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Definitions - 23 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5302

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     § 5302.  Definitions.
        The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
     shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
     context clearly indicates otherwise:
        "Child."  Any unemancipated person under 18 years of age.
        "Legal custody."  The legal right to make major decisions
     affecting the best interest of a minor child, including, but not
     limited to, medical, religious and educational decisions.
        "Partial custody."  The right to take possession of a child
     away from the custodial parent for a certain period of time.
        "Physical custody."  The actual physical possession and
     control of a child.
        "Shared custody."  An order awarding shared legal or shared
     physical custody, or both, of a child in such a way as to assure
     the child of frequent and continuing contact with and physical
     access to both parents.
        "Visitation."  The right to visit a child. The term does not
     include the right to remove a child from the custodial parent's
     control.

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