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Term: custodianship
Term details for 'custodianship'
A legal category introduced by the now repealed Children Act 1975, a halfway stage between fostering a child long-term and adoption that child. Custodianship has now disappeared.
- Broader terms
- child protection
- Related terms
- responsibilities
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