Child custody in North Dakota is called parental rights and responsibilities.
The sole power of decision-making in custody issues rests with the judges.
They consider the best interests of the child and then decide upon custody.
Basic types of child custody in North Dakota:
Judges can determine custody decisions and can award the custodian parents with
any of the following basic custody types:
- Decision-making responsibility, which is considered legal custody in a few states.
- In this, the custodian’s parents can make some significant decisions related to the child.
- Residential responsibility,
- where the parents are responsible for providing a home to the child, is often termed physical custody.