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Family

Jul. 7, 2004

'Newdow' Case Reveals Murky Matters in Joint Legal Custody

Focus Column - Family Law - By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer - To the inexperienced practitioner, legal custody is an afterthought. Attorneys will assist their clients in fine-tuning the physical custody provisions of their judgment or order, but pay little attention to the details of the legal custody order: sole or joint; decision-making to require agreement or not.

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