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Cops Barge Into Calif. Parents Home, Take Their Baby After They Seek 2nd Medical Op.
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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2182293" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Not the community, the state...</p><p></p><p>parens patriae</p><p></p><p>(paa-rens pat-tree-eye) n. Latin for "father of his country," <strong>the term for the doctrine that the government is the ultimate guardian of all people under a disability, especially children, whose care is only "entrusted" to their parents. </strong>Under this doctrine, in a divorce action or a guardianship application the court retains jurisdiction until the child is 18 years old, and a judge may change custody, child support or other rulings affecting the child's well-being, no matter what the parents may have agreed or the court previously decided.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1444" target="_blank">http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1444</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2182293, member: 1294"] Not the community, the state... parens patriae (paa-rens pat-tree-eye) n. Latin for "father of his country," [B]the term for the doctrine that the government is the ultimate guardian of all people under a disability, especially children, whose care is only "entrusted" to their parents. [/B]Under this doctrine, in a divorce action or a guardianship application the court retains jurisdiction until the child is 18 years old, and a judge may change custody, child support or other rulings affecting the child's well-being, no matter what the parents may have agreed or the court previously decided. [url]http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=1444[/url] [/QUOTE]
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