Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Child Custody

The formally authorized guardianship or care of a CHILD.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The formally authorized guardianship or care of a CHILD.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Custody, Child
  • Child Support
  • Support, Child

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

check also tag CHILD or specific

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History Note

91(88); was see under CHILD WELFARE 1988-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Child Welfare (1966-1987)

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Tree Number

  1. I01w.880w.787.293.370w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Child Custody. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002655. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002655
  2. Child Custody. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_custody
  3. Child Custody. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638532