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Custody or Care

Custody or care means:

  • Providing a home for the children
  • Feeding and supporting the children
  • Looking after the day-to-day needs of the children
  • Educating the children

When parents are married and live together, they share the custody/care of the children. When they separate or divorce, the court usually gives custody to one parent, either the father or the mother. Often the mother gets custody and the mother and father have joint guardianship of the children.

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