Legal custody means (i) a legal status created by court order which vests in a custodian the right to
Physical custody means the physical care and supervision of a child.
Joint physical custody means an order awarding each of the parents significant, but
Legal custodian means an individual who is at least 18 years of age in whose care a minor child remains or is placed after a court makes a finding under section 13a(5) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.13a.
Permanent custody means a legal status that vests in a public children services agency or a private child placing agency, all parental rights, duties, and obligations, including the right to consent to adoption, and divests the natural parents or adoptive parents of all parental rights, privileges, and obligations, including all residual rights and obligations.