Legal Information: California

Custody

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Updated: 
September 12, 2023

What is custody?

When the court issues a custody order, it will address these two parts of custody:

Physical custody is the physical care and supervision of a child (under 18 years of age). In other words, it addresses who the child will live with on a day-to-day basis.

Legal custody
is the right to make major decisions about your child, like where your child goes to school, what kind of health care s/he receives, or what kind of religious training s/he attends.1

1 See Ann.Cal.Fam.Code §§ 3002-3007

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