1. Child Custody in Pennsylvania
Legal custody ensures the right for a parent to make major decisions that would affect the child medically, religiously and educationally (nlsa.us). ... Persons that stand in loco parentis maintain authority, to consent to major medical, psychiatric and surgical treatment; permission to enlist in the armed forces, etc., taking on the responsibility in regards to the child in the same manner that most birth parents would (splas.org). ... In this case, the birth parents maintain legal authority for all decisions regarding medical treatment and education or special education needs of their chi...
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