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===What rights does custody give?=== | ===What rights does custody give?=== | ||
''Custody'' sometimes means the house where the children live most of the time, but it can also mean having the right to get information about the children's activities, schooling and well-being, as well as the right to participate in making decisions about those things. Under s. 16(4) of the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', the court can order that one or more persons have custody of a child. | ''Custody'' sometimes means the house where the children live most of the time, but it can also mean having the right to get information about the children's activities, schooling, and well-being, as well as the right to participate in making decisions about those things. Under s. 16(4) of the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', the court can order that one or more persons have custody of a child. | ||
*When only one person has custody, that person has ''sole custody'' of the child. | *When only one person has custody, that person has ''sole custody'' of the child. | ||
