visitation rights

visitation rights definition - legal

n

The right of the non-custodial parent, granted by the divorce or family court, to visit with the child on some sort of scheduled or regular basis. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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