"Legal" Guardianship - federal definition

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"Legal" Guardianship - federal definition

Postby Marina » Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:05 pm

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http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html ... -000-.html

(7) The term “legal guardianship” means a

judicially created relationship

between child and caretaker which is intended to be permanent and self-sustaining as evidenced by the transfer to the caretaker of the following parental rights with respect to the child: protection, education, care and control of the person, custody of the person, and decisionmaking. The term “legal guardian” means the caretaker in such a relationship.

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