The ABA Center on Children and the Law, a program of the Young Lawyers Division, aims to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy. Our areas of expertise include child abuse and neglect, child welfare and protective services system enhancement, foster care, family preservation, termination of parental rights, parental substance abuse, adolescent health, and domestic violence.

The Custody Committee studies and strives for improvements in the law relating to child custody and visitation, such as development of a model joint custody statute, standards for relocating children and rights of stepparents and unwed parents.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a federal agency funding state, territory, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.

Child custody and guardianship are legal terms which are sometimes used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and his or her child, such as the right of the parent to make decisions for the child, and the parent's duty to care for the child.

In cases of divorce, the court of jurisdiction for the divorce proceedings also determines child custody arrangements. Under the common statutory provision, if the spouses have children together while married, the parents have joint guardianship over that child and the parental rights are equal. Each parent has an equal right to the custody of the child when they separate.

Full text of the UCCJEA, which limits child custody jurisdiction to one state, avoiding competing orders, and provides enforcement provisions for child custody orders.

If you have family law challenges, our ANCPR Family Law Winning Strategies Handbook is designed to enable noncustodial parents to assert their parental rights by becoming experts in how the system works, and how best to use it to their advantage.

ACFC is lead by individuals with extensive and varied depth of experience. Each brings a wealth of practical knowlege and dedication to Shared Parenting and Family Law Reform. There are a number of noteworthy women involved with ACFC who believe, as most Americans do, that family law reform is not a male or female issue - it is simply a matter of recognizing that the best interest of children, and society, is served when we implement laws and policies acknowledging "Children Need Both Parents."

Welcome to the ChildCustodyCoach.com, which represents the business Child Custody Coach™ on the web. Known nationally as The Custody Coach™ and as the founder of Child Custody Coach in Orange County, California and website ChildCustodyCoach.com, my goal is to provide informational, educational, and coaching services that can help empower parents who are dealing with divorce and child custody issues or are undergoing a 730 Custody Evaluation.

The Children’s Rights Council (CRC) was incorporated in 1985 to ensure that children have continuing meaningful interactions with both of their parents regardless of their parents’ marital status.

We, the members of the Equal Parenting Party, dedicate ourselves to ensuring the rights of all family members (parents, children and relatives) are properly supported and represented in courts, society and everyday life.

The National Association of Counsel for Children’s mission is to improve the lives of children and families by ensuring that these proceedings produce justice. Specifically, our mission is to: * Strengthen the Delivery of Legal Services for Children * Enhance the Quality of Legal Services Affecting Children * Improve Courts and Agencies Serving Children * Advance the Rights and Interests of Children

Divorce Magazine is the Internet's leading divorce and separation resource site, providing information and advice about divorce law, divorce lawyers, family law, children and divorce, and other divorce-related issues as well as information on divorce professionals such as family lawyers and online divorce.

NCSC is the organization courts turn to for authoritative knowledge and information, because its efforts are directed by collaborative work with the Conference of Chief Justices, the Conference of State Court Administrators, and other associations of judicial leaders.

Noncustodial parents often have specific questions about child support. This information is provided to help noncustodial parents understand what happens when one or both parents seek child support services. The links below provide the information most often requested by noncustodial parents:

Articles written by attorneys and experts worldwide discussing legal aspects related to Family Law including: adoption, alimony, child support and custody, child visitation, collaborative law, divorce, domestic violence, elder law, juvenile crime, juvenile law, juvenile probation, paternity, pre-nuptial agreement, separation.