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Child rights, includes to children's rights adopted in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child on the 20th November, 1989 and ratified by the Government of India on the 11th December, 1992. [Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005 (42 of 2006), s. 2(b)]...
Natural child
Natural child, the child in fact, the child of one's body. Some children are both the natural and legitimate offspring of a marriage, i.e., those duly born in wedlock. Some are the legitimate but not the natural offspring of a marriage, i.e., those who are born in wedlock, and never bastardized, although begotten in adultery and in fact the natural children of a stranger. See Shakespeare's King John, Act i., sc. 1. [Indian Succession Act]Some are natural children only; i.e., bastards, born out of wedlock, and those born in wedlock, who are bastardized, and hence the word is popularly more often used as though it were simply equivalent to bastard. See LEGTIMATION; BASTARD and BASTARDIZE....
Child concerned
Child concerned, is the child applying for leave, S (A minor) (Adopted Child, Contract) (in re:), (1999) 3 WLR 504....
Child marriage
Child marriage, means a marriage to which either of the contracting parties is a child. [Child Marriage Restraint (English) Act, 1929 (19 of 1929), s. 2 (b)]...
latchkey child
A child who frequently spends part of the day at home without adult supervision especially a school child who returns home before the parents return from work Called also door key child...
child support
child support : payment made for the support of the children of divorced or separated parents while the children are minors or until they reach an age set by the separation agreement or in a court order compare alimony NOTE: Child support is usually paid by the parent who is without custody. In the case of joint custody, both parents usually pay child support. ...
child and dependent care credit
child and dependent care credit A tax credit in the amount of a percentage of the amount expended on child or dependent care by an employed individual. ...
child support guidelines
child support guidelines Guidelines established by statute or rule in each jurisdiction that set forth the manner in which child support must be calculated, generally based on the income of the parents and the needs of the children. ...
Delinquent child
Delinquent child, a child who has been found to have committed an offence, Raghbir v. State of Haryana, (1981) 4 SCC 210: AIR 1981 SC 2037: (1982) 1 SCR 686...
Step child
Step child, the child of one's spouse by a previous marriage, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
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