1. Child Custody in Pennsylvania
Joint Physical Custody is when both parents have certain periods physical custody of the child (i.e. mother has custody of child Monday through Thursday and father has custody Friday through Sunday, resulting in child living in two different households during the week). ... Persons that stand in loco parentis maintain authority, to consent to major medical, psychiatric and surgical treatment; permission to enlist in the armed forces, etc., taking on the responsibility in regards to the child in the same manner that most birth parents would (splas.org). ... In this type of arrangement, the le...
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