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A Healthy Mind: Divorce and Children
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Free Legal Aid provides useful information about child custody. In addition to the video here, be sure you check out other resources.
The guideline shall set forth an equitable approach to child support in which both parents share legal responsibility for the support of the child. The subsistence needs of each parent shall be taken into account in the determination of child support. Check to learn more.
Child Custody in D.C.: Best Interests of the Child
District of Columbia law prohibits judges from basing custody decisions solely on a parent’s race, color, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. Check to learn more.