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Legal custody is the legal relationship you
have to your minor child. As it applies to a parent, it is
the right and responsibility to make major decisions concerning
the child, except with respect to specified decisions as set
forth by the court or the parties in the final judgment or
order. According to the statutes, major decisions include,
but are not limited to, decisions regarding consent to marry,
consent to enter military service, consent to obtain a motor
vehicle operator's license, authorization for non-emergency
health care and choice of school and religion.
Physical
placement means the condition under which a parent or
legal custodian has the right to have a child physically placed
with that party and has the right and responsibility to make,
during that placement, routine daily decisions regarding the
child's care, consistent with major decisions made by a person
having legal custody.
Visitation
is used in the statutes to reference time awarded by the court
that a grandparent, great grandparent, step parent, or person
who has maintained a relationship similar to a parent-child
relationship with the child may be entitled to spend with
the child. Visitation does not have any legal custodial rights
or obligations associated with it.
For more information about legal custody and physical placement
of your minor child, please call Attorney Kathleen Reiley
(608-246-8309) or send
Kathleen Reiley an email.
Related Topics:
Physical Placement
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Wisconsin Custody
Attorney Kathleen
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