Section 19-9-22 – Definitions

As used in this article, the term:(1) “Legal custody” means the responsibility for the care and control of a minor, including, but not limited to, the power to make decisions regarding health care, education, extracurricular activities, and religious...

Section 19-9-21 – Purpose; construction

(a) The general purposes of this article are to: (1) Avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict by courts within this state in matters of child custody, which have in the past resulted in the shifting of children from county to county with harmful effects on their...