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Custody

Laws current as of August 13, 2025

What is custody?

Custody is the legal responsibility for the care and supervision of a minor child. There’s legal custody and physical custody.

Legal custody means the right to make decisions about your child’s care, custody, and control.1 This includes the right to decide where your child will go to school and to make decisions about their health and general welfare.2

Physical custody means the right to have your child live with you and be under your care and supervision.3

1 I.C. § 32-1011
2 I.C. §§ 32-1012; 32-717B(3)
3 I.C. § 32-717B(2)

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