When parents live apart, deciding who a child lives with and spends time with can be stressful and emotional. This page explains how custody and visitation work, how courts make decisions, and what your rights and options are.
This resource is a plain-language glossary of terms used in child custody cases, with clickable definitions and links to more detailed articles.
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Resource Guide
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Modifying Child Custody
This resource explains when and how you can ask to change a child custody judgment, focusing on the process for changing a consent judgment and how it differs from a considered judgment.
