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Custody

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Updated: 
August 9, 2023

If the judge denies your request for custody, does s/he have to explain why?

If a parent or a guardian ad litem asks for shared custody of a child and the judge denies that request, the judge will put the reasons s/he denied your request on the court record.1

1AK ST § 25.20.100