanent custody, this arrangement is designed to be short-term and subject to review or modification as circumstances change.
- babysittingCaring for others' children temporarily
- weekend dadNon-custodial parent with scheduled visits
- bailmentTemporary property entrustment
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- house-sittingOccupying another's dwelling temporarily
legal guardian · court order · pet sitting · overnight stay · pretrial detention · holding cell · conservatorship · escrow · storage agreement · rental contract · kinship care · child protective services · impound · safe haven · warehousing · visitation rights · respite care · coat check
- child custodynoncustodial parent
- custodynoncustodial parent, visitation rights, supervised visitation, parenting time, visitation
- family lawchild support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions, divorce law
- child welfarechild protection, child welfare, foster care, child services, foster home
- detention facilitiesjail, prison, cells, holding cell, inmates
- orphan careorphanages, orphans, foundlings, foster care, foster homes
temporary custodypermanent custody
Ongoing legal care authority
adoption · legal adoption · legal guardianship · full custody · closed adoption
temporary custodyreunification
Restoring divided unity
release · relinquishment · surrender · freedom · discharge
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